Everybody knows that drinking enough water is super important for your health and beauty. At the same time, even those people who truly want to drink more water struggle to maintain this habit. So how to set and maintain perhaps the healthiest habit of drinking enough water every day? Let’s find it out together.
Why drinking water is important
Many of you know that drinking water is important but have no idea why, so let’s take a brief look at the main reasons why drinking water is so important.
- It prevents dehydration, which is a rather dangerous condition
- Water is needed for the proper work of your brain
- Drinking enough water helps your entire body function the right way
- It reduces your risks of having a UTI or kidney infection
- Drinking water helps provide healthy bowel movement
- It helps prevent overeating and therefore gaining weight
- Water maximizes your physical performance
- Proper hydration prevents and sometimes completely eliminates headaches
- Drinking enough water is good for your energy level
- It reduces your chances of having kidney stones as well as helps to treat the existing ones
- Proper hydration helps lose weight
- It prevents hangovers
As you can see, there are many benefits of drinking enough water, so make sure to maintain a proper hydration routine.
Set notifications on your phone
If you are one of those people who keep forgetting to drink water during the day, you might want to try setting notifications on your phone. In fact, it’s super easy - just add a few alarms at the times you want to drink a glass of water, and drink every time the alarm on your phone rings. You can also download a special app, but setting the alarm is the easiest and most accessible option for most people.
Get a water bottle
This top will perfectly work for active people since, no matter where you are or what you do, you can always drink some water from your water bottle. Apart from that, it’s easier to track how much water you have already drunk as well as how much more you need to drink since water bottles have a certain volume. For example, if your bottle is 750ml (25 oz.), you know that you need to drink about two bottles per day.