Water is a kind of food that we human beings rely on for survival, without water life can not continue in a healthy way. Drinking water has many uses, life can be seen everywhere it. Although the water is very common, but it has a very good health effects.
One of the five benefits of drinking water
1, nourish the skin
Once dehydrated, the skin on the fine wrinkles and texture will become deeper. Water is a natural beauty cream. Drinking water hydrates skin cells, making them fuller and younger looking. And water removes impurities from the skin, improves blood circulation and makes the skin glow.
2, keep fit
Water speeds up metabolism and makes people feel full. Therefore, replacing high-calorie drinks with water and drinking a glass before meals can make you feel fuller. And drinking more water can make your metabolism stronger, especially if you drink ice-cold water, as your body needs to heat that water up, a process that burns some calories.
3. Boost energy
If you feel tired and drained, it's probably caused by dehydration. Drinking adequate amounts of water enables the heart to pump blood more efficiently. And water in the body helps the blood carry oxygen and other essential nutrients to the cells.
4, relieve stress
70% to 80% of the body's brain tissue consists of water. If dehydrated, both the body and the brain will feel the stress. Once you feel thirsty, you are already experiencing some degree of dehydration. Therefore, in order to relieve the stress caused by dehydration, you can put a glass of water on your desk or carry a sports water bottle to replenish water at any time
5. Strengthening muscles
Drinking water in moderation prevents muscle cramps and lubricates the body's joints. If there is enough water in the body, the intensity of the exercise can be greater and longer, and feel the limit later, which also helps to practice a fit body.
Everyone knows that drinking water has many, many benefits, but how much to drink? How to drink is considered healthy? It is little known, today the palm master brother will talk to you about how to drink water correctly, this is also a synthesis of the views of many experts.
Two, drinking too much water has serious consequences
Thirsty, drink more water, stomach ache, drink more hot water; colds, drink more hot water; constipation, drink more hot water ...... not enough water will naturally affect the health of the body, but if you do not have a good grasp of the degree of drinking too much will be hurt by the essence of health.
1, drinking water poisoning
According to the "Qianjiang Evening News" reported that Mr. Wang, 50 years old in Ningbo, physical examination found kidney stones, the doctor said that drinking water helps to treat stones. After that, Mr. Wang every day as long as he has time to pick up a cup to drink water, every day to drink at least 10 bottles of water, or 10 pounds of water. After drinking for half a month, he suddenly fainted and was admitted to the ICU.
This is commonly known as "water intoxication". The "water poisoning" is not caused by water spoilage or toxins in the water, but by hyponatremia.
Drinking 5,000 milliliters of plain water a day for half a month led to a massive loss of sodium ions in the body. Coupled with his original preference for a low-sodium diet, the intake of sodium ions is insufficient, and excessive drinking of water is tantamount to adding insult to injury. People who drink normal amounts of water do not have to worry about water intoxication. And people who often engage in heavy physical labor, physical training and mental illness need to be vigilant. In addition, special groups of people are to pay attention to, such as the kidneys, the heart is not good, the body swollen people, are not able to drink a lot of water, will increase the body's burden
2, brain edema
Too much water at once will lead to a large number of people in the body of the water into the brain cells, resulting in brain cell swelling, which led to cerebral edema. Brain cell edema leads to brain tissue volume, and brain tissue solid within the skull, tissue enlargement leads to increased intracranial pressure, clinically a series of symptoms, including headache, vomiting, blurred vision, drowsiness, etc., uncontrolled or even coma, convulsions and other symptoms.
3, high blood pressure
Sometimes because the meal is too salty, the human body intake of salt is too much, the human body feels special taste, involuntarily drink more water until the salt is diluted. In fact, if you do not feel thirsty, the intake of water has been too much, because the "thirst" signal to the brain after a period of time, is a delayed reaction. The sudden accumulation of water in the blood vessels will lead to an increase in blood pressure, and in the long run, high blood pressure will develop.
4, heart and kidney damage
The amount of urine discharged from the body after drinking a lot of water is more than the amount of water drunk. This is because in the hypotonic state, the body's normal secretion of an "anti-diuretic hormone" is inhibited.
Therefore, drinking a lot of boiled water does not necessarily play a role in replenishing water. On the contrary, due to the diuretic effect, the body's sodium, potassium, chlorine and other electrolytes will be lost with the urine.
