Five Reasons Why You Should Drink More Water Everyday

these each day is a recipe for gaining weight. Choosing to drink water instead is the
calorie free way to quench your thirst.

3. Drinking more water everyday will help you distinguish thirst from hunger. If you
allow your body to become dehydrated it will be difficult to discern whether that
gnawing feeling in your stomach is a call for food or a call for water. And if you keep
eating food when what your body really needs is water, you will gain weight.

4. Drinking more water everyday will help your think more clearly. Research has
repeatedly shown that staying hydrated is necessary for the human brain, which is 85
percent water, to function at optimal levels. That is why many school systems
throughout the country now encourage students to keep a bottle of water at their
desks and to drink it throughout the day.

5. Drinking more water everyday will help you feel better. Your body is about 75
percent water and 25 percent solid material. Doesn’t it make sense that you would
need to drink water on a daily basis to ensure that your body has all the water it
needs to perform at optimal levels. It is a mistake to believe that thirst is the only
indicator of a need to drink water. Constipation, achy joints and fatigue are also
signals that your body may be dehydrated.

About The Author

Jacqueline D. Stanley: Author, Speaker, Chief Encouragement Officer at Lettuce Is
Not Enough University: The Place to Learn How to Live Well and Lose Weight.

Five Reasons Why You Should Drink More Water Everyday
by Jackie Stanley

1. Drinking more water everyday
will keep your skin looking
smooth and supple. Applying
expensive creams and lotions to
your face is not an effective way
to conceal the effects aging has
on your skin. The real fountain of
youth can be found in a glass of
water.

2. Drinking more water everyday
will help you cut calories. Most
popular beverages are loaded
with calories. A can of soda can
have as many as 240 calories
per serving. Drinking 1 or 2 of

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