For a long time, doctors recalled the need to use a certain amount of fluid for the normal functioning of the body. Today, nutritionists argue that liquid foods and drinks do not make up the need for plain water, which cannot be replaced with coffee or tea. What is the use of water and how to drink it?
Dehydration
An adult, 60% consisting of water, with its loss and violation of the water-salt balance, experiences discomfort and real ailments, manifested:
- the presence of weakness;
- headache or dizziness;
- increased heart rate and poor health;
- dry mouth;
- decreased urination and darkening of urine;
- the appearance of constipation;
- increase in pressure.
Dehydration can result in only 1-2% of body weight. The desire to quench thirst is already evidence of the appearance of a problem, therefore, for drinking water, one should not be guided only by its presence. A person needs to drink about two liters per day (30-40 g per 1 kg of weight) in order to withstand the appearance of serious diseases associated with dehydration.
The benefits of water for disease prevention
The risk of which diseases can be significantly reduced by drinking the right amount of clean water?
- Studies by scientists over six years have shown a 41% reduction in the risk of cardiovascular disease with sufficient use of healing fluid.
- Improving the digestive system and reducing the acidity of the stomach helps in the prevention of gastrointestinal diseases. The probability of getting cancer of the stomach is reduced by 45%.
- In an alkaline environment, cancer cells stop growth, therefore, oncological diseases of all organs (especially the bladder) are directly dependent on fluid intake. Risk reduction reaches 50%.
Also, the benefits of water are to increase energy, eliminate toxins and cleanse the body, including the skin. Cosmetics contribute to its hydration from the outside, but it is more important to do this from the inside. Water is an essential tool for weight loss. Using it before eating, a person significantly reduces appetite. Replacing it with other drinks, he deprives himself of additional calories. Special healing water allows you to remove excess fluid that accumulates in the body.
Raw or boiled
When answering the question of what kind of water can be drunk, it should be recognized that it should be safe, not containing harmful impurities. But which one: raw or boiled? In fresh water, there are trace elements necessary for the body: potassium, sodium, magnesium, as well as soluble gases: oxygen, nitrogen. They are absent in boiled water, turning it into dead and inert, unable to dissolve anything and provoking edema. Flowers are not watered with such water, aquariums for fish are not filled. Often when it is heated, before boiling, a person discovers a white foam - this is oxygen, which has not had time to completely stand out from the water. That is why fish do not live in boiled liquid: it is impossible to breathe and eat in it.
To disinfect fresh water (remove bacteria and viruses that cause infections), it must be passed through a filter. If it is absent, it should be remembered that the water from the tap was subjected to industrial disinfection - ozonation, chlorination or UV treatment, so it can not cause significant harm. But drink it from the tap immediately should not be allowed to settle. For disinfection at the time of settling, a silver spoon can be lowered into it. It is convenient to buy ready-made bottled water, preferring soda. This is due to the fact that in a plastic bottle, water has a certain shelf life and can rot. Gas from the dishes can always be released.
Spring water
Groundwater and groundwater that come naturally to the surface are called springs. Often they are without fail ranked as having a healing effect. In fact, the water in the springs does not always differ in composition and chemical properties from water from wells or artesian wells. Although, depending on the location and composition, it can beneficially affect the human body, normalizing pressure or eliminating a headache. What is the use of spring water?
This is the cleanest of all varieties of water that has passed through natural filters: gravel and layers of sand. Such treatment does not deprive the liquid of its structure and does not violate the hydrochemical composition, allowing it to be used without additional purification, while preserving all the natural properties.
How to drink water
In order not to harm the body, you need to follow certain rules for the use of healing fluid, which include the following:
- It is not recommended to drink water during meals or immediately before meals. Hydrochloric acid, secreted by the stomach during digestion, reduces concentration, making it difficult to assimilate food.
- You should drink in small portions several times a day. In the hot months and with active sports, water intake should be increased.
- The liquid should be at room temperature even in the summer.
- It is permissible to use water diluted with lemon juice or honey, which significantly increases its properties.
What is beneficial water with lemon?
Such a drink due to vitamin C enhances immunity, normalizes blood pressure, strengthens nerves. Intestinal motility is better stimulated, the alkaline balance is leveled, toxins are more effectively eliminated, the skin is cleansed and smoothed. Such a drink has a light diuretic effect, promotes kidney function.
How beneficial is water with honey?
A spoonful of honey dissolved in water will nourish the brain cells, cause activity (in the morning), calm and relax (in the evening). Honey is indispensable for the breakdown of undigested food residues and the release of the intestines. This leads to an effective fight against aging.