7 Surprising Water Benefits You Really Need To Know!
I talk and write a lot about the importance of not just drinking water but flushing our bodies with it!
There's not much in this world more refreshing than a tall, cold glass of water when you're thirsty. I don't think there's anyone alive that can deny that sometimes a simple glass of water can be more satisfying than a cup of coffee, tea or soft drink.
Despite this however, most of us don't drink enough water for basic hydrating needs much less as a treatment for health issues! The truth of the matter is by depriving ourselves this precious gift we maybe aggravating and encouraging illness!
Here’s 7 surprising water benefits you really need to know if you want to...
1. Relieve Joint Pain
Our cartilage and spinal discs are made up of about 80% water. This is an absolute necessity to keep our bones from grinding against each other with every step we take. By keeping your body hydrated, you ensure that your joints can absorb the shock of sudden movements, such as running, jumping, or falling awkwardly.
2. Decrease Inflammation & Increase Muscle Mass
Your muscles, also, are comprised mostly of water. Obviously, less water in the body means less muscle mass. Drinking water before, during, and after a workout not only keeps you hydrated and comfortable, it also brings water to the right places in your body, and decreases the chance of developing inflammation and soreness related to exercise and weightlifting.
3. Energize Your body
Feeling fatigued and lethargic is another situation caused when your body is dehydrated thus needing to borrow water from your blood. A lack of properly hydrated blood leads to a lack of oxygen being brought throughout the body. Of course, a lack of oxygen leads to sleepiness and outright fatigue. A lack of stamina means you’ll start to experience that 2pm crash earlier and earlier in your day (and remember, coffee won’t help in the long run).
4. Curb Your Appetite
When you’re dehydrated, your body might start to think it needs some food. This happens throughout the day, and overnight when you wake up craving that midnight snack. However, eating food creates more work for your body, whereas drinking water purifies and your organs and supplies it with the fuel it needs to go through the other processes a body goes through.
5. Ease Digestive Problems
We spoke before about the mucus in our mouth and throat, and how keeping hydrated allows the membrane to function correctly. This also applies to the entire digestive system. Without proper hydration, the amount and strength of mucus in the stomach lessens, allowing stomach acid to do some major damage to your insides. This leads to what we commonly refer to as heartburn and indigestion.
6. Low Down Aging
The amount of water our bodies retain naturally decreases as we age. Obviously, what this means is that, as we get older, we should consciously increase our water intake. While premature ageing is more evident on the outside, the damage it does to our insides will ultimately be felt over time. To decrease the risk of running your body raw, it’s important to continue to drink water throughout your lifetime.
7. Daily Detoxing & Cleanse
Drinking water allows your body to continuously flush out toxins. Your organs work to filter our certain waste products like a machine, but if you don’t fuel the machine with water, it cannot work properly. What ends up happening in a dehydrated body is organs start to pull water from stored areas like your blood, which leads to a whole new set of problems.
