“Thousands have lived without love, not one without water”
-W. H. Auden
How does Auden’s quote resonate with you?
Pause here for a moment and free yourself from distractions:
...Take a deep breath in... exhale slowly... deep breath in... exhale slowly... deep breath in... exhale slowly... calm your mind and be present...
Facts, you can't live without water!
There have been many reports circulating about how drinking water can prevent the coronavirus by keeping your mouth and throat moist. According to the Associated Press, this is not true.
While the simple act of drinking water won't prevent contracting COVID-19, there are other ways drinking more water can help you during this outbreak:
Your body needs water to function. Increasing water intake can make your body process more efficiently, which is important for the immune system.
Drinking water can also improve cognitive function, which will make you more aware of your behaviors, potentially leading to healthier and safer decisions.
Drinking more water will make you need to go to the restroom more often. Assuming you abide by socially-accepted hygiene protocols, this will mean an increase in hand-washing which, as you've now probably heard a million times, is important to preventing the spread of COVID-19.
How important is drinking water to you and your health?
...is this something you think about...
Here are 8 Science-Based Health Benefits of Drinking Enough Water:
1. Stay Slimmer with water: Drinking more water may help with weight loss. Drinking a glass before meals will help you feel full. Water revs up metabolism and can increase satiety.
2. Water Boosts Your Energy Level: Hydration has a major effect on energy levels and brain function. Mild dehydration (fluid loss of 1-3%) can impair energy levels and mood, and lead to major reductions in memory and brain performance. Water can help your heart pump your blood more effectively as well as help your blood transport oxygen and other essential nutrients to your cells.
3. Lower Stress With Water: 70-80% of your brain tissue is water. If you're dehydrated, your body and your mind are stressed. If you're feeling thirsty, you're already a little dehydrated. Keep a glass of water at your desk... carry a bottle in your bag and sip regularly.
4. Water Helps to Maximize Physical Performance: Build muscle tone with water. Losing as little as 2% of your body's water content can significantly impair physical performance. Drinking water helps prevent muscle cramping and lubricates joints in the body. When you're well hydrated, you can exercise longer and stronger.
5. Stay Regular with Water: Water is important to good digestion. It helps dissolve waste particles and passes them smoothly through your digestive tract. If you're dehydrated, your body absorbs all the water, leaving your colon dry and making it more difficult to pass waste. Drinking plenty of water can help prevent and relieve constipation, especially in people who generally do not drink enough water.
6. Water Reduces Kidney Stones: The rate of painful kidney stones is rising. Water dilutes the salts and minerals in your urine that form the solid crystals known as kidney stones. Kidney stones can't form in diluted urine. Reduce your risk with plenty of water!
7. Water Helps Headaches and Hangovers: Drinking water may help to prevent and treat headaches. Several studies have shown that water can relieve headache symptoms, especially in people who are dehydrated. Hangovers are partly caused by dehydration. Alcohol is a diuretic so it makes you loose more water than you take in. Drinking water can help reduce some of the main symptoms of hangovers including thirst, fatigue, headache, and dry mouth.
8. Nourish Your Skin with Water: Water helps keep your skin looking good. Fine lines and wrinkles are deeper when you're dehydrated. Drinking water hydrates skin cells and plumps them up, making your face look younger. Once you're properly hydrated, the kidneys take over and excrete excess fluids. This also flushes out impurities and improves circulation and blood flow, helping your skin glow.
The benefits of water are many. The above are just a few. Clearly, water is a benefit to ones overall health. Stay health so you can fight to win.
How will you make water intake a priority?
Start today! Be intentional, encourage others to do the same and watch what happens.
You got this!
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How Drinking More Water Can Keep You Healthy During Coronavirus Outbreak
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/triangle-sandhills/news/2020/03/19/how-drinking-more-water-can-keep-you-healthy-during-coronavirus-outbreak
7 Science-Based Health Benefits of Drinking Enough Water
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/7-health-benefits-of-water#section5
7 Wonders of Water
https://www.webmd.com/diet/ss/slideshow-water-health
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