Water's Importance

WATER, WATER, WATER

Our bodies are primarily made up of water. We (Southerners) live in a hot climate.
We must drink good, clean, pure water all day long.
The average daily intake that's recommended for normal health is 6 to 8 glasses a day.

If you are outside a lot, it needs to be more.

If you are overweight, it needs to be more.

If you sweat a lot, it needs to be more. No excuses.

You can find a bathroom.
You can bring bottled water with you everywhere you go (I keep a case in my car.)

But here's the killer for you fellow Southerners. Sit down a moment!

Iced tea and Kool-Aid are not pure water they do not count as daily intake of water.

I'll let that sink in.

You need plain water for the benefits of re-hydrating and flushing toxins out of your system.
Both tea and Kool-Aid contain enough sugar to kill you, and tea leaves actually dehydrate your cells, so they actually increase thirst instead of killing it, and are not counter-productive to hydration.

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Here's another tip due to shock more than a few;
If you're hot, drink something hot (or lukewarm at least.)
If you're cold, drink something cold (or lukewarm.)

The body reacts to the temperature of a liquid entering the body by adjusting body temperature to compensate for it. Our minds tell us that a cold drink on a hot day is refreshing, but for a more effective physical cooling, we should drink room temp or slightly heated drinks!