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Hydration
There are many benefits to staying hydrated by drinking water.
Here are just a few:

Sore Muscles
Eight ounces of water per 15 minutes of exercise is key to preventing sore muscles after exercise.
     
Mental Concentration
Water is an important element in mental awareness. A water deficit of only one quart will substantially reduce one's ability to concentrate.
     
Dieting
Before you eat, drink a pint of water. This will act as an appetite suppressant and help you lose weight.
     
Athletic Performance
Water is critical to aerobic output and endurance. A 2 percent loss of body water can produce a 20 percent decrease in physical performance.
     
Heartburn
At least 30 percent of indigestion is a result of dehydration. The body requires copious amounts of water - up to one quart - to digest an average meal.
     
Dry Skin
As many doctors will tell you, the cure for dry skin may be as simple as eight glasses of water per day.
     
Cholesterol Control
Doctors believe that an increase in water consumption can have a positive effect on cholesterol formation.
     
Joint Pain
Most joint pain may result merely from insufficient water consumption. Since water is the primary lubricant for the contact surfaces of the joints, friction caused by lack of water can produce symptoms that are remarkably similar to that of arthritis inflammation.
     
Pre-natal Health – Pregnancy requires up to two extra glasses of water per day. Water comprises about 97 percent of the body weight of an early embryo and about 80 percent of the body weight of a newborn baby.
     
Fluid Replenishment
Only water is an efficient replacement for water. Coffee, tea, cola and alcoholic beverages have a diuretic effect that can actually impede your body from absorbing water. Drinking 5 cups of coffee per day is enough to increase urinary flow by 40 percent, frequently producing a negative water balance.
     
Regularity
Constipation is frequently a result of dehydration. Thus, water is nature's safest, most natural laxative.
     
Headaches
To prevent a headache, drink water frequently. Dehydration has been found to play a major role in the precipitation of headaches, especially migraines.
 
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