How does your body respond when you’re not drinking enough water

If you are feeling increasingly low on energy, unable to focus and gain weight despite the fact that your diet is healthy, perhaps you should drink more water. Such symptoms, and not only them, can signal the fact that you’re dehydrated, and this has negative not only on your well-being, but also on your look.

Doctors recommend us to drink at least 2 liters of water per day, and the amount should increase in summer, when the body loses water through perspiration, as a result of high temperatures. Besides water, it is important to focus on foods that contain a lot of water, such as vegetables and fruits (cucumbers, salad, spinach, peppers, apio celery, tomatoes, watermelons, strawberries, grapefruits etc).

It should be stressed that water is the essence of life and that it helps our body function properly. Insufficient water consumption can lead to various problems, from low blood pressure to electrolytic disbalance, cardiac arrhythmia or constipation.

Body dehydration: symptoms you should not ignore

Constipation – slow intestinal transit and stomach aches can be a consequence of insufficient water in the body. In the lack of proper hydration, feces harden and are eliminated more difficultly.

Lethargy – it can be caused by insufficient sleep, stress, intense physical workouts or menstruation. Another reason for low energy is the lack of water in the body. Even if water does not have calories, tissues need it for various metabolic processes.

Dry skin – it is caused by the lack of water in tissues or reduced collagen production, a protein that gives skin elasticity. As a result, the risk of getting wrinkles increases, so as the one for dermatological issues such as eczema or dermatitis. No wonder-cream can keep wrinkles away from you, only plenty of water.

Inability to focus – if you need a lot of time to complete a task at work, and your attention keeps getting distracted by all kinds of unimportant hings, dehydration might be one of the culprits. Believe it or not, 80% of our brain is water, so it needs it in order to function properly.

All kinds of pains – before giving yourself a serious diagnosis that has nothing to do with reality, drink a glass of water and reevaluate your health. If the pain (whether it is regarding teeth, head, bones, back etc) eases after you get hydrated, you should probably make a habit of drinking more water, so as to keep such issues at bay.

Bloating – don’t stay away from water if you have the tendency to retain water in your tissues. On the contrary, doctors recommend us to drink as much water as possible if we have this problem, as the main cause of water retention is the lack of water. The body “stores” water because you don’t give it what it needs, as a result there are symptoms such as bloating or swollen feet.

Stagnating weight – the results are not visible, no matter the diet? Perhaps you are not drinking enough water. Water keeps you satiated, no matter how strange this might sound, because it keeps the stomach full, and it also helps with burning calories.

Muscle cramps – they appear due to low sodium and potassium, minerals that are kept in a balance by optimal water consumption. Dehydration disrupts this process and contributes to the apparition of cramps. Furthermore, muscle cramps are also a symptom of insulation, a major danger during the summer months.