Pt 2. Water. Five Essentials to kick-start your way to a healthier you

Ok, yesterday I might have burst the bubble when I told you that no one else but you can provide your miracle cure. But to be fair, at least I gave up the starting points and reminded you what your body just can't live without - those simple 5 Essentials:

1. Oxygen. 2. Water. 3. Movement. 4. Fuel. 5. Sleep.

We dealt with the obvious Oxygen yesterday. Today, let's take a look at Water.
While you'll live longer without water than oxygen, it's still incredibly important to your body's metabolic processes. Water plays a key role in the activities of every cell and organ in in your body and that includes how your body converts the fuel you provide it (food) into energy so that you can think clearly and cleverly, and have enough energy to get through your day without feeling exhausted.

All it takes for your thinking and energy levels to be impared is a fluid weight-loss of 1-2% of your body weight. So if you're 70kg, that's only 700g before you start to show signs of mental confusion and can't get aobut your normal daily activites as well (have you ever felt that frustration and crankiness at very simple, minor things?).

How much water should you drink?
There's aways the 6-8 glasses recommendation, but everyone is different on this, so you have to go the other basic recommendation and drink enough so that your urine is pale yellow in colour.

Tomorrow: Movement. For the rest of today, remember to breathe consciously, and start drinking enough water so that you can feel physcially better and think more clearly.