{"id":6994,"date":"2021-04-24T05:41:31","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T02:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/co-metabolism.gr\/nero-i-axia-tis-sostis-enydatosis\/"},"modified":"2025-03-28T13:27:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T11:27:08","slug":"nero-i-axia-tis-sostis-enydatosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/co-metabolism.gr\/en\/nero-i-axia-tis-sostis-enydatosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Water, the value of proper hydration"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Why is water essential?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Water is an essential component of all living organisms and makes up up to 70% of the human body. Adequate hydration helps the human body:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0control body temperature<\/li>\n<li>transport nutrients and oxygen to cells<\/li>\n<li>eliminate toxins and waste from the body<\/li>\n<li>digest food<\/li>\n<li>maintain joint health<\/li>\n<li>participate in metabolic reactions<\/li>\n<li>contribute to the absorption of nutrients<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>How much water do I need to drink?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Your body loses water through urine, breathing, sweat, and invisible hair loss. An average adult living in a temperate climate loses approximately 2-2.5 liters of water per day. So this is the amount that needs to be replaced and corresponds to 8-10 glasses per day. However, recommendations are individualized, as they vary depending on gender, life stage and physical activity.<\/p>\n<p>One way to check proper hydration is the color of urine. The lighter and clearer it is, the better hydrated we are.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>How do I increase my fluid intake?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Water is not the only option, as there are many sources to increase the body&#8217;s hydration! The foods and beverages we consume are also a means of hydration. Alternative ways to hydrate are the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fruits and vegetables that are rich in water, especially in the summer months.<\/li>\n<li>Tea, e.g. mountain tea, black and green tea, contribute to hydration and are a rich source of antioxidants.<\/li>\n<li>Milk and yogurt are good sources for hydrating the body.<\/li>\n<li>Coffee, which is a controversial issue due to its diuretic effect. However, the diuretic effect of caffeine is very small as coffee consists almost entirely of water.<\/li>\n<li>Soups, which are ideal choices as in addition to hydration, they offer the body vitamins and trace elements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, although there are many sources of hydration, a small percentage of the population manages to meet the recommendations. We should remember that when we are thirsty we are already partially dehydrated!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why is water essential? Water is an essential component of all living organisms and makes up up to 70% of the human body. Adequate hydration helps the human body: \u00a0control body temperature transport nutrients and oxygen to cells eliminate toxins and waste from the body digest food maintain joint health participate in metabolic reactions contribute [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6338,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/co-metabolism.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/co-metabolism.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/co-metabolism.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/co-metabolism.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/co-metabolism.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6994"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/co-metabolism.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7003,"href":"https:\/\/co-metabolism.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6994\/revisions\/7003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/co-metabolism.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/co-metabolism.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/co-metabolism.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/co-metabolism.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}