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Importance of Drinking Ample Water  ^NEW

Drink 8-10 glasses of water a day. Water helps transport vital nutrients, regulates body temperature, eases digestion, keeps joints supple, cleans out your body, keeps skin healthy and young. Not drinking enough, on the other hand, leads to dehydration, resulting in headaches, fatigue, dizziness, constipation, and foggy
memory. Dehydration can also lead to excess water weight, because our bodies will store water outside our cells.

Water helps the liver do its job more efficiently, namely in metabolizing fat. If you're not consuming enough water, your liver has to work overtime with its other primary function: detoxifying the body. Water helps maximizes the liver's efficiency of both jobs, so you keep your insides clean, your weight healthy,
and so your body can maximize fat metabolism.

An effective exercise routine is an absolute necessity for a successful weight management program. For optimal results and performance, fluids must be replaced by water before, during, and after exercise. Water is by far the most important nutrient for an athlete or exercising individual.

Unfortunately, most people rely on thirst for replacing fluids, even though this is not an accurate indicator of how much fluid the body has lost. Water losses should be monitored by one of the following two methods:

a) Check the color of your urine. A dark color means you are dehydrated. A pale yellow or no color means you are hydrated.

b) Weigh yourself before and after exercise. For each pound of body weight lost, drink two cups of water.