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Water is an essential element in the human body and keeping
hydrated is crucial towards ensuring all of the systems in our body are
functioning properly. While it’s importance is commonly known among the general
population, drinking water early in the morning can significantly improve the
quality of your day. If you’re looking for a particular benefit from drinking
water or you simply wish to stay healthy, there are many benefits to drinking
water first thing in the morning.
Once you wake up from a long night’s rest, it’s common for
the body to be dehydrated. Drinking water early in the morning can help hydrate
the cells. By hydrating the body, and in turn hydrating the cells, first thing
in the morning, the rate in which new muscle and blood cells are produced
increases. Also, maintaining the appropriate hydration at the start of the day
will allow for a healthy flow of oxygen throughout the body as well as allowing
an individual to stay alert and energized.
Drinking plenty of water in general can help flush out those
harmful toxins and impurities that are stored within the body. Water helps keep
you regular by preventing constipation, additionally, drinking water early in
the morning helps stimulate bowel movements. In doing so, water helps purify
the colon, allowing for a proper absorption of nutrients. Water is actually a
natural detox and adding lemon can also help increase the rate of urination in
the body to augment enzyme function and encourage detoxification to occur
within the liver. Drinking water on an empty stomach in the morning can also
help boost your metabolism. Removing the unnecessary material from the body
ultimately helps maintain a healthy system as well as maintaining regular functions,
which can be especially reflected by clearing out your skin.
While drinking water early in the morning and continuing to
drink water throughout the day can ensure the body remains hydrated, it’s often
difficult for individuals to know what the proper amounts of water to take in
are. The body loses approximately 2 liters or 66 ounces of water a day through
sweat, urine, and bowel movements. The most basic water requirements suggest
drinking enough water to replace the amount of water lost through our day. This
is where the eight glasses of water per day rule can be used because this
amount of water essentially translates into almost 2 liters of water. Although
these are the general drinking water requirements for the majority of
individuals, the necessary amount of water to maintain hydration can also
differ for each person. A good way of determining how much water each person must
drink individually to remain hydrated throughout their day is by measuring your
bodyweight, dividing it by two, and the end result actually equals the amount
of ounces each person must drink. For example, if a person weighs 200 pounds, the
halved result of 100 converts to 100 ounces of water that individual must drink
to maintain their body hydrated.
Drinking water early in the morning and keeping hydrated
throughout the day is crucial for each individual’s body systems to function
properly. While often a difficult habit to follow, making the effort to drink
your recommended dose of water each day can fundamentally offer you a healthy
lifestyle and your body with benefit greatly from it.
By Dr. Alex Jimenez
