Are You Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired? You Might be Dehydrated

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8. Asthma and/or Allergies

When your body does not have enough water, it initiates certain defense mechanisms. Your nose and throat will constrict in an effort to conserve water. As a result, people with asthma or those who suffer from allergies, will find it even more difficult to breath than normal.

9. Skin Issues

Water allows your body to flush toxins from your skin to keep it healthy and youthful looking. Without sufficient water, your skin is much more likely to develop problems such as dermatitis and psoriasis.

10. Weight Gain

In an attempt to get some water, sometimes your body tells you it’s hungry. It hopes you will drink water with your meal, or that you will eat some water rich foods. When you are suffering from low energy levels and a low metabolic rate as a result of dehydration, you will more than likely gain weight as you continually eat in an attempt to satisfy your body.

11. Digestive Problems

Your colon needs water to float things along, if you catch our drift. You can avoid constipation and have regular, healthy bowel movements if you drink sufficient amounts of water. Other digestive issues related to a lack of water are gastritis and ulcers.

12. The Afternoon Headache

Most people think that their daily, afternoon headache is due to stress or perhaps to a lack of caffeine, but it just might be your body asking you take an H2O break. Before you reach for that over the counter pain relief, try drinking one or two glasses of the pure stuff and see if your headache disappears.

Everyone knows that drinking eight – 8 ounce glasses of water each day is what doctors recommend, but that number can actually vary depending on several factors such as your health, how active you are, your climate, and your overall body mass. Your water intake will depend on all of the above factors.

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