Looking at your hydro flask, how many times do you fill it up per day? If the answer is less than 3, you aren't drinking enough water per day.
The average person needs to drink 15.5 cups, or 3.7 liters, of water per day, according to health experts. Anything less is causing a slow-burning cycle of physical and mental health problems.
If you experience issues with energy levels or concentration, and you aren't drinking enough water. Learn to recognize the signs of dehydration to improve your focus and feel better.
Aside from feeling good, staying hydrated is good for your body and skin. To have glowing skin, and avoid dry hands and lips in the winter, stay hydrated!
Today's social life isn't the most hydration-friendly between happy hour and corporate America's caffeine addiction. These habits are hydration drainers, it is important to make new habits around staying hydrated to balance out your busy life.
Stay hydrated with these easy habits to feel better, have glowing skin and balance out your overall health.
Health Benefits Of Staying Hydrated
Staying hydrated increases your physical health, according to health experts. Your body needs water to carry out its normal functions, and especially if you are engaging in physical exercise as intense workouts drain your hydration.
Drinking water is often the first thing that health experts tell you when it comes to staying healthy, such as getting over a cold, issues related to digestion and especially headaches. It can even aid in weight loss by helping to avoid food cravings, especially sugary ones.
Learn the signs of dehydration, but try to drink water even when you aren't thirsty. Feeling thirsty is your body telling you that you are already dehydrated.
Signs of dehydration according to health experts include:
- Fatigue
- Craving sweets
- Bad breathe
- Dry mouth
- Irritability
- A fast heartbeat
- Lack of concentration or confusion
- Cramps
- Lack of urination or darker than usual urine
Staying hydrated should also become part of your essential skincare routine. Before leaving the house in the morning, try to have at least 2 if not 3 glasses of water and fill up your water bottle to keep with you.
Drinking water keeps your skin hydrated. Chapstick and lotion can only protect you from wind and cold if you are hydrated from within, it can't replace hydration.
Hydration also has many important mental health benefits for keeping you energized and focused throughout the day.
Hydration's Effect On Your Capacity And Energy
Many people have a habit of drinking coffee, or other caffeinated beverages when they need a pick me up to stay concentrated and awake. Having a cup of coffee or 2 per day is totally fine, as long as you balance it out with drinking water. Although, staying hydrated is the best form of caffeine.
Try to replace your caffeine addiction with a water drinking habit. At least drink water after coffee, but try replacing it altogether if you are really struggling to stay concentrated in combination with getting consistently good sleep.
Your brain functions as high as its hydration level, meaning the more water you drink the more you are fueling your brainpower and capacity. Staying hydraed is good for athletes who sweat a lot, but folks who concentrate and think a lot of their job are also using up a lot of their brains hydration, according to health experts.
A study in young women found that after light exercise, women experienced increased lack of concentration, decrease in mood and more frequent headaches concerning the loss of body water.
Stay hydrated to stay focused throughout your day, keep your mood high and avoid headaches altogether. Make new habits around staying hydrated before and after exercise, and including days where you skip the workout.
Ways To Stay Hydrated
Making habits to reach your daily hydration can be challenging, especially if you don't recognize the signs of dehydration.
Here are some tips for staying hydrated throughout your day to feel good and stay alert.
- Buy a reusable water bottle, preferably a big one and set goals about how many times you should refill your water bottle throughout the day.
- Start keeping infused water in your house if you feel more motivated to drink something with taste.
- Drink 2 glasses of water with each meal.
- Drink water after you drink a coffee to avoid dehydration.
- Avoid sugary drinks.
- Dress for the weather, the more you sweat the more you have to rehydrate.
- Know the signs of dehydration.
Making healthy habits to stay hydrated will you keep energized and content going about your day. Say goodbye to dehydration headaches, energy rollercoaster and mood swings with a few more glasses of water per day.
