The body loses water through breathing, sweating and digestion, which is why it's important to re-hydrate by drinking fluids and eating foods that contain water. If we have active lives, we sweat more than the usual, so we really need to keep these balance on top for our bodies requirements.
Muscles are 70% of water, blood 83% of water and brain 90% of water. There is no doubt: WE ARE WATER.
If we are dehydrated, we don't have enough fluid (water) in their blood to get nutrition and oxygen to their tissues. You can become dehydrated by sweating too much, by urinating too much, or by not absorbing water through illness. All of these must also be accompanied by not replenishing the lost fluid.
Breathing heavily during exercise or when short of breath for long periods of time pulls a remarkable amount of water out of the body. When you exercise, a lot of that water weight you thought you were sweating out is actually lost by breathing heavily.
When dehydration gets bad enough to cause symptoms, water might not be enough to make you feel better.
Dehydration occurs when the body has lost too much fluid and electrolytes (the salts potassium and sodium). Although water is extremely important in preventing dehydration, it does not contain electrolytes.
To maintain electrolyte levels, you could have broth or soups, which contain sodium, and fruit juices, soft fruits, or vegetables, which contain potassium, sports drinks.
Studies show that loss of fluid equal to 2% of body mass is sufficient to cause a detectable decrease in performance (that's a 1.4 kg loss in a 70Kg athlete ).Dehydration of greater than 2% loss of body weight increases the risk of nausea, vomiting and other gastro-intestinal problems during exercise.
I am a science woman, I like statistic and numbers. Always when I'm training or just during a very active day, I ask myself if I am giving my body what it really needs. How to know exactly or at least an a proximity of the water amount I should drink? That's why after trying a lot of products, gels with carbs, etc, I tried Nuun Hydration on March 2017. Due that a lot of sport drinks have a lot of sugar or caffeine, I start to try more natural products. When I am hydrated, I feel less fatigue, feel the power to push myself harder and feel better performance. If we push so hard our bodies why not to give the adequate hydration and fill those basic requirements that even our breathing asks for.
The product that makes me feel better for longer is Nuun Hydration ( http://nuunlife.com/ ) I know which product works for about one hour and a half of hydration and which one for more of this time, or like I do sometimes, re filling with Nuun vitamins/Energy. The first time I tried this product was during a track day, I have to confess I felt so good, didn't feel fatigue during my training, just energy to keep going and push harder. I am not a coffee drinker so always avoid caffeine products, and diary products too. I like to eat and drink clean, and Nuun has clean ingredients, gluten free, dairy free and plant based ( no caffeine for the energy). The best fact is you can take it anywhere, is just a tablet or two to put in your water. My favorite is the energy-electrolytes and the vitamins, oh my they make me feel so good after any training or run, you can mix with juice or just warm water like a tea, is natural magic of hydration for your body, you HAVE to try!
So please, stay hydrate every single day, with our bodies full of muscles made of 70%, losing water just breathing, we are what we eat and drink, let's try to keep hydrate, take your bottle everywhere, try and take your Nuun products made for every single day, not just for athletes and forget about be thirsty anymore.
HYDRATE!!
CMuriel
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