Water is so critically important for the body. Most of the body is made up of water which is one reason why we need to make sure we are very hydrated. There are in fact so many reasons why drinking water is so good that I don't even have to do any research on it. Everyone knows that it's important. But how many of you are actually drinking what you're supposed to?
How much water should we be drinking anyway? I believe the food pyramid says we should have eight 8 ounce cups per day. I think that's a severe minimum of what we should be having. In my opinion, three liters per day should be the minimum. That's about 12 cups of water. Almost a gallon! And that's not counting if you're getting exercise! If you are exercising you should be getting a lot more water. Coffee, energy drinks, soda, and any other liquids don't count!!!! Including tea! Just because you put water in to make your coffee or tea doesn't count as water being drunk...
In that pictures posted above is a good start for why everyone should drink enough water. It also helps with digestion and prevention of constipation. Gross, right? But hey, it is what it is. Don't want that crap (literally) inside you, right? Personally, I drink at least a liter of water every morning before I eat. I'm so thirsty anyway from not having anything to drink all night it's so easy to do!
Where should you get your water from? I suggest filtered tap water. NOT water bottles from the store! For more information on that watch the documentary called Tapped. It's very good. Plus, if you're not recycling they just end up in landfills and ruin the environment. And I believe that even though many people are recycling there are too many to recycle anyway and it all just ends up polluting our Earth anyway. Using a reusable water bottle is very helpful. I got my husband one that is made out of glass because he hates the plastic ones. Glass is much more able to be recycled too so if it breaks and we have to throw it away, I'll feel a lot better about recycling it than those other ones....
So with that......
It's so good for you! It's so incredibly important to have it!! Think you can't drink that much water? Give it a try! See how much water you can consume in a day. Keep track of how much and how you feel at the end of the day. Yes, you will pee a lot. That's because your body is flushing out all the yucky stuff that it doesn't need. Eventually it gets easier. Just keep at it. And eventually it will feel good to drink that much water.
You'll know you're drinking enough when your pee is clear every time you go. That doesn't mean you can stop for the day. It just means that you're doing good! Freelee from 30bananasaday.com suggests peeing about 10 times per day! That's a lot, right? It just seems that way because most people aren't used to that.
So give it a try! I dare you! And with that, have a great Thursday!
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