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People are always talking about what foods are the most important to include in your daily diet. Depending on your dietary needs, you may feel like you’re doing a juggling act so get all the nutrients you need. People go to extremes to get the best snacks and supplements to aid their meal times, but what most people don’t realize is that what can help them the most is already available in their home.

Because it’s such a basic part of everyday life, water is often overlooked as the powerful dietary component that everyone needs. It can be boring drinking it all the time, which is why people turn to sugar or carb loaded drinks. The ingredients in the cans and bottles people turn to in grocery store aisles only hurt them, when they can grab a glass of water and help their bodies any time.

The key to drinking water to benefit your health is only drinking water that’s purified. Drinking water when you don’t know what kind of treatment its been given may end up backfiring on your body. Read on to learn more about why the right water will help your body be the healthiest it can be, and how it can start helping you today.

Water Improves Your Mood

Think about the last time you woke up in the middle of the night. The only thought on your mind was probably to drink some water. Until you got that water, you were cranky, but after even just a few sips, you felt much more pleasant and ready to sleep.

When people are dehydrated, their mood turns sour. It’s your body’s way of telling you that you need to grab a water bottle. The next time your mood shifts, consider how much water you’ve had that day and if you may need to drink some more.

Water Keeps Your Brain Healthy

Humans are made up of mostly water, so when our body doesn’t have enough, it can’t function the way it needs to. Water is vital to the brain, since it regulates blood and oxygen flowing to the brain. This can lead to bad health side effects. The brain is what controls your health, so keep it running at its best with your daily water consumption.

Water Helps You Lose Weight

When you start a new diet or exercise trend to lose weight, what’s one of the first things a trainer will tell you? You have to drink enough water to make the program successful, but not just any water. While water flushes toxins out of your body through your liver, what’s in that water could actually make you gain weight.

If you don’t drink filtered water, check the water levels that come out of your kitchen faucet. Water that’s high in salt levels leads to weight gain, since salt helps hold water weight. Make sure that the water you drink is purified, so you don’t accidentally hurt your health in your effort to help it.

Water Fights Headaches

Another side effect of not drinking enough healthy water is that you’ll battle frequent headaches. Your body runs extra hard to function when it isn’t hydrated, which means you’ll be fatigued. That kind of fatigue results in headaches, ranging from moderate to severe. Your first instinct when you get a headache may be to reach for an over the counter pain killer, but try a glass of water next time.

Water is a powerful part of your diet that you’re missing out on if you always pick sweet teas or sodas with your meals. Make a daily effort to always have a source of water with you, whether you grab a bottle at a gas station or carry a reusable bottle with you at all times. Set alarms to drink it more frequently so you develop healthy water habits. Your body will thank you for it, and you’ll quickly notice improvements in your health.

Emily Folk
Conservation and Sustainability Writer

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