30/04/2025
Keep hydrated!!
🤔It is believed the average human can live for roughly three weeks without food, three days without water and three minutes without oxygen.
💦Drinking water, in the form of fluids or foods, is essential for our health, and a vital nutrient which our body needs. Depending on which research you read, it’s believed most adults need about 2 to 2.5 litres of fluid a day, which is around 8 glasses. But environmental factors such as the temperature, activity level and intensity and personal health conditions have affect on the amount of water you need.
⚖️ When our intake doesn’t equal our output, we become dehydrated. For example through sweat loss in warmer climates or strenuous exercise,
🧫 Our body is about 60% water, and it’s transportation through the body assists functions such as digestion, absorption, circulation, transportation of nutrients, and maintenance of body temperature.
💪 Water helps energise our muscles. When muscle cells have inadequate fluids, they are unable to work effectively, performance can suffer, which can result in muscle fatigue and lethargy.
🦴 Water is a key nutrient making up the fluid lubricating our joints, allowing for ease of movement.
❤️🩹 Drinking water is also an essential part of recovery, removing toxins and keeping our muscles in proper working order.
✏️Dehydration symptoms include:
- Muscle cramping
- Fatigue
- Lightheadedness
- Headaches
- Dizziness
- Lack of concentration and focus
Top Tip
A good clue as to whether we are hydrated is the colour of our wee!! Ideally our urine should be a pale, yellow colour. Darker yellow are you are most likely dehydrated.
So keep filling up that water bottle and encourage yourself to drink, even in cooler climates.
For more information on nutrition, hydration and massage contact me to book an appointment or to find out how I might be able to help you
Amanda Buggy-Soft Tissue Therapy & Nutrition 🌺
