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Give me a complaint about your health. Tired? Don’t feel well? Headache? Overweight?
9.5 times out of 10, the first thing out of my mouth is, “you should drink more water.” Likely followed by, “are you sleeping enough?”

I tend to think drinking more water will fix nearly everything. And maybe it won’t fix everything, but here are some benefits:

Lessens your risk of heart attack and certain cancers

Cure headaches
Increase energy
Helps digest food
Lowers Blood pressure
Reduces Constipation
Lessens Asthma
Eases Depression
Metabolizes fat
Supports healthy hair and nails
Carries more blood and oxygen to your face
Eases irritability
Regulates body temperature so you don’t get too cold or too hot
Suppresses appetite
Prevents water retention
Reduces stress

From SparkPeople and Dumb Little Man’s Tips for Life.

Time to refill my water bottle…

This should be sticky post on my tumblr.

The problem with this whole statement is that there is a rash of people drinking TOO MUCH water because they think it’s harmless.  Hyponatremia is real, though a very extreme outcome of drinking too much water.  After a while of drinking too much water, you start evacuating all of the nutrients in your body.  The whole concept of 8 glasses of water a day is also a misconception.  Eight glasses of any liquid (pretty much all liquids are water based anyway) is good enough to keep you hydrated.