This Got My Attention!
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WATER#1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. (Likely applies to half the world population.) #2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is mistaken for hunger.
#3. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's metabolism as 3%.
#4. One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University of Washington study.
#5. Lack of water, the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
#6. Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79% and one is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer. Are you drinking the amount of water you should drink every day?
FOR YOUR INFORMATION:
#1 The active ingredient in soda is phosphoric acid. It will dissolve a nail in about four days. Phosphoric acid also leaches calcium from bones and is a major contributor to the rising increase of osteoporosis.
#2 Caffeine dehydrates.
This blew my mind because I don't drink water. My ALS makes it easy to choke on water, my bladder is a weak muscle and going to the bathroom can be tiring (up, down with clothes and pulling body up and down). This makes all that seem trivial. Just because I have one illness does not mean I can't get another. I drink coffee in the morning and cold green tea during the day, all with caffeine that is dehydrating...YIKES! I thought you might not have known some of this.
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10 comments:
Cold green tea is very good for you though with all those antioxidants.
Yikes! is right. I hardly ever get thirsty, and don't drink much water. Or coffee. Or tea. Help! I'm drying up!
I didn't know all this! And I don't drink nearly enough water! Thanks for posting this important info.
Isn't that amazing? I think I'm gonna go get a tall glass of water now.
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This is great to read. Thanks Tammy.
I hate the taste of water but smartwater is good. It has electrolights without any sweetner or flavor, but it tastes really good.
I also love this song-it reminds me of art class when I was a kid. The woman would play them while class was going on.
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thanks for the info. i can now have all the water i need in my tube without choking. i so understand why it is so hard for you.
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Green tea, unlike coffee, counts as water, so maybe it will mitigate the dehydration. I'm trying to drink more water, too, even though it makes me get up a couple of times in the night. I don't know which is worse: less water or interrupted sleep!
Love to you.
I don't drink enough water and I KNOW it's my biggest health problem. I know a lot of my aches and complaints would be solved with more water. Thank you for this post. And David Cassidy did it for me when I was a kid. (=
I know I need to drink more water! Thanks! sweet Tammy for the reminder! xo, Cinda
Water is so important - and so easy to forget! Thanks for the reminder (I should have though about that with all the "Finding Water" thinking I've been doing!)
xo
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