Between tea, coffee, juices and water that you drink every day, are you sufficiently hydrated? We are largely made up of water, and we permanently lose it, via perspiration, urine, perspiration … To renew it well, we must be careful to drink the right amount every day. A recent article in British Metro magazine takes stock of local recommendations, an opportunity to recall what French health authorities advocate.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶
Thesite EatingbougerRemindems: “Our body is made up of 60% d’’water.This keeps the temperature of our body, allows the proper circulation of blood, the oxygenation of our cells and the proper disposal of waste. But we lose part of it – between 2 and 2.5 litres – during the day. A loss that needs to be compensated for, in order to maintain the balance of our body.”
How much water can you drink a day?
But that does not necessarily mean that you have to drink exactly that amount of water to counterbalance the loss, because part of our water supply comes from dairy, fruit and vegetables, for example. ANSES recommends: “to drink a minimum of 1.5 to 2 litres of water per day (for adults) and even before you are thirsty, especially for the elderly, whose feeling of thirst is diminished. ”
That said, there are special cases, infants need more water than adults (but they get it via breast or baby milk), older people are more at risk of dehydration, so care should be particularly cared for regular hydration. When you do sports, you have to drink a lot before, during, but also afterwards, and this in the form of little sips without being thirsty. Pregnant or lactating women see their water needs increase.
What happens when you’re dehydrated?
The symptoms of dehydration are thirst, dark urine and urination less often, dry mucous membranes, but also tiredness, dizziness, dizziness, etc. If you experience these symptoms, think about rehydrating, without drinking too much at once, but regularly.
What to drink and in what amounts?
ANSES adds that “some mineral waters, because of their sodium concentration, must be consumed sparingly and may have contraindications. Any therapeutic use of natural mineral water is a matter for the medical field. Indeed, highly mineralized water may be deleterious if it becomes the only daily drink. For example, above 250 mg/L, sulphates can promote diarrhoea and above 900 mg daily in adults, calcium can induce kidney stones.”
Drinking tea, herbal tea, light coffee can also contribute to our daily water supply. But all hydration cannot be based on these drinks, because tea and coffee are diuretics, for example, that is, they lead us to urinate more if you drink large quantities of them. In fact, we get hydrated less well. Alcohol, even if it comes in liquid form, does not help to hydrate us, on the contrary.