A proper amount of water can help the kidneys remove sodium, urea, and toxins; while excessive water consumption, which means more filtration by the kidneys, will increase the burden on the kidneys. Not only that, but it will also lead to damage to the heart and kidneys, bringing extremely serious consequences
Three, how to drink water correctly
So in the end how to drink water correctly? How much water is too much to drink? Various types of media have emphasized that drinking 8 cups of water a day for the body detoxification. So the question is, this 8 cups of water in the end is how much? With how much capacity of the cup? Is it with the mineral water bottle capacity equivalent to the cup, or a small tea cup kind of cup?
The Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents recommends that each person should consume at least 1,200 milliliters of water per day, which includes both the water we drink directly and the water contained in the food we consume. The specific amount of water consumed will vary depending on each person's physical condition, the environment they live in, the climate, the amount of exercise they do and the work they do. For example, tall and strong people should drink slightly more water per day, and when the temperature is high, people sweat more and should drink more water. Then again, certain diseases, such as fever, chronic inflammation, constipation, as well as diabetic patients should be appropriate to increase the amount of water.
Different people have different needs for water due to their different metabolic abilities. For example, people who work outdoors in summer should drink 2000-3000 milliliters of water due to more sweating; while 1200-1500 milliliters is enough for less sweating in winter. Under normal circumstances, 8 glasses of water, each cup is about 200 milliliters. So what's the time to drink water?
First, get up in the morning and drink a cup of warm water
The first cup of water should be neither honey water, saline, and should not be coffee, milk, soybean milk, juice, warm water is most suitable.
But remember to brush your teeth before drinking water, otherwise after a whole night's rest, the careless residue of food scum on the teeth will be combined with the calcium salts in saliva, precipitation, and over time the formation of dental calculus and plaque. If you drink water without brushing your teeth, it's easy to bring these bacteria into your body.
Second, don't wait for thirst to drink
Drinking water, but also divided into active and passive drinking water. Many people drink water is passive drinking water, feel thirsty and then drink water. However, prolonged dehydration will increase the viscosity of the blood, inducing cardiovascular disease, it is best to drink two mouthfuls of water from time to time.
Never because of the heat and thirst and binge drinking, this will make the body fluids of water and salt out of balance, light cause gastrointestinal severe pain, heavy life-threatening. These water all of a sudden accumulated in the stomach and intestines, in addition to the stomach feel heavy and stuffy, not only to replenish the water, but also affect the diaphragm activity, affecting normal breathing.
Third, drink water should be a small number of times
The rehydration is not balanced, a little more and a little less, will make the body a little wet and a little dry, on the organs and the body's health is harmful. However, there are 3 key time points, it is best to drink a small glass of water at all.
A small glass of water before bedtime: drink half a glass of water about 0.5 to 1 hour before going to bed to help prevent stroke. It doesn't have to be much, half a glass is about right. Drinking too much will make it easier to get up at night and affect the quality of sleep.
A small glass of water when you get up: It is best to put a glass of water at the bedside, so if you get up in the middle of the night, you can take a small sip.
Fourth, do not drink ice water
The healthiest water in summer is warm water, it is best not to drink ice water, especially after exercise or square dancing. After strenuous exercise, the heartbeat accelerates, capillary expansion, which in turn causes low blood pressure and insufficient blood supply to the brain. Immediately drink water, especially chilled cold drinks, the body is extremely burdensome, very easy to cause damage to the heart, spleen and kidneys, serious will trigger sudden death.
Daily drinking water schedule
6:30 a.m. first drink 250 milliliters of water, more than half an hour after breakfast. 8:30 from get up to the office the whole process of time is compact, emotional tension, the body invariably will be dehydrated, so to the office, to drink at least 250 milliliters of water first. 11:00 work for a period of time after the certainty of a glass of water, which helps to relax the mood. 12:40 after lunch around the time of the first drink of water. Emotions.12:40You can drink less water about half an hour after lunch.14:40Drink a big glass of water to help you clear your head.17:00Drink another glass of water before you leave work. If you want to drink water to reduce the weight of people can drink more cups to increase the sense of satiety, a moment to eat dinner naturally will not overeat. 22:00 one to half an hour before going to bed and drink a glass of water.