01/02/2025
SIGNS YOUâRE NOT DRINKING ENOUGH
WATER.
Too many of us donât drink enough water on daily basis. By depriving ourselves of the worldâs most natural resource, we are continuously damaging our bodies. If you experience any of the following, you can improve your situation by starting with a glass of H2O.
1. Your Mouth is Dry:
Drinking water lubricates the mucus membranes in your mouth and throat, which will continue to keep your mouth moist with saliva long after that first sip.
2. Your Skin is Dry:
Your skin is your bodyâs largest organ, so of course it needs to stay hydrated. In fact, dry skin is one of the earliest signs of full-on dehydration, which can lead to much larger problems. lack of water means lack of sweat, which leads to a bodyâs inability to wash away excess dirt and oil accumulated throughout the day. If you want to stave off breakouts, your first recourse should be to drink more water.
3. Youâre Overly Thirsty:
We went over dry mouth already, but thirst goes beyond a desert-like tongue. and drinking water sends âYES PLEASE!â signals to the brain until your fluid levels get back to baseline. Listen to what your body is telling you; it knows what itâs talking about!
4. Your Eyes Are Dry:
By now it should be clear that drinking water affects more than just your mouth and throat. lack of water intake leads to dry, bloodshot eyes (again, think of that last pounding hangover). Without water in the body, your tear ducts dry up. If youâre thinking âSo what if I canât cry?â, realize that this could cause much more harm to your eyes, especially if you wear contacts on a daily basis.
5. You Experience Joint Pain:
Our cartilage and spinal discs are made up of about 80% water. This is an absolute necessity to keep our bones from grinding against each other with every step we take. By keeping your body hydrated, you ensure that your joints can absorb the shock of sudden movements, such as running, jumping, or falling awkwardly.
6. Your Muscle Mass Decreases:
Your muscles, also, are comprised mostly of water. Obviously, less water in the body means less muscle mass. Drinking water before, during, and after a workout not only keeps you hydrated and comfortable, it also brings water to the right places in your body, and decreases the chance of developing inflammation and soreness related to exercise and weightlifting.
7. You Stay Sick Longer:
Drinking water allows your body to continuously flush out toxins. Your organs work to filter our certain waste products like a machine, but if you donât fuel the machine with water, it cannot work properly. What ends up happening in a dehydrated body is organs start to pull water from stored areas like your blood, which leads to a whole new set of problems.
8. You Feel Fatigued and Lethargic:
As we just mentioned, when your body is dehydrated it âborrowsâ water from your blood. lack of properly hydrated blood leads to lack of oxygen being brought throughout the body. Of course, lack of oxygen leads to sleeplessness and outright fatigue. lack of stamina means youâll start to experience that 2PM crash earlier and earlier in your day (and remember, coffee wonât help in the long run)
9. You Experience Hunger Pangs:
When youâre dehydrated, your body might start to think it needs some food. This happens throughout the day, and overnight when you wake up craving that midnight snack. However, eating food creates more work for your body, whereas drinking water purifies your organs and supplies it with the fuel it needs to go through the other processes the body goes through
10. You Experience Digestive Problems:
We spoke before about the mucus in our mouth and throat, and how keeping hydrated allow the membrane to function correctly. This also applies to the entire digestive system. Without proper hydration, the amount and strength of mucus in the stomach lessens, allowing stomach acid to do some major damage to your inside. This leads to what we refer to as heartburn and indigestion
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