How to add a few years to your life: expert advice

Everyone knows how to improve their health in general. These are regular exercise, good sleep, stress reduction, limiting alcohol consumption, and an active lifestyle. And the only thing that is usually missing from this list of good habits is hydration, the importance of which many people underestimate.

And in vain, experts say, because drinking large amounts of water improves blood pressure, reduces the risk of diabetes, heals joints, intestines, kidneys, and skin, and relieves migraines.

OBOZ.UA tells how much water you should drink per day and what the effect will be.

How to make the habit of drinking a lot of water regular?

Add drinking a full glass of water to other key routines that you do without hesitation.

Do you like coffee or tea? Fill a glass with water and drink it while you wait for someone to make the drink. Walking the dog? Fill a water bottle and drink it while you walk.

Getting up to warm up? Take a glass of water and drink it before you sit back down. Warming up a meal? Drink a full glass of water while the food is heating.

You may not realize you are dehydrated

Statistics show that people drink too little water without realizing that they are dehydrated. To keep the hydration situation under control, medicine advises women to drink 8-10 glasses of water a day, men 10-12, and not to rely on thirst, as it occurs when the body has already suffered from a lack of moisture.

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