Here’s What Drinking 3 Litres of Water a Day Do to You

How much water are you drinking each day? If you are not drinking 8 glasses of a day (8×8 rule), you are not drinking enough. It’s no secret that human body is 60% water. But did you know, on any given day, you lose 64 ounces of water through perspiration? Even if you are sitting chained to your office chair in an air-conditioned room or using bathroom to relieve yourself, you are losing water.

Staying hydrated throughout the day is critical for the proper functioning of every organ and bodily system. Not only does water play an essential role in digestion and circulation, but it’s also vital for your skin. Can you guess what’s the secret to glowing skin of your celeb? Well, you guessed it right!

An experiment conducted Sarah, 42 and a mother of two, revealed unexpected results. By drinking 3 litres of water a day for 28 days, Sarah managed to take 10 years of her face.

Source: Daily Mail UK

Here are 5 health benefits of drinking plenty of water.

1. Improves Skin

Skin is the largest body organ. Like any other cell on the body, skin cells also require water to function properly. When you are dehydrated, the blood turns thicker and starts drawing water from your skin. This caused skin to look dry and eyes to look sunken.

Over time, lack of water can present itself by turning the skin dry and flaky. In some cases, it can make you age faster and your skin prone to wrinkling.

Water is a perfect replacement for your anti-aging treatment. It maintains moisture level in the skin and delivers essential nutrients to skin. Drinking an adequate amount of water is critical to replenish skin tissues and delay the signs of wrinkles and fine lines. A study by University of Missouri-Columbia found an increased water intake helped to even out skin tone and improve complexion.

Snacking on water-dense fruits like watermelon and cucumbers keep you hydrating you all day long and enrich the skin with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants.

2. Flushes out Toxins

Accumulation of toxins inside the human body can cause severe health problems. Coffee, tea, sodas and other sugary drinks require water to get flushed from our system. Without enough water flowing in our body, we would eventually drown in our poisonous metabolic wastes.

Water is essential to flush out wastes and toxins in the form of sweat or urine. It transports essential nutrients to where they are needed the most. The human body relies on the liver to pick up toxins from bloodstream and convert them into water-soluble substances that get excreted through urine.

3. Boosts Immune System

Let’s face it – nobody likes to get sick. Coughs, colds, and other illnesses can be inconvenient. Unfortunately, no matter how much you try to avoid it, you will get sick. As germs are everywhere, people with weak immune systems are more prone to illness.

While the immune system can be boosted with supplements from your health food stop, no one wants to spend equivalent to a month’s rent on health supplements.

Drinking plenty of water is an easy and convenient solution. Water aids the transport of oxygenated blood in the body and ensures the cells are working at full throttle. Oxygenated cells result in all body parts firing all cylinders.

Arguably, drinking enough water leads to increased production of lymph. The lymph fluid is responsible to collect waste and transport it to lymph nodes which serve as filters.  It is important to drink only filtered water that is free from contaminants. Installing a water filter ensures complete protection from harmful bacteria and other impurities present in water.

4. Maximizes Physical Performance

Losing as little as 2% of the body’s water can have profound impact on your physical performance. This can lead to altered body temperature, reduced motivation, increased fatigue and makes physical work more challenging.

A dehydrated body can be foggy and leaves you feeling lethargic leaving you no option but to reach for caffeine to refill your depleting energy level. Water is a natural energy booster without calories and does not mess with your blood sugar.

Research has also linked dehydration to reduce joint’s shock-absorbing ability, leading to joint pain. As body’s joints are made up of 80% of water, drinking enough water keeps them lubricated and functioning well.

5. Improves Mental Performance

The brain needs a proper balance between water and other compounds to keep functioning properly. When the body is dehydrated, this balance gets disrupted often leading to poor cognitive performance.

Research has indicated that dehydration can block neural pathways.  As a result, the section of the brain responsible for planning is affected and the body starts struggling.

Drinking water has been linked to improving memory and problem-solving skills. Eating greens and fish combined with staying hydrated improves brain function, reaction time and allows to think with more clarity.