The truth about drinking more water.
Fact:
There is a 75% chance that as you read this, you are dehydrated. That’s right! Seventy-five percent of all people don’t drink enough water.
The good news is that if you are one of them, you can hydrate yourself starting right now. So pour yourself a tall glass of clean, fresh and read on about how drinking enough water can help you lose weight and make you much healthier overall.
Fact:
Of all the nutrients that we need to live and breathe and function healthily, water is the most essential. When you don’t consume enough water, virtually every function that your body performs is compromised. This include the important functions of digestion and its metabolism. There’s no doubt that by being fully hydrated, all of the wonderful changes that you are about to make will work more effectively for you, You need to start drinking water now, even before you begin to elevate your metabolism with aerobic exercise.
Fact:
Before 60 and 70 percent of your body weight is water, and you lose a lot of it each day through normal bodily processes. This lost water,needs to be replaced if you’re going to function at your best. Take a look below at the amazing benefits of water.
- Your metabolism functions better when you’re fully hydrated.
A strong metabolism requires a lot of water to stored within your body. Water drives all the chemical reactions that are needed to burn calories both at rest and during exercise.
- Your digestion is improved when you drink enough water.
Dehydration can lead into incomplete digestion, which in turn may prevent you from getting necessary nutrients, such as vitamins and minerals. These deficiencies can trigger unnecessary eating in order to receive a nutrients that your body needs.
- Water fills you up.
By drinking enough water you can curb your appetite, Water tends to fill you up, which makes you less prone to overeating. A great idea to have a tall glass of water about a half hour each before meal.
- When you’re dehydrated, you eat more.
When you’re dehydrated, your body signals you to eat, when all it really requires is water.This effect is called “artificial hunger”. Your body does the same thing for a variety of other nutritional needs as well. For example, when you are low on sodium, you crave foods that are salty. All you really need is the sodium without all the extra calories that come along with, say, the big soft pretzel that looks so tempting.
This can also occur when your body needs particular vitamins or minerals. This is why it is so important to eat a well balanced diet. When all of your nutritional needs are met, including your need for water, you will be much less prone to food cravings and, therefore, overeating.
- Your exercise is much more effective if you are fully hydrated.
Soon you’ll be aerobically exercising and challenging your body on a regular basis. If you want that exercise to have its maximum effect on your metabolism, you’ll need as much as possible stored within your body so that the increased metabolic demands of exercise can be met. You will also need additional water so that the important function of cooling your body through sweating can effectively take place.
The bottom line here is that if you’re not fully hydrated before you can start exercising, you’ll do less work, burn less calories, and improve your metabolism to a lesser degree. Get into the habit of having a glass of water thirty minutes before you workout. And always be sure to meet your daily water quota. This quota is at least six full eight-ounce glasses -- no less!
The more active you are, the fitter you become and the more water you need.
Whenever you are active, your muscles soak up a lot more water. (This is another reason why you’re going to need even more water than you usually drink.) In addition, you’ll probably be adding some new muscle weight. Because muscle consist of 70 percent water, you’ll need extra water for this extra muscle.
Remember, the fully hydrate muscles that you have in your body, the more potential “fat burners” you’ll have working for you.Keep in mind that the entire process of becoming leaner not only a process of losing body fat and gaining active muscle, but also a process of gaining water.
Active muscles not only store more water, the y store more glycogen. Glycogen is a form of carbohydrate that is stored in your muscles. Along with fat, it is used as an energy source when you exercise, the more fit you become, the more glycogen stored within your muscles. This allows you to work at higher levels of exercise, which will help you become even fitter. Remember that every gram of glycogen within your body holds about 2.5 to 3 grams of water.
