In this article, Certified Wellness Coach & Lifestyle Physician Dr. Sandeep Jassal explains in a simple language about the amazing 7 Health Benefits of Drinking Enough Water.
Drinking enough water is essential for good health. This habit can potentially help you prevent many health conditions and even manage many diseases better. It is often an ignored aspect of our diet & lifestyle with all the attention on so many other things people seldom remember to drink water that often to fulfill their body’s biological needs of water.
60% of your body is composed of water. The vital biological processes of bodily fluids include the production of saliva, digestion, absorption, circulation, transportation of nutrients, and regulation of body temperature within the normal range.
In the regulation of the fluid levels in the body, the pituitary gland(also called the master gland) a pea-sized gland situated in your head just beneath the brain and behind the nose bridge, communicates with your kidneys and tells it how much water to shunt out of the body as urine or how much fluid to hold on for reserves.
When your body is low on fluids, the brain’s mechanism sends signals to the body’s thirst mechanism. And unless you are on some medications that are supposed to make you feel thirsty, you should listen to what your body is telling you and drink fluids in the form of water, milk, juice, coffee, anything except alcohol.
Given below are the 7 best health benefits of drinking enough water.
1. Drinking Enough Water Help You Stay Slimmer
If you are trying to lose weight? Water can rev up your metabolism and it helps you feel full.
Swap calorie-rich drinks with the zero-calorie plain water, and drink a glass of water before meals to feel fuller.
Drinking enough water helps boost up the metabolism – and if your glass is chilled, your body has to work to warm the water up to the body temperature and burns a few extra calories in the process.
2. Water Boosts Your Energy Levels
Feeling tired, drained and depleted, boost energy levels with water because dehydration many times makes you feel tired. The right amount of water in the body helps the heart pump blood more effectively in the body.
And water helps blood transport essential nutrients and vital oxygen to your cells.
3. Lower Stress Levels With Water
Your brain tissue is about 70% to 80% water. If your body is dehydrated, your mind is stressed. When you wait for thirst, you’re too late as you are already a little dehydrated.
Keep sipping water at work desk or carry a bottle along to reach the water targets daily
4. Water Helps Build Muscle Tone
Drinking enough water may help lubricate joints in the body & helps prevent muscle cramping during & after exercise.
If you have had enough water, it is easier to exercise for longer and harder.
5. Water Improves Skin Quality
Drinking enough water hydrates skin cells and makes them plumped up, making your face look younger.
It improves blood flow and circulation and detoxifies the biological waste helping your skin glow.
6. Drinking-Water Regulates Bowel
Water is important for maintaining good digestion along with a good amount of fiber in the diet.
Water helps carry waste and passes it smoothly through the intestines.
In case of low water intake, your body re-absorbs all the water from the stools lying in your colon leaving them dry and making it harder to pass out.
7. Water Reduces Risk of Kidney Stones
The incidence of the formation of kidney stones is rising. One of the main reasons is said to be low water intake.
Water dilutes the waste particles, minerals & salts in your urine that may help form crystals leading to kidney stones formation.
Kidney stones are less likely to form in diluted urine thereby reducing your risk by drinking enough water.
