Water is associated with almost every function of our body, directly tied to our energy levels, our ability to burn fat, detoxify and also to slow down the aging process. Want great skin and a healthy looking glow? Drink more water. Want to improve your digestion and bowel movements? Drink more water. Want to reduce your feelings of hunger, eat less and simply feel better? Drink more water.
In doing some research on water and how to incorporate more of into our daily lives, I got thinking about the types of water out there and the type of water YOU drink. Maybe you can help me understand this a bit more. I’d like to know what type of water YOU drink on average. Not the amount just yet, but the type. If you like, you can leave a comment as to the amounts of water, but my primary question is What Type of Water Do You Drink?
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I had a body composition analysis done this morning and I’m told that I’m dangerously dehydrated. Hard to believe from my point of view when I drink 8 litres a day. I’m told now that I need 12 to 14 litres per day – that’s 3 to 3.5 GALLONS.
Yes, I drink an enormous amount of water and I’ve been called the “Water Nazi” on many occasions. Friends often send me emails or messages on facebook saying simply “Drink more water”, or even sign off on their messages with “Drink more water” because I so often say it to everyone else.
I’m doing some research right now on water and specifically it’s uptake in the body. The question I’m posing to myself and doing research on is “How to IMPROVE the uptake of H2O into the cells“. It’s my belief that it’s not just about how much water you drink each day, but how much of that water actually makes it into our cells. If our electrolyte balance is off, all that water can be floating around, but the doors to our cells never actually open. Its a sodium / potassium thing, but I’ll get into that more in another post.
If you’ve got any sort of information about how to improve water uptake, or tips on how to drink more water in a day, or have a type of water that I haven’t listed, leave a comment.
I’m fine with our tap water, we have a good filter on our refrigerator and the water tastes fine to me. Some bottled water as a convenience.
Brita water. I answered tap water because I don’t even know what some of those other options are!
what kind of water do you recommend we drink? i prefer bottled water over tap :/
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I recommend distilled water. Distilled is simply h2o and that’s it. It’s the cleanest water possible.
I drink filtered tap water from my fridge. I don’t know how much better it is for me from the tap water, but I DO KNOW that it tastes much better! I decided to do this to avoid all the plastic bottles and bought bottles that can be filled up for my family and reuse them.
You’re right – water is one of the most important elements to a healthy body and healthy weight! I try to keep mine as cold as possible so that I can drink it – when it gets warm, I get nauseated if I drink too much. That said, I read something a few months ago that said if you can alternate cold-warm-hot, it jumpstarts your metabolism. The after drinking luke-warm or hot water, drink cold water. Your metabolism is ignited by the cold water. Have you heard of this method?
Keep up the GREAT WORK!
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I preferred tap water, Tap water is an alternative to bottled water, and is preferred by many Americans because their water wholesalers and water companies claim to provide relatively clean and healthy water to consumers.