By Tami Lindahl
What do staying hydrated and weight loss have in common?
We often here about how drinking lots of water is important for our health and keeping the body clean and hydrated but, why should we care? Water, soda, Gatorade, beer…. What’s the difference? Well besides the fact that water doesn’t have the calories, sugar or alcohol, it’s important for weight loss, here are a few bullet points:
• In 37% of Americans the thirst mechanism is so weak it’s mistaken for hunger. So people are eating extra fat, calories and sugar, when they just need a glass of water.
• Even mild dehydration will slow the metabolism, about 3%
• One glass of water will shut sown those midnight hunger pangs
• Dehydration triggers fatigue, so you are less likely to exercise
• Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers. Again, making exercise difficult
• A 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short term memory, basic math and short term memory….did I exercise today?
It’s said? you should drink ½ oz of water per lb. of body weight so if you are 120lbs.you should drink around 60 ozs. a day.
So help your self to a great big glass of ice cold water, it will make you skinny!
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Good point. Thanks.