We know that drinking water day-to-day keeps
us all healthily hydrated, and drinking more while exercising or in hot weather
helps us in the short term. But what about the long term? We scoured for
evidence of the benefits of keeping our hydration levels up over time.
1 - Improved brain function
Drinking more water may help improve your
concentration and memory, and keep you in a good mood. Research shows that even
mild dehydration can affect your brain function, leaving you feeling sluggish
and foggy-headed.
Not drinking enough water in the long term may affect your
ability to think and reason clearly. Your body needs to stay healthily hydrated
in order to adequately cushion and protect your brain.
2 - Less headaches
For those who tend to get a lot of headaches,
drinking more water may help treat as well prevent them. One study also showed
that drinking more water helped people with migraine symptoms.
While there’s no
universally agreed proof of the effects that increased hydration has on
headaches, a fair amount of research shows that headaches can be a symptom of
dehydration and drinking more water can help relieve them.
3 - Constipation relief
Doctors will usually recommend drinking more
water to help relieve constipation, and drinking more in the long term may help
prevent it. Our bodies need to stay hydrated in order to effectively flush the
waste from our system.
4 - Kidney damage prevention
Our kidneys are our body’s own filtration
system. They get rid of the waste but keep the good stuff we need in our blood.
They need a steady flow of water to function properly.
Not drinking enough
water is the main cause of people developing kidney stones. Increased hydration
can also help treat urinary tract infections and drinking enough in the first
place may help prevent them.
5 - Weight loss
One way to lose weight is to drink more water,
especially before meal times. Doing this can simply makes you feel more full,
so you may eat less and consume less calories.
One study showed that dieters
who drank half a litre of water half an hour before a meal lost 44% more weight
over 12 weeks than dieters who didn’t.
Another study showed that increased
hydration also increased the body’s metabolism, therefore more calories were
burned.
So, the next time you're feeling thirsty aim for that extra
glass of water. Feeling more thirsty than usual? Find out with our article the top
reasons for excessive thirst.
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