“The greatest wealth is Health.”
Eating healthy food is a major key in order to have a fit body. When I look back 5 years ago, I havent eaten good and healthful food at all. As most of you might know, when I was younger I started dancing in another city so I needed to drive 1-2 hours to the final destination even on school days. It was pretty tough. I did the homework in the car while my parents were driving, I took a few naps to reenergize my body, later on I started to do my make-up in the car and to be honest with you, the car felt like a second home. Since I started dancing while I was still a cheerleader, I literally had no days off so I wasnt able to eat at home when my mom was cooking. Sometimes the training sessions got so late that every restaurant was already closed and I needed to eat fast food a lot. I dont really felt any negativity inside my body. I am not gaining weight easily so doing a lot of sports definitely helped me to stay healthy even though the food wasnt as good as it should have been.
I recently started a new gym routine with 1 day off in a week and going as hard as possible. I want to change my fitness journey because of many reasons. While I did that, I realized that healthy food is more important than I once thought. Just hitting the gym and lifting weights doesnt give you a healthy body. The real health comes from within and this is where I started thinking of switching up my food routine and jumping on a healthy food journey.
But before I start sharing food, hacks, DIY, reports etc., I want to start with one of the most important topics of all time. W A T E R. The human body is made of 50-80 % water. Our joints, muscles, blood, sweat, lymph, saliva and a lot more. If we do not drink enough water during the day, our body is threatened by drying out. I dont want this to happen thats why I wrote some signs on my paper that are showing you when you arent drinking enough water.
Drinking water is like washing out your insides. The water will cleanse the system, fill you up, decrease your caloric load and improve the function of all your tissues. - Kevin R. Stone
1. Dry mouth
This one is pretty obvious. If your mouth feels sticky, it´s a sign of dehydration. Grab a bottle of water and take great swallow.
2. Dry skin
The skin is the largest organ of the body thats why our skin needs a lot of water. If you stop taking enough of the "liquid gold " then the skin does not only dry out and becomes brittle, it also ages faster. Forget about all the anti-aging creams. Drink enough water in order to prevent wrinkles. Sure wrinkles will come at a time but not as soon as by dehydration.
3. Strong thirst
Before your mouth is getting sticky and dry, you sometimes feel a great thirst. This is obviously a huge sign to warn you to drink enough water. This thirst will go away after taking a few nip of water.
4. Dry eyes
A too little fluid intake will causes dry eyes. If your body is lacking in fluid then your lacrimal glands will dry out which can harm your eyes especially if you are wearing contact lenses.
5. Joint pains
80% of our cartilages and intervertebral discs are made of water. They are used to ensure that the bones do not rub against each other during movements. But in order to keep enough of that "material ", you need to drink enough water!
6. Muscle mass goes back
Your muscles consist manly of water which means if you arent taking enough "liquid gold ", your muscles will go back.
7. You are longer sick
By sufficient water supply, your body can continuously excrete toxins. It works like a filter and if the machine doesnt get enough oil to work, the filter will fail. In other words, if we dont drink enough water, our organs try to get the water from other places which will cause dehydration as well.
8. Felling sluggish & tired
If we dont drink enough water, our body tries to get the water from other places inside our body which I wrote in point 7. The body will use water from our blood to be exact, which means that less oxygen is transported in our body. This is why we feel sluggish and tired sometimes.
9. Hunger
If you have not drunk anything for a long time, your body might falsely think you are hungry. But digesting food costs a lot of energy while water just cleanses our body and supplies "fuel " which the body needs for certain services.
There are many other important points such as indigestions, reduced urination, headache, you do not sweat during exercises and so on...
Water is really one of the most important essentials that you can supply to your body.
An adult person should drink at least 1,5 - 3,2 liters of water per day. I recommend drinking still water because drinking a lot of sparkling mineral water will bloat the stomach because of the gas.
No water, no life. No blue, no green. - Sylvia Earle
This was my welcome post to my new series "Healthy Food Journey 🥑 ". Of course I would love to take my readers with me and trying out new challenges, recipes and a lot more together.
Are you already living healthy?
Is someone of you vegetarian or vegan?
Thanks for reading
Stay focused
Love, Soldier
As far as health and general well being is concerned, water is very important yes.
There is also something else that is important and nobody pay attention to it : breathe ! (consciously)
It can bring tremendous benefits too.
Thats a great add! Breathing has such a huge influence to our bodies.
Thanks!
and I was like...breath! good thing I did yoga this morning
Looks like a few are aware of this after all 😊.
I know that water is really important in the body but i did not know in details its importance. Now i know thank you.
Thanks for your support, appreciate your comments under almost every post. Water is truly more important than we use to think
Yah i try. Duo your post usually comes in the mid night in my country were i suppose to be sleeping but for one reason or the other am always awake.
Its also midnight over here ...
Crazy that you are always awake then. Glad to have you here
Same here. Glad to meet you.
interesant post!
Thanks !
As usual another great and useful article
Thanks !
its great to adopt a varied and balanced diet, that is, eating everything, but in adequate quantities. (Fruits, vegetables, starches, fish, meat ...), and to limit the consumption of sweet products (sweets, sweet drinks ...), savory (snacks, chips ...) and fat ( charcuterie, butter, cream ...).
I love to get any advices, thank you for that!
You are stunning! And it's so important to detox now & again & eat foods that allow our bodies to detox the bad stuff. I am in the beginning of detoxing heavy metals. Long journey ahead but I'm looking forward to feeling good again. Our health is so important and we must work extra hard knowing about all the toxins that surround us. Saunas are great too - & yes water I love water! Thanks for the motivation <3
Thank you for these lovely words! I am also at the beginning of my healthy journey and I am always glad to meet people who go through the same journey like me
its hard to drink 3 liters of water per day, im drinking around 1.5 liters but its not enough i think, need to drink more somehow :) how you remind yourself about water?
