A Medicine Called Water

It’s that water thing again. I know…nag, nag, nag. Drinking more water leads to Aging Intelligently. And looking good while you do it. But you have a problem. If you drink half your weight in ounces of water every day, you think you will have to live in the bathroom. When you begin to drink more water, you will.

But then something amazing happens: your body adjusts to having more water, the cells plump up nicely and stay there, and you don’t have to pee as often. Not coffee, tea, soda, or alcohol. Water. You look younger, because you have enough water in your cells, you feel better, you move with ease. Your body is no longer dehydrated. When you finally feel thirst, you are already dehydrated. Too late. But when your brain knows that you are drinking enough water, that you won’t dehydrate, it changes your water regulation.

Water can reduce those weird (and real) aches and pains that come out of nowhere, and are unexplainable. It can also reduce and shorten the length of inflammation by constantly flushing out dead cells and debris. Think of it as a lubricator, helping everything to work easier. Water transports everything to your lymph system, which  flushes out bacteria, residue from illness and injury, the effects of cortisol and stress, and lactic acid from working hard in the gym.

Water can help you lose weight. When you are hungry, instead of eating, drink a glass of water. It tamps down that hunger feeling. The best news? Water is free. You don’t need a doctor, a prescription, or a note from your mother. 

So drink more water. Get to a point where your body can better utilize the water you are taking in so it doesn’t feel like water in, water out. You can work farther away from the bathroom.

That’s Aging Intelligently.