According to a recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition, the body needs to be adequately hydrated and needs to maintain the adequate amount of water it needs to maintain its levels in the body.
Although people are having difficulty trying to determine the actual amount of water the body needs daily, researchers from the University of New Hampshire who conducted the study, pointed out that the body’s need for water is dependent on the changes in temperature, weight and the amount of activity the body goes through.
The need is also dictated upon by diet, as well as the duration and intensity of exercise activities, where the body loses water and needs to be replenished.
Dehydration can have serious complications and health risks that can be dangerous to the body, where some of the common effects are potential heat strokes and cramps as a result of too much perspiration leaving the body or worse, swelling of t back into the the brain known as cerebral edema, where the body is forced to pull too much water back into the cells that could potentially cause the brain to take in too much water and rupture or damage brain cells.
The lack of rehydration in the system also causes the body to lack electrolytes like sodium and potassium which are responsible for carrying electrical signals between cells and are responsible for letting the organs like heart, kidneys and liver to function normally.
Losing enough electrolytes may cause one to experience seizures and the body getting a misfire of electrical signals causing involuntary muscle spasms and contractions and loss of consciousness that could fatally lead to hypovolemic shock. This leads to low blood volume and trigger blood pressure to plummet and lose oxygen in the blood which cause kidney failure, coma or even death.
However, too much water can also have dire consequences as well, which is called fatal water intoxication. This happens when electrolytes are not properly balanced, similar to what happens when the body lacks electrolytes when dehydrated.
When a person drinks too much water in a short period of time, the kidneys will not have enough energy or capacity to keep up and results to the improper sifting of the blood and flushing the liquids back out, causing the blood to get waterlogged.
Just make sure to have enough water to hydrate the body and not take in too much.
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