Healthy Living; Hydration

How many adults do you know that get up in the morning and the first thing they have is a glass of orange juice and a cup of coffee, the traditional breakfast fluids? First thing in the morning, you’re thirsty and you’re trying to hydrate. But neither of these fluids will adequately hydrate your body.

Water alone will supply what the body needs. But did you know that water needs help to get into your cells?

There are 4 vital elements needed for life:

OXYGEN
WATER
SODIUM
POTASSIUM
Around the outside of every cell wall are sodium potassium pumps that maintain the balance of water in and out of the cell. This means that a no sodium diet is actually harmful to your body because it decreases hydration.

But what if you are retaining water? Won’t more water just make it worse? Listen to Barbara O’Neill describe how to fix it with more water.