Most people are in a constant state of dehydration.
They are always tired, sleepy, hungry or just bored. (Body’s way to conserve more salt and water.)
They cannot be productive with a dehydrated body.
Every evening, they have a headache for which they must take paracetamol or ibuprofen.
Don’t be like most people.
Dehydration makes your body very stressed and unproductive, especially during the hot weather.
Your insomnia could be caused by dehydration.
Most Kenyans are depressed during sunny weather, not able to cope with stressors, largely because their brains are dehydrated.
Many men have sexual dysfunction because of dehydration (assuming they have no other health conditions).
Decreased lubrication during sex is rooted in dehydration.
Most people are extremely moody because of dehydration.
Monday Blues are effects of dehydration.
Never approach your clients or other people when you are dehydrated. You will underperform, believe me.
Hydration= consuming water with electrolytes (salt).
Plain Water alone (or coffee) leads to loss of more salts in the urine. Add Salt to your water.
Drink Sugarless Black coffee/tea, Ginger Water, Lemon Water, Bone Soup as your hydration fluids.
In total, consume about 3-4 litres of the above fluids to stay adequately hydrated.
Your gym hydration substance is water with salt, bone soup or coffee.
In the gym, mjengo sites, playing fields or the farms, you sweat water and salts but most people, due to lack of enough accurate information, drink plain water to hydrate.
Soon, they start feeling tired, bored or hungry and their performance decreases. Don’t be like them. Drink salted Water.
Never drink carbonated drinks, fruit juices, alcohol or milk in the name of hydrating.
Eating watermelon and other fruits to hydrate is not a clever way of living.
“But doc, uncooked salt is unhealthy,” I hear you say.
Ignore the myth. Heating salt for consumption does not change it.
Consume as much salt as your body feels like:
If you feel thirsty, drink plain water.
If you over consume salt, your kidneys will excrete the surplus.
Have a fantastic, productive day.
