Water keeps the viscosity of your blood at the right level so that it can flow easily through your body, delivering life-giving nutrients and oxygen to all the cells. Too little water in the body causes the blood to thicken, and this can lead to various health problems, including heart problems and stroke.
Staying Hydrated is of Ultimate Importance
- The body needs water in order to perform virtually every function:
- Acting as a shock absorber that protects the brain and the spinal cord
- Digesting what we eat, turning it into compost
- Dissolving minerals and nutrients making them more accessible to the body so that it can grow
- Flushing toxins and waste product out of the body via the kidneys and the liver
- Aiding the brain to manufacture hormones and neurotransmitters in order to function optimally
- Lubricate the joints
- Maintenance of blood pressure levels
- Moisturising the tissues of the mouth, nose, and eyes
- Preventing constipation
- Protecting the body’s tissues and organs
- Regulating core body-temperature
- Transporting oxygen and nutrients to the cells
When we do not drink water regularly, we become dehydrated. This happens in stages, starting with a dry mouth, thirst, headaches, a dry skin, dizziness, diarrhoea, confusion, irritability, and light-headedness at a mere 2% dehydration.
If we do not drink water at this stage, the dehydration gets worse, and with only 5% fluid loss, you will experience decreased sweating and urination, increased heart rate, respiration and body temperature, nausea and constipation, extreme fatigue, muscle cramps, and more.
By the time the body is 10% dehydrated, muscle spasms, vomiting, rapid pulse, dim vision or temporary blindness set in and painful urination, confusion, respiratory depression, neuromuscular seizures, chest pain, coma and even death are experienced.
Staying hydrated is of ultimate importance to your health so drink water regularly, and eat water-rich fruits and vegetables.
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