Oh I used to be a bad "drinker" as well. I recommend putting a bottle of water on the top of your working space so you are going to see the water every minute. Also a great way to remind is to make notes on your smartphone or on your calendar whatever you use.
Thanks for posting all this informations about healthy foods...
Much more is coming soon
what a excellent article this is . I upvoted and am going to resteem this.
Thank you! Really appreciate it
Am I the only one that drank about 3 bottles of water just so none of these things happens to me?
haha that´s awesome! I try to reach the goal of 3 bottles a day soon
Afraid its not that simple :( too much water has as many negative effects as too little, since it over dilutes your blood, reducing the density of nutrients to the parts of your body that need it, so its a tricky balance, worth researching what the scientific best amount would be, not sure if there is any reliable info on it though.
I would like to highlight the importance of still water because if you drink mineralized water a lot it actually might influence your kidneys in a wrong way.
In fact, I had this problem and could not find out a reason and only after visiting a doctor, I realized that the problem was in the water. It supposed to be still not over mineralized. Just my 2 cents.
Thank you for this add, I really didnt know that sparkling water was this bad! I recommend still water too but thanks for the important information!
Actually, I was not talking about sparkling water :) I was drinking still, but it was mineralized. Every water comes from different sources and has distinct consistency. Always read labels when you buy a water :)
or even better get a well tested filter and filter your own :) buying bottled water is expensive and bad for the environment.
I have dry skin. but I still drink enough water. especially natural juices!
Dry skin can have many reasons not only because of dehydration. Maybe your body needs more mineral water or you are using any wrong products. People have different skin but there are ways to deal with it :) I would recommend drinking 2 liters of still water plus these natural juices, trying to stop using any face products such as creams and try to switch over to natural products. Maybe this will help your skin a little bit. I am not a professional doctor or something like that, so there is no guarantee that this will work for you
Thank. @soldier
I definitely struggle getting enough water. Sometimes you don't even realize how much water you aren't drinking until you actually keep track!
usa water esspecially is pretty fucked up tho, Fluorosilicic acid (H2SiF6) is the most commonly used additive for water fluoridation in the United States.[41] It is an inexpensive liquid by-product of phosphate fertilizer manufacture.. mmm yummy, its also a neurotoxin , so ide reccomend somesort of reverse osmosis filter, but then also getting minerals from other spring water once a week..
Keeping your body in shape!
But the most intriguing thing is how people dont realize how dehydrated they are when they are swimming!
Grate piece of content.... Very much useful stuff... Good luck with your work @soldier
I have heard that there is a formula often used to calculate how much water you need per day. That is: 0.03 x your body weight = your daily amount of drinking water.
@porsoldado Good post, I liked it a lot. I have always worried about my food and drink water, I think they are very important things but most people do not give much importance. I liked. I follow you
I used to never drink water , my skin became a little darker , never had enough energy , skin broke out . Ever since my pregnancy I drank a lot more water that I've never drank my whole life , man it does wonders. I am now much more healthier , have a lot more energy and my bones don't feel weak anymore
Water is very important for a healthier life. The more active you are, the more water you should be drinking!
You are so right about drinking plenty of water. It is great for the body as you have pointed out and it also reduces dental problems. Thanks for sharing another informative and helpful post.
to much fluoride can cause dental fluorosis, aka yellow teeth
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Drinking more water was literally one of the best changes I've ever made ! I noticed subtle differences in all aspects of my health .. it's easy to forget to drink enough though.
For me when I don't drink enough water, I always get a headache. But at least this that when my head starts hurting I make sure to drink extra water to catch back up. Now I bring half a gallon of water with me each day to work
It is essential to drink enough water to maintain good health. Good article. Thanks for sharing.
Nice post. Thanks for the reminder. Dry eyes. Dry skin. I need water.
Actually I didn't drink much water that's why my mom always scold me but from now I'll surely remember all it's uses and try to drink lot of water in a month. Thanx for the valuable info.....
So true, sometimes you don't realize you're thirsty, so either way just make a habit of constantly drinking small amounts of water during the day
Water is the source of life ana i think human should drink 2-3 liters water per day
I agree with you @soldier how important water is. I try to drink enough water every day. Your post just reminded me how important it is and what can happen when you don't drink enough of it, so thank you for sharing.
Holy shit I AM THIRSTY.
Great post, Iexactly what I needed: A reminder to drink a little more whenever possible.
Great article beautiful girl!
Upvoted and resteemed
Thanks for caring
nice post . . . . . .
In this Thailand heat it couldn't be more important. It's also equally important to take electrolytes. If your body can't hold the water, then it's still easy to get a heat stroke. I always take one supplement of electrolyte, when I'm in this moist heat oven of a country called Thailand.
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Thank you for this information...In my observation, females are more guilty of this than men... But very applicable. Nevertheless, So many need to hear this message! Up'd and followed!
healthly food for good health and body!
I drink 3-4 litres of water and still feel thirst. If i forget to drink when busy in work, my body starts getting warm and mouth dry, i am bit strange ;).
Informative article worth a read.
we should take care of our health that's true !!
wonderful post
drinking water can keep the stress level away and keep our body healthy too !!
Basing on my experience sometimes its better to be thirsty for while e.g. when fasting the body get rewarded from that period of thirst and boost more enzymes and detoxification ...
It's important to all people who love a healthy life.
thanks for reminding me to drink a little water haha :p
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oh these are the symptoms now i will take care of it thank you soldier another great post :)
Thanks! You realized me i need drink more water. I have some bad signs :/
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