Stay Hydrated – Stay Healthier – Day 7

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DRINK MORE WATER.

I could end this blog post now, however, I do have a little more to say about drinking water and staying hydrated.

As a health professional I’ve been talking about drinking water for YEARS!  As in more than 20 years.  I can remember early in my career, in my first year or so out of school, I personally didn’t really drink that much water and I wasn’t particularly concerned about whether it was tap water or bottled water, because I didn’t drink it that often.

A little back story, I grew up in Grand Forks, North Dakota and the water supply was OK, but not as good as what I have here in California in the East Bay, it’s pretty good for ‘tap water.’   We also had a cabin in Minnesota (actual photo of A-Frame cabin) where we had well water, and it tasted about the same as what was in the lake. bleh.  We would bring water from home, but as a kid in the midwest we drank a lot of milk so I wasn’t accustomed to drinking lots of water.

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I can clearly remember the day when I became a water drinker!  I lived in a suburb of Houston where there were quite a few refineries, and the water was about as good as the Lake Water of my childhood.  I only drank it after I ran with some ice.  There was one particular day that I got back from a run, got a glass of water and spit it out!  I don’t know what was different about that day, but it was horrible.  I immediately drove to the store, bought 4 gallons of bottled water and drank that instead.  And suddenly I was hooked!  The water tasted GOOD! It was refreshing – I felt better.

Once I started drinking water that tasted better I drank more and more, and my running improved, my skin looked better, I had great energy, the list goes on and on!

I have clients, friends, and relatives that tell me they simply don’t like the taste of water.  Maybe they are drinking Lake Water – or have had icky tasting water in the past.  Really, water doesn’t have much of a taste, it should be refreshing and easy to drink.  That lack of taste is also a common excuse for not drinking water, especially for people with a sweet tooth.

I GUARANTEE that if you START drinking more water than you are now, you will feel better.  And suddenly, you too may be hooked!  To encourage you a little more I’d like to share a couple of statistics with you:

If you are dehydrated as little as 2% (mild dehydration) it can cause your metabolism to slow down by 3%!!  And that same low level of dehydration can decrease your short term memory by 7-15%!!  Who wants that?!

Imagine if all of sudden by staying hydrated your memory improved, and you started losing a little weight by boosting your metabolism, and your joints didn’t hurt as much.  Any of this can happen with water!

Here are a few signs of mild dehydration:

  • Trouble concentrating
  • Fatigue
  • Constipation
  • Depression
  • Aggravation

 

Start simple – drink 8 ounces of water every morning before you drink anything else!

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Health & Bliss to You,

Susie

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