Coffee

Mmmm….coffee….sweet wonderful coffee!  Many people can not even fathom going without thier daily coffee or coffee(s). I for one, enjoy a cup with my wife in the afternoon which we both very much look forward to…for the social aspect and the chemical aspect.  We have not missed our daily ritual for a long time. We are talking about changing our afternoon date to tea once in a while but it just hasn’t happened yet.  

The trouble with coffee is that it is a diuretic….which means that it dehydrates your body….note the urge to “pee” after you drink coffee.  In order to counter this, I have read that for each cup of coffee you drink, you need 1  1/2 cups of water to make up for it.

Salty Food

Salt is an electrolyte.  Electrolytes absorb water. This is why drinking alot of water helps flush out the extra sodium in our body…on the other hand a lack of water leaves the salt inside our body. Too much sodium has been linked to high blood pressure and heart disease.

Alcohol

Alcohol is another diuretic. Alcohol encourages the body to lose more water than it takes on by halting the production of the body’s anti-diuretic hormone, resulting in you needing to go to the toilet excessively and so speeding up the loss of fluid from your body, leading to dehydration.

Our Bodies Need Water!!

You have been told a hundred times how important water is….yet when that headache comes or back pain starts…..most people go running to the Advil or Tylenol pills.  Since the ads we see on tv are not saying “take water for a pain free restful night” or “drink water to help mineral absorption and ultimately your health”, most do not think of this as a solution. Chiropractors, doctors and painkillers are money makers and we have all been trained to go running to these easy methods of pain control. Next time, make sure you are hydrated first. Did you know even mild dehydration can cause a lack of energy and tiredness? Think about why this happens and what is happening to your body day in and day out when you lack water.

So….if you have health problems….forget about the pills and make sure you drink 9-13 cups of water per day (depending on your sex, activity level etc).

See what happens and let me know.