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Sore Muscles
Eight ounces of water per 15 minutes of exercise
is key to preventing sore muscles after exercise. |
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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. |
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Dieting
Before you eat, drink a pint of water. This will
act as an appetite suppressant and help you lose
weight. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Dry Skin
As many doctors will tell you, the cure for
dry skin may be as simple as eight glasses of water
per day. |
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Cholesterol Control
Doctors believe that an increase in water
consumption can have a positive effect on cholesterol
formation. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Regularity
Constipation is frequently a result of dehydration.
Thus, water is nature's safest, most natural laxative. |
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Headaches
To prevent a headache, drink water frequently. Dehydration
has been found to play a major role in the precipitation
of headaches, especially migraines. |