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Friday, 15 November 2013
Thursday, 14 November 2013
Benifits of Drinking Water
1.
Drinking
Water Helps Maintain the Balance of Body Fluids.
Your body
is composed of about 60% water. The functions of these bodily fluids include
digestion, absorption, circulation, creation of saliva, transportation of
nutrients, and maintenance of body temperature.
"Through the
posterior pituitary gland, your brain communicates with your kidneys and tells
it how much water to excrete as urine or hold onto for reserves," says
Guest, who is also an adjunct professor of medicine at Stanford University.
When you're low on fluids,
the brain triggers the body's thirst mechanism. And unless you are taking medications that make you
thirsty, Guest says, you should listen to those cues and get yourself a drink
of water, juice, milk, coffee -- anything but alcohol.
"Alcohol interferes
with the brain and kidney communication and causes excess excretion of fluids
which can then lead to dehydration," he says.
2. Water Can Help Control Calories.
For
years, dieters have been drinking lots of water as a weight loss strategy.
While water doesn't have any magical effect on weight loss, substituting it for higher calorie beverages can
certainly help.
"What works with
weight loss is if you choose water or a non-caloric beverage over a caloric
beverage and/or eat a diet higher in water-rich foods that are healthier, more
filling, and help you trim calorie intake," says Penn State researcher
Barbara Rolls, PhD, author of The
Volumetrics Weight Control Plan.
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