Wednesday 12 March 2014

12 benefits of drinking water.



Water is colourless, transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms. There are three sources of water; rain water, tap water and well water. Drinking healthy water are very good for the body. Dehydration is not good for our body, it causes headaches, fatigue, dark urine, dry skin etc. We need like 6-8 glasses of water in a day. Let look into some benefits of water:

1. It helps in weight reduction: Drinking water helps you lose weight because it flushes down the by-products of fat breakdown. Drinking water reduces hunger, it’s an effective appetite suppressant so you’ll eat less. Plus, water has zero calories.

2. It serves as a natural remedy for headache: Helps to relieve headache and back pains as a result of dehydration. Although many reasons contribute to headache, dehydration is the common one.

3. It moisturize your skin, giving you younger healthier skin: You’ll look younger when your skin is properly hydrated. Water helps to replenish skin tissues, moisturizes skin and increases skin elasticity.

4. It improve your thinking ability hence, enhancing better productivity: Your brain is mostly made up of water, thus drinking water helps you think better, be more alert and more concentrated.

5. It helps during exercise: Drinking water regulates your body temperature. That means you’ll feel more energetic when doing exercises. Water also helps to fuel your muscle.

6. It helps in digestion and constipation: Drinking water raises your metabolism because it helps in digestion. Fiber and water goes hand in hand so that you can
have your daily bowel movement.

7. It reduces cramps and sprains: Proper hydration helps keep your joint and muscles lubricated, so you’ll less likely get cramps and sprains.

8. It reduces the possibility of getting sick, also makes you feel healthy: Drinking plenty of water helps fight against flu and other ailments like kidney stones and heart attack. Water adds with lemon is used for ailments like respiratory disease, intestinal problems, rheumatism and arthritis etc. In another words one of the benefits of drinking water is that it can improve your immune system.

9. It relieves fatigue: Water is used by the body to help flush out toxins and waste products from the body. If your body lacks of water, your heart, for instance, needs to work harder to pump out the oxygenated blood to all cells, so are the rest of the vital organs, your organs will be exhausted and so will you.

10. It put you in good mood: Your body feels very good and that’s why you feel happy.

11. It reduce the risk of cancer: Related to the digestive system, some studies show that drinking a healthy amount of water may reduce the risks of bladder cancer and colon cancer. Water dilutes the concentration of cancer-causing agents in the urine and shortens the time in which they are in contact with bladder lining.

12. It quench your thirst: Most important thing is that, drinking water quench your thirst and makes you feel alive.

Now you can see that drinking healthy water is very important and essential in our body. Keep drinking.....

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