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Water and Your Body
Amanda BeardAs a personal trainer I am frequently asked about the importance of water and hydration. Next to breathing, drinking water is the most important thing you can do for your body. You can go many days without food, but only a couple without water.
The absolute best thing you can do for your overall health is to drink water regularly. Every single function of the body requires water. Many aches and pains show up simply because of dehydration. The human body has a hierarchy for how it uses water and if dehydrated will draw water away from the extremities to give to the vital organs and bloodstream. After all, the body does not need fully functioning knees and elbows as much as it needs a functioning liver and heart.
A simple guideline is half your body weight in pounds; try to drink that number in ounces of water each day. If you weight 150, then try to get in 75 ounces of water per day. I weigh around 185 pounds and aim for 4 liters a day (1 to 1.5 liters of that is taken in during my daily workouts). Also remember, drinking too much water without sufficient salt is not good. Consider this; the very first thing they give you in a hospital, almost regardless of WHAT you’re there for, is an IV saline drip of .9 percent salt. They do that for a reason. Depending on the size of your bottle, add one or two pinches of unrefined sea salt. The darker and more off colored the salt, the better. I would highly recommend staying away from the common processed white table salt as it has far fewer benefits and DO NOT OVER DO the amount of salt, especially if you have blood pressure issues, as it can be harmful to your health. If you still think salt isn’t that important,
Keep hydrated and stay healthy.
-By guest blogger Troy Linder
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If you have any questions please ask in the comment section below and remember THIS IS ONLY AN OPINION! If you attempt to follow it you are doing so AT YOUR OWN RISK! When making any changes to your diet ABSOLUTELY MAKE SURE you obtain prior approval from a licensed and board certified physician!
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