We all know how important it is to drink water but if you are anything like me it is so easy to forget to get enough of it to drink throughout the day. But there can be some dangerous consequences if one isn’t mindful of keeping hydrated especially with water. Below let’s look at some of the good things that water can do for your body.

Drinking water helps maintain the balance of body fluids. Your body is composed of about 60% water. The functions of these bodily fluids include:

• digestion,
• absorption,
• circulation,
• creation of saliva,
• transportation of nutrients,
• and maintenance of body temperature.

And here are some of the surprising side effects of forgetting to drink water.

• you are feeling tired,
• you are having digestive problems,
• your eyes are sore,
• you have an increased risk of kidney stones,
• you have bad breath,
• you have aching joints,
• you have a headache,
• your cholesterol levels are higher than normal.

Let’s look at some of these more closely

Bad Breath Issues: Drinking water helps with not getting bad breath because of dry mouth. The water washes away food particles and bacteria with will help with keeping your teeth healthier and the bad breath away.

Eye Help: Having enough water in your system helps with reducing eye strain. It also creates the issue of having insufficient tears which can result with problems of clearing particles out of your eyes which raises the risk of vision problems.

Digestive System: Having enough water in your system helps transport nutrients where they belong in your body. This helps with regulating body temperature and digesting food.

Joint Help: Water helps keep your joints lubricated and working well and also maintains healthy tissue. The Synovial fluid which lubricates the joints is made up primarily of water so it depends on the water in the body.  

Kidney Protection: Drinking enough water helps your body flush out waste through your sweat and urine. It also helps to prevent kidney stones and protects from urinary tract infections. Drinking enough water also helps your body to naturally detoxify through the use of your lungs, liver, and kidneys.

Skin Help: Water helps keep your skin healthy and beautiful. Your skin cells need water and that water will make your skin healthy so it glows and looks younger looking. Without the water your skin will appear duller and make wrinkles appear and pores become more prominent.

Fatigue and Headache Issues: Water helps fight both fatigue in your body and headaches. This is usually brought on because of dehydration. Keeping up with your water assumption will lessen the chances of fatigue and headaches from occurring.

Mood Enhancer: Water will work to fight fatigue, anger and confusion along with your mood problems. Drinking water and fighting dehydration changes the bad to glad.

And my favorite is…

Fat Burning Help: Drinking water is one of the easiest ways to turn up your fat-burning capacity. This is not saying that drinking water alone will cause weight loss; however, if you are eating a good diet and are not dehydrated, you can lose weight.

There are at least three ways in which water may help you achieve a flat stomach.

1. drinking water helps boost your metabolism,
2. it cleanses your body of waste,
3. and acts as an appetite suppressant. 

Amount of Water Needed to Make These Differences: There are many different opinions on how much water you should be drinking every day. Health authorities commonly recommend eight 8-ounce glasses, which equals about 2 liters, or half a gallon. This is called the 8×8 rule and is very easy to remember.