Are you drinking enough water? How do you know how much water to drink?
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It is vitally important for your body that you start drinking enough water, and it’s important that you start drinking enough water today. You don’t need to gulp down the water, but it is important to continually sip some water throughout the day. If you don’t drink enough water, this can lead to dehydration.
What Is Dehydration?
The MayoClinic says that “dehydration occurs when you use or lose more fluid than you take in, and your body doesn’t have enough water and other fluids to carry out its normal functions. If you don’t replace lost fluids, you will get dehydrated.”
But what is really important is what dehydration leads to…
Dis Ease
That’s right. Dis-ease… not to be mistaken with “disease,” dehydration leads to total dis ease in your body.
First, dehydration can cause an acid-alkaline imbalance in your body. This is always a balance in your body between being acidic or alkaline, so this is really important to have this balance. Having enough water in your body helps create and keep that balance between being acidic and alkaline. Not only that, but having enough water in your body totally can scratch out the Dis from Dis Ease.
Having enough water helps with so many things:
- Arthritis
- Constipation
- Cholesterol levels
- Cystitis
- Digestive disorders
- Eczema
- Excess weight
- Fatigue
- Gastritis
- High and low blood pressure
- Pre-mature aging
- Stomach ulcers and urinary infections
So Why Is It Important To Drink Enough Water?
It is important to drink enough water because we don’t want inflammation in our bodies. We don’t want all of the things listed above. And water can counteract all of these problems.
Did you know that our bodies are made up of 50-70% water? For instance, our brains are made up of about 75% water. So, if you are dehydrated, do you really expect your brain to function at full capacity? No, I don’t think so!
If we continue to be dehydrated and not drink enough water, what else can happen to our brains? Think back to the Dis Ease…. Dis Ease only leads to one thing… DISEASE. Maybe dementia or Alzheimers… our neural pathways aren’t functioning correctly.
Now, I’m not trying to say that you are going to get dementia or Alzheimers right away. But listen to what I am saying… When you and I don’t take care of our bodies, then we can expect some Dis Ease to come into play, which can, in turn, lead to disease.
How Much Water Should I Drink Everyday?
This is actually a really simple solution… the rule of thumb is to drink eight 8oz glasses of water each and every day. Remember, this is the MINIMUM amount of water to drink every day, not the maximum. It’s not a bad thing if you have more water than that.
Here’s another way to look at it – you should be drinking half of your body weight in ounces every day. Let me explain – This is an easy calculator to make:
If you weigh 200lbs, then you cut that in half by dividing it by 2. That is the amount of ounces of water you should be drinking daily. So, if you weigh 200lbs:
200lbs / 2 = 100oz Water Every Single Day!
Are You Drinking Enough Water?
You’re seriously doing that? Are you drinking enough water for how much you weigh?
Your body needs and CRAVES water. Oftentimes when we think we are hungry, we aren’t actually hungry. No! Instead, we are actually thirsty. Our body is telling us that it is craving some water.
So, an easy takeaway here is that when you are in-between meal times and you start feeling hungry or snacky, HAVE A GLASS OF WATER!
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It is refreshing, it helps keep your body healthy, and last but not least, it will fill you up! Oftentimes during the middle of the day, I make sure to have a big glass of water to curb my hunger while I’m waiting for dinner. It works!
Living Water
As christians, we all know about Living Water. When we drink the living water, we never thirst again. But this is also true here on earth – when we drink enough physical, earthly water in our earthly bodies, then our thirst is quenched here on earth.
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Make sure to invite your friends. This journey is so much more fun and engaging when we do it together with community. Plus, having someone by your side to support you is truly transformational!
Once you’ve registered and invited your friends, then you can already start this small change in your life…DRINK ENOUGH WATER FOR YOUR BODY!
Tell me in the comments below… Are you drinking enough water? What steps can you take to drink more water everyday?
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