Importance And Benefits Of Water: Boost Your Body

How Much Water Will Maximise Your Health

Water is as equally important to prioritise within your lifestyle as exercise and your diet. It plays a vital role in supporting many elements of your physical and mental health while also supporting weight loss.

How Much Water Should You Drink?

As recommended by the NHS, you should aim to drink 2 to 2.5 litres of water per day, which is around 8 cups of water. Not drinking the right amount of water can start to have more damaging effects on your health especially if your pregnant or elderly, so prioritising your water intake is a key factor in maintaining a healthy lifestyle and body.

To make sure you hitting your ideal water intake per day, large water bottles can be helpful for this. Water bottles with measurement markings on the side help to insure you’re getting all the fluids you need to stay healthy throughout the day. Carrying this around with you or keeping it in the fridge and on hand whilst you’re at home will allow you to easily maintain your water intake and know how much you’re consuming day by day.

What Benefits Can It Provide?

The main obvious reason water is important is hydration. Keeping hydrated allows your organs, cells and tissue to function correctly. This covers your digestion, absorption of nutrients, brain function, mood regulation, physical health (like preventing fatigue), joint function, temperature regulation and more. Clearly playing a vital role in many areas of maintaining a healthy body.

Dehydration can have a serious tole on your body. If your maintaining a consistent state of mild dehydration you may experience symptoms such as fatigue, dizziness and headaches. Severe dehydration can lead to symptoms such as low blood pressure, fever, confusion and a fast heart rate.

If you’re focusing on changing your lifestyle or weight loss, it is the most important time to take a look at your water intake and prioritise it daily. Increasing exercise and changing your diet needs to be supported by a healthy body which water plays a vital role in. At FitFarms we focus on an overall lifestyle plan and highlight the changes your body is going through and how you can rightfully support that. Our workshops allow you to take away the right knowledge to support your body throughout achieving a sustainable and healthy lifestyle.