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Hydration & Workplace Productivity: Proper Hydration Is Essential To Your Workplace Wellness Strategy

While we often talk about how hydration can help our body to feel and perform better, its impact on workplace performance is a topic that is often overlooked. Water is an essential ingredient and vital for all life to exist. And replenishing it throughout the day is critical to employee health, wellness and performance. Mild Dehydration Can Reduce Workplace Productivity Nearly 73% of our brain is water, so it shouldn't surprise you to learn that dehydration has a significant impact on your mind. At just 1% of body water loss, workers begin experiencing decreased cognitive abilities, reduced concentration and alertness,...

Dehydration & The Keto Diet: Why Your Body Needs Proper Hydration

Rapid weight loss and being able to eat foods that you like are two main reasons why people love the ketogenic diet (keto diet). But as more people embark on their low-carb journeys, managing dehydration and water intake become more crucial than ever. According to experts, dehydration is one of the most common effects of ketogenic diets. Carbohydrates help our body to hold more sodium and with it also more water, but when we deplete our body of carbohydrate intake, the water and electrolytes go with it. For every one gram of carbohydrate, our body stores an average of 3...

Are medications causing your chronic dehydration? List of top meds that cause dry mouth

If you have been wondering what's causing your dehydration and symptoms of dry mouth and dry eyes the answer might be lurking inside your medicine cabinet. We all know that water is an essential component to our survival and maintaining proper health. But what many people don't know is that 1% -2% loss of water can wreak havoc on the body's internal systems- and the cause may be your medication. According to data collected by the National Center of Health Statistics, 43% of all Americans take at least one prescription medication, and 17% take three or more kinds of drugs....

Are you hydrating at the right times during the day?

Contrary to popular belief, drinking water all day long may not be the best way of hydrating throughout the day. I know you might be in disbelief, but studies have shown that drinking water throughout the day can cause over-hydration and have little impact on your body. According to David Nieman, a professor of public health at Appalachian State University, consuming plain water without any other food or nutrients tends to flow right through the digestive system. You might be wondering why? That's because proper hydration isn't about how much water you consume and is much more about absorption, which...

Four Ways to Naturally Quench Persistent Dry Mouth

Let's face it, persistent dry mouth isn't ranked on the list of medical conditions that are considered severe illnesses, but if you have ever woken up in the morning with a sore throat, numbness on your tongue and cottonmouth, you know how uncomfortable it can be. Dry mouth also known as xerostomia in medical terms results from an inadequate production saliva. While it is not a disease, dry mouth is a common symptom of a medical disorder or a side effect that occurs from medications, such as antihistamines, decongestants, pain killers, diuretics, and many others. Saliva plays a critical role...

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