As you can see from the title this topic will be based
on the question whether you drink enough water or you only think so?
There is no doubt that water is crucial for our
existence, however, not all people try to understand how much water they need to
feel themselves good. Due to the numerous scientific researches, scientists
were able to prove that water affects our physical and mental state and
oversupply of water is as dangerous as dehydration. Scientists proved that the
average norm for a healthy person is 30 ml of water per 1 kg of weight. So in the
case your weight is 60 kg, your daily norm of water equals 1,8l. The numbers
that I wrote are approximate as there are a lot of different variables that can
change the calculating formula.
If you want to find out if you are already dehydrated,
check this funny video:
At the same time not all people know that the quality
of water also has importance. The quality of water can severely influence your
health. For example, due to poor quality your teeth are more vulnerable to
damage, your skin can lose its tightness and you can face some problems with
digestion and constant headaches. Scientists also proved that you don’t have to
drink all 1,8 l. to meet your daily norm. Instead, your body is able to
accumulate water out of the food you eat.
So here are the questions:
Do you drink enough water?
Have you ever noticed how the quality of water
influence your health?
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water everyday. But it seems reasonable that it is dependent on our
weight. However I can’t image what should happen in case of terribly
overweight people for instance those who weight 300 kg, they should
drink 9 liters of water?! It is hardly possible…
I try to drink aroud 2-2,5 liters of water everyday. In case of hard
workout at gym I drink even more. But I never notices that quantity of
water incluenced my health or anything. But personally I have to drink
some water before going sleep and somtimes when air is dry I am waking
up in purpose of drinking water.
Unfortunately, most of us do not drink enough water. I know this is wrong but we just forget to drink it.
I have never noticed any impact of poor water quality on my health. Currently, in Warsaw, tap water is safe to drink so the water quality improves.
I hope that after reading this article I'll drink more water
As a child I hated drinking water even though everybody in my family drank a lot of water. I would only drink my grandmother's homemade (dissolvable) raspberry juice. And I really mean - only. My parents had to take it everywhere with us, for every trip - and we traveled a lot - and for every day. The advantage is that I also didn't like sugary drinks like cola or sprite when I was a child. Later on I drank store bought dissolvable raspberry juice and learned to like other things to drink but my whole family called me by the name of Raspberry.
We all know facts about the need of drinking water, the rules are quite simple and I guess we can count on our organism's signals. I don't recommend forcing yourself to drink too much water, I did it once in attempt to prevent hangover after drinking too much beer, in a result I wasn't able to fall asleep for like 2 hours.
I think that's how much water we should drink depends also on the time of year and our diet. In summer we ought to drink more water than winter because we we are more exposed to dehydration. It same applies to diet when we drink a lot of coffee we should also drink more water because coffee heavily deodorized body.
I had a similar app on my phone, but as up-mentioned I didn't like such apps. Maybe I am to lazy to always add glasses and glasses...I often forgot about it.
Haven't you mentioned such things?
Sometimes person doesn't even defer the feeling of hunger or thirstiness and he/she often eat instead of drink a glass of water.
So I think it is better to drink enough to avoid dehydration.
As for me Ciasowianka even tastes differently, it easy to understand if this water has such useful minerals or not.
I agree with you that amount of water we drink also depends on the time of the year and diet. It is true that in winter we have to drink less water then in summer.
I also drink some water before going to sleep and trying to keep high humidity in my apartment just to avoid dry air there.
On my way to home (30km, by car) I... fainted. Seconds before this happened I realized that something bad is happening and I was able to turn on emergency lights in my car.
Luckily, some short time after that I woke up, car was stopped on the verge, and despite of having automatic transmission my car didn't start because of some 'breaks problem error' - it happens when breaking pedal is pressed too long with too much strength.
When I went to doctor, I told him everything about that water I drinked and that situation that just happened. They made me all kind of tests, especially looking for diabetics problem etc. Finally doctor said that I don't have enough minerals in my blood and probably that water intake washed it out from my blood. Doctor did bring some salt and I had to eat 3 spoons of kitchen salt. He told me to eat spoon of salt every morning for one week.
Just wanted to show you that water is healthy, but you can't drink too much of it :)
Some time ago I switched most of the drinks like juice or coffee for water. I used to drink a lot of coffee and that wasn't healthy, especially since I had troubles with magnesium level, and most juices today contain a lot of sugar. I didn't really observe any spectacular change in my health, but probably if I had some blood tests done before and after there would be a positive change.
I try to drink at least 1.5 liters daily beverages (water, coffee, tea, juices).
I would like to present a very interesting video about the history of bottled water, which I hope will force you to momentary reflection on the topics discussed in it. Have a nice watch!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se12y9hSOM0
It sounds quite strange, but drinking too much water can even kill. So that's why everyone should know the amount of water they have to drink daily.
Thank you for the interesting fact!
In the morning I drink hot water with lemon and honey, because I heard that it's healthy. All in all, I don't know if it's true, but it's very tasty and I think it's always worth to add more lemons to your diet.
It also good if you want to boost your metabolism before eating something.
Video is funny, but it contain a lot of truth. If I don’t drink one bottle of water before 12:00 I have headache and I am generally tired.
I have read that when you get the feeling of being thirsty, you are already seriously dehydrated. I think that this is not the smartest mechanism in our body and it is quite different than hunger (you don’t overeat if you eat a little bit only when you feel hungry). But this means that you have to remember about drinking enough water and it is not that easy when you have a million other things to do!
Remember that drinking too much water may be not good for you. Here’s an interesting article about overhydration. Also, filtered or distilled water is bad for your health – it washes the minerals out of your body. I have been told that drinking eight glasses of distilled water at once may even kill you.
I don’t like carrying around a big bottle and drinking from it. I bought a couple of large glasses (approximately 400 ml) and I pour water into them. It is easier to drink a whole glass of water than drink the same amount from a bottle.
I would like to tell you something about the application that helped me the most when I tried to make myself drink more water. It is called Plant Nanny. Here’s a review of this app. Basically you take care of a plant by watering it. And watering it means drinking water. I am a caretaker type of person and it is easier for me to take care of a plant than of myself. I drink 1,7 L a day, my plant levels up, I collect seeds to “afford” more expensive plants. It may not be the best designed app I have ever used but it is definitely one of my favourites.
Answering second question: i didnt notice that quality of water might have any influence on my health, but i'm aware that its true (i studied biology and i know what can live in a water) :-)
Answering second question: i didnt notice that quality of water might have any influence on my health, but i'm aware that its true (i studied biology and i know what can live in a water) :-)
I remember reading somewhere that there are example color charts in every US Marines toilet with a cheat sheet similar to this: http://www.mccsss.marines.mil/Portals/87/Trng_Media/Posters/Health_Safety/060814-D-RH960-001.jpg
Fun fact I guess!