Saturday 19 January 2013

The Importance of Water to Your Health

The Importance of Water to Your Health
Yes we are always told to dring plenty of water, and we all know that it is important to our health. But did you know that drinking water can actually save your life by preventing serious sicknesses like cancer and heart attacks? Water is life, rejuvenation and revitalization. If you never forget these three words you will always remember to drink water regularly to enjoy a better health and beautiful glowing skin.
Weight loss: Drinking water helps you lose weight since it flushes away the by-products of fat breakdown. Water also reduces hunger as it is a very effective appetite suppressant. And most importantly water has zero calories!
Natural Remedy for Headaches: Water helps relieving headaches and back pain due to dehydration. Although many reasons contribute to headache, dehydration is the common one.
Younger & Healthier Skin: Water gives your skin a younger look when it’s properly hydrated. It helps to replenish skin tissues, moisturizes skin and increases skin elasticity.
Better Productivity at Work: Your brain is mostly made up of water, thus drinking water helps you think better, be more alert, interact with your colleagues at work and stay active all the time.
Better Exercise: Drinking water regulates your body temperature and helps fuel your muscles which makes you feel more energetic when exercising.
Helps in Digesting: Drinking water raises your metabolism because it helps in digesting. Fibers get mixed with water in an effective way so that you can regulate your daily bowel movement.
Less Cramps and Sprains: Proper hydration helps keep your joints and muscles lubricated and protects them from sudden cramps and sprains.
Feel Healthy: Drinking plenty of water protects body against flu and other diseases like kidney stones and heart attacks. Adding lemon to water protects from respiratory disease, intestinal problems, rheumatism and arthritis etc. In other words one of the benefits of drinking water is that it can improve your immune system.
Relieves Fatigue: Water helps flush out toxins and waste products from the body. If your body lacks water, your heart, for instance, needs to work harder to pump out the oxygenated blood to all cells, so do the rest of the vital organs, resulting in causing all your organs and cells to be exhausted.
Good Mood: When your body is in good shape it reflects on your mood thus you feel happy.
Reduce the Risk of Cancer: some studies showed 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.

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