Dehydration Symptoms: The 2 Yellow Alerts
There are many dehydration symptoms, but the top 2 are so common, you might ignore them on a regular basis.
You really don’t want to ignore them; here’s why.
1 — No pun intended, but it’s really yellow, dark yellow. Yes, your urine gets that way when you’re not drinking enough water.
Does this describe you?
Or perhaps it’s yellow more often than not.
2 — Feeling thirsty is a symptom of dehydration. Drink regularly before you feel thirsty.
If you wait, you’re already down in your need for water. Next, you’ll feel tired unless you address this.
If you want more energy and vitality, start with your drinking habits.
Each day, do you get enough water?
Have you been spreading it out so you are drinking all day?
How about if I asked if it’s water you’re drinking? Not Coke or coffee or even Gatorade (which has salt), just water?
If you depend on sports drinks, yes, they have electrolytes (some anyway), but they are still not healthy because of the sodium.
Drink water and plenty of it.
Stay away from the tap water as it has way too much chlorine.
The way you tell if you are drinking enough is that your urine is light yellow or clear.
How much is enough?
Take your weight, divided by two: that’s how many fluid ounces you need daily.
In other words, a person that weighs 150 pounds would need to drink 75 ounces of water each day.
What’s the reason to even it out throughout the day?
When it’s especially hot or you’re active, you will need even more. You must replenish water as the body uses it to feel great.
If you know you will be active, it’s better to start drinking before you begin.
The other reason is that the body must maintain a delicate balance all the time.
When you are dry, then drink a lot at once, you’re actually flooding the cells. Not much better for you than being too dry. Your body works more.
Drinking with your meals also makes your body work a lot harder than it needs to.
This takes energy that could be used for other things.
Why does it work harder?
Gastric juices that digest the food are diluted with the liquid or water.
Even without this added stress, digestion is already the most energy intensive process in the body.
When you drink throughout the day, it’s not difficult to eat food without the drinks.