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Water: The best energy drink
The human body consists of approximately 75% water and 25% solid matter. The brain is said to be 85% water and to be extremely sensitive to any dehydration or reduction of water content. 6 Facts about drinking water.
De-watering
The idea that tea, coffee, alcohol and manufactured drinks are a substitute for the body's need for natural water is incorrect. It is true that these drinks contain water, but most of them also contain dehydrating substances such as caffeine. Great tasting water from your Water Cooler D'Aguilar. These substances deprive the body of the water in which they are dissolved, plus some additional water from the body reserves. So when you drink coffee or tea, or even a beer, your body will lose more water than it contains. What does drinking water really does for your skin?
The daily amount of water
How many liters of water per day should you drink to stay healthy? A lot of advice is to drink 1.5 to 2 liters of water per day. But not everything you drink eventually comes out as urine. You lose moisture through:
- urine: approximately 1,400 milliliters
- feces: about 100 milliliters
- exhalation: about 500 milliliters
- sweating: about 500 milliliters
These amounts can vary greatly. You must produce at least 500 milliliters of urine daily to be able to dispose of your waste. This is about 700 milliliters for the elderly because kidney function decreases.
Too much water in a short time is harmful
However, you can also drink too much water. Water is toxic to the body if too much is taken in too short a time. The body then produces a lot of urine in response to the large moisture supply. As a result, too many of the minerals needed to retain sufficient body water are excreted. This initially leads to nausea, headache, drowsiness and the skin may feel cold and clammy. With such water poisoning, epileptic seizures and a disturbed heart rhythm eventually occur, due to the shortage of electrolytes. If you do not intervene in time, this will lead to death.
Dehydration
More than half of the body consists of water. Moisture is very important for your health, for example for the circulatory system, digestion, the functioning of the heart and kidneys and regulating your body temperature. So drink more water from your Water Cooler D'Aguilar. Drinking lemon water in the morning is good for you. Dehydration is a shortage of water in the body. This can be due to insufficient fluid intake, too much moisture loss, or a combination of both. If you lose moisture, you often lose salts and nutrients. The risk of dehydration is greatest in people from vulnerable groups, such as the elderly, chronically ill, pregnant women and children under 2 years of age. If you do not drink enough for a few days you can already get complaints about it, because this leads to a slight form of dehydration. Drinking too many alcoholic beverages in a short time also leads to dehydration with the famous male, because alcohol has an inhibitory effect on the anti-diuretic hormone. This hormone ensures that the body retains enough fluid. Such mild forms of dehydration lead to headaches, loss of concentration and fatigue. If dehydration is not treated, someone may become shocked. The blood pressure then drops dangerously and the heart goes crazy. Damage to the brain, heart and kidneys can then occur and eventually result in death. Healthy drink water with minerals from your Water Cooler D'Aguilar.
If dehydration is treated on time, the outlook is fine. Signs of dehydration are: - no or little urination
-dark urine
-thirst
-dry mouth and tongue
-headache
congestion
-fast breathing
-fast heartbeat
-sharing eyes
-cold arms and legs
-new or not perspire while it is warm
-reduced elasticity of the skin
-lowing to faint
-confusion
- losing weight can also be a sign of dehydration. This involves more than 1 kilogram of weight loss per day
Prevent dehydration
What does drinking 2 liters of water a day do with your body? To prevent dehydration, it can help to prepare your daily amount of water (1.5-2 liters), ready in the morning from your Water Cooler D'Aguilar, for example in glass bottles or a jug. This makes visual how much it is, and you know exactly what you have to 'drink'.
Other tips are:
- Start the day by drinking 1 to 3 glasses of water, because your body during the night
has had no fluid for hours.
- Always keep a glass or a bottle of water nearby and take a drink regularly.
- Do you clear less than you normally do, or is your urine dark yellow? Then it is good to drink extra.
- Eat fruits and vegetables, because there is a lot of water in them.
- If you have a disease, which means you can only take limited fluids, such as heart failure or kidney disease, or you use water tablets, talk to your doctor about how much you can drink.
- In case of fever, diarrhea, or vomiting, it is important to drink a lot more, about 2 to 3 liters per day.