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Water: life force and beauty
Why drink water?
The loss of even 10% in body water causes a disruption of metabolic processes and activities of the Central nervous system.
Doctors say that in a calm state with an average temperature of people lose 2-2,5 liters of water daily. She leaves with the sweat, saliva, breath, urine. This means that any person needs to drink at least 2 litres of water a day to maintain the working condition of the body.
If the body is not enough water, the kidneys will start to work slower, and part of their job will take the liver. Thus, the process of removing the decay products from the body will slow down, which is manifested by intoxication and constipation.
From lack of water edema occur with the same success as from excess. When the body notices that water began to get less and less, begins to forcibly hold it in the cells. So we get swelling of the face, hands and feet.
Also noticed: the less we drink the more we want to eat, especially sweets.
Headache often arises from a lack of moisture in the brain, so instead of pills, try to drink a glass of water.
Scientists noticed that at birth in the baby's body contains 75% water, and 95-year-old man – only 25%. This means that our youth, vigor and beauty directly depend on the quantity of water consumed. It is the drying up of the cells from dehydration scientists call cause aging.
How much you should drink?
To calculate necessary daily weight of water, it is not necessary to perform complex analyses and calculations. The formula is pretty simple: you need 40 grams of water per 1 kilogram of body weight.
If your lifestyle includes the following phenomena add to the normal 1-2 cups:
— visit the sauna or the steam room;
— increase your intake of protein;
— consume coffee, alcohol;
— smoke;
— breast-feeding;
— doing physical activity.
But in this simple case, as to drink water, too, there are nuances. Let's say you used to drink 3.5 liters of fluid a day. If you are confident in your health, there is nothing to fear – kidneys process the entire water. But constant thirst can also be a symptom of one of the critical illnesses for example, diabetes or hormonal disorders. And if before you sleep you do not eat salty and the morning still notice swelling, you should contact the endocrinologist and cardiotherapeutic.
Some people, on the contrary, it is impossible to force yourself to drink enough water. From drinking they have frequent palpitations, difficulty breathing, a discomfort. If in this case there are no deviations in health. It is possible to conduct a kind of exercise: to increase the amount of fluid on the floor of the glass in two or three days. In one to two weeks, the body has to get used to the norm.
It is widely believed that water speeds up metabolism, so you need to drink as much as possible for weight loss. However, do not rush, plenty of water not only has a favorable effect on the kidneys, but also leaches the body of valuable macro - and micronutrients.
Any liquid drunk by you, the body will filter and take water for their needs. But it's better to drink just clean water. It has no calories, no salts or sugars or other elements that can hurt. And the benefits from it is undeniable.
Drink hot or cold! At forty degrees cold water goes from the body along with the steam from his mouth. Thus, you are losing water through the skin and through the lungs. So in cold weather, too, need to drink no less than usual. In the winter before leaving the house for a glass of water (preferably hot tea) — a necessary measure of warning symptoms of dehydration.
Drink during exercise! During exercise, e.g. when doing sports, water loss with then it will be about a liter every hour. Therefore it is better to get ahead of the action mechanism of the feeling of thirst and drink half a glass-a glass of water before exercise and then to repeat this procedure every half hour.
Drink throughout the day! Should start immediately after you Wake up. First you need to rinse the throat, then rinse your teeth, then drink a glass of water. Immediately after this Breakfast you should wait 15 — 20 minutes. It is very important that drinking water should be between meals, and in any case not to drink during the meal. It disrupts the digestive processes in the body. To start drinking should be within 1.5-2 hours after a meal. Just before bedtime is also not advisable to drink a lot.
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