Water
With 2010 firmly in full swing and new year diet resolutions going down the pan, a world leading natural medicine doctor is offering an easy way to get healthy and loose weight.
Dr Harald Gaier, the Director of Medical Research at two major clinics in London, has over four decades of clinical experience and uses natural remedies to cure everything from hangovers to prostate cancer. Now this Harley Street doctor is showing why you should fall in love with water...
1. Lose Weight: Water is one of the best tools to aid weight loss, first of all because it often replaces high-calorie drinks like fizzy pop, fruit juices and alcohol. Water helps to curb the carbohydrate craving, it's also a great appetite suppressant, so often, when we think we're hungry, we're actually just thirsty. Water has no fat, no calories, no carbohydrate, and no sugar. Drink around 2 litres a day to help you lose weight.
2. Healthy Heart: Drinking more water could lower your risk of heart attacks. A study published in the May 1, 2002 American Journal of Epidemiology found that those who drink more than 5 glasses of water a day were 41% less likely than those who drank less than two glasses, to die from a heart attack.
3. More Energy: Being dehydrated can sap your energy, even slight dehydration of 1 or 2 % of your body weight can make you feel tired. If you feel thirsty, you're already dehydrated and this can lead to fatigue, muscle weakness, dizziness and other symptoms.
4. Cure Headaches: Headaches can be a symptom of dehydration, In fact, often when we have headaches it's simply a matter of not drinking enough water. There are lots of other causes of headaches of course, but dehydration is a common cause.
5. Have Healthier Skin: Drinking more water can help your skin stay supple, people often report a healthy glow after drinking more water for a while. It won't happen overnight, but just a week of drinking a healthy amount of water can have good effects on your skin.
6. Reduce Digestive Issues: Our digestive system needs a good amount of water to digest food properly. Often water can help cure stomach acid and indigestion problems, water along with fibre can often ease constipation.
7. Clean From The Inside: Water is used by the body to help flush out toxins and waste products from the body, these toxins can be harmful if not removed from the body.
8. Reduce Cancer Risks: Drinking the recommended amount of water has also been found to reduce the risk of colon cancer by a large percentage. Drinking more water can also reduce the risk of bladder & breast cancer by a similarly large percentage.
9. Efficient Exercise: Being dehydrated can severely hamper your athletic activities, slowing you down and making it harder to keep fit. During exercise you need to drink additional water, so be sure to drink 1 hour before, during and after exercise.
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