water is cleansing!
WATER TIPS
To better determine how much water you need each day, divide your body weight in half. The answer is the approximate number of water ounces you should drink daily.
You should drink half of your body weight in ounces.
(i.e. If you weigh 200 pounds, you should drink 100 oz, which is eight 12-oz glasses of water per day)
The daily routine of the body depends on a turnover of about 40,000 glasses of water a day. In the process, your body loses at a minimum of 6 glasses a day, even if you don’t do anything. With movement, exercise, and sugar intake etc., you can require up to over 15 glasses of water a day.
If you enjoy wine or beer and still, there are some guidelines. First, drink red wine only with meals it has less sugar and more of the beneficial polyphenols than white wines. Most of the good foreign beer is actually brewed and contains far more nutrients than the pasteurized chemical beer made by the large commercial breweries in the United States. With beer and wine occasional intake is best. Because coffee and alcohol force you to lose water, you’ll have to drink more water to compensate.
Although water is best, herbal tea can be partially substituted. No sodas. Avoid coffee or limit to one per day. Fruit juices are forbidden because of their high fructose content and dumping of sugar in the blood stream. An occasional small glass of vegetable juice with a meal is okay.
Spring or mineral water is best. Drink most between meals.
You can add fresh squeezed lime or lemon.
START YOUR MORNING’S RIGHT
Morning is when you are most full of toxin and dehydrated. Reach for a big glass of water first thing in the morning – even before coffee. This water in the morning really gets the blood flowing.
- Drink a glass of water when you get up and another when you go to bed
- Take regular water breaks.
- Drink water before and after food; ideally drink a glass of water half an hour before you eat your meal and half an hour after the meal. You can drink water with meals, and drink water anytime your body feels like it.
Keep a water bottle by your side at all the times. Use either bottled water or tap water, and carry it with you everywhere, to the gym, in your car, to your office. The point is not to wait until you’re thirsty to drink.
Keep water flowing before, during and after workout. Drink at least 1 liter of water for every 60 minutes of exercise. Drink more if it’s hot. During exercise, such as playing sport on a hot summer day, you can lose up to 2 liters per hour of fluid per hour. During exercise, it is recommended to replenish fluid at least every 20 minutes.
