We all know that water is essential for life. However, many of us are not familiar with the symptoms that accompany dehydration.
While in a recent study, it was discovered that it is not necessary to drink 8 glasses of water a day to avoid dehydration, doctors still recommend that adults drink from 800 ml to 1.5 l per day. If you do not follow these recommendations, only some of those unpleasant symptoms, which may test your body, says the Chronicle.info with reference to changeua.com.
You are drawn to sweet
Dehydration often masquerades as hunger, so when your body needs sugar, most likely you don’t have enough water. Why? When you do some sort of activity in a dehydrated state, your body uses glycogen (the main storage form of glucose in cells) more rapidly, thereby quickly depleting. After this depletion your body will signal that needs to replenish glycogen levels – hence the craving for sweets.
Your skin becomes like plasticine
You know that the skin has the ability to stretch and then return to the starting position. This is called skin turgor. If you are dehydrated, the skin turgor is reduced. Experts suggest the easiest way to check if your dehydrated body: pinch your arm and see how the skin will go back. If she stayed in this position for a few seconds, you are dehydrated, and this urgent need to do something.
Bad breath
One of the functions of saliva – cleansing of the mouth, which prevents unpleasant odors. When you are dehydrated, you produce less amount of saliva, which are no longer able to fight bacteria. This fact, incidentally, is also largely the culprit of “morning breath” – when you sleep, you produce less saliva which turns your mouth into a breeding ground for bacteria.
You are worse to figure out
The gray matter in your brain actually decreases when you don’t drink enough water. Scientists compare this phenomenon with what happens to the leaves of plants without water: the cells of the brain as if compressed and dry when your body is not getting enough fluids. Naturally, such effects of dehydration disrupt the whole functioning process of the brain, so if you feel that you start to think badly, have a Cup of water.
If you still find that your body is dehydrated, we suggest you follow these simple tips:
- keep at hand a bottle of water, so fluid intake is a habit
- increase the intake of fruits and vegetables, which can contain up to 20% of daily fluid intake
- Make water tasty – add the mint, lemon, or other fruits, honey
- Drink water at room temperature
