12 Signs That You Don't Drink Enough Water

Signs that you need to drink more water.

There’s not much in this world more refreshing than a tall ice-cold glass of water. However, more than half of the world’s population suffers from dehydration without even realizing that this can lead to serious health problems.

Dehydration can have a negative effect and a simple way to check your level of dehydration in five seconds.This valuable information should be taught in every school.

Before considering the main signs of dehydration, let’s see what will happen if you don’t drink enough water.

You are 60% to 80% of water, so if you don’t drink enough water every day it disappears. From your blood, up to 8%. This leads to narrow blood vessels, blood clots, raise blood pressure and a risk of heart attack and stroke.

Also, it disappears from the intercellular space, up to 26% and this leads to rave acidity levels,gout, kidney stones, brittle bones and lower immunity.

Finally, the water disappears from yourself up to 66% which leads to higher cholesterol,reduce metabolism and accelerated aging.

1. Your Mouth Is Dry.

This seems pretty obvious but the ramifications might not be so. Of course, anytime you feel that sticky nasty feeling in your mouth, obviously reach for some liquid. Keep in mind that sugary drinks are only a temporary solution to a larger problem.Drinking water lubricates the mucous membranes in your mouth and throat. You need to keep your mouth moist with saliva long after that first step.

2. Your Skin Is Dry.

Your skin is your body’s largest organ so it needs to stay hydrated. In fact, dry skin is one of the earliest signs of full-on dehydration. A lack of water means a lack of sweat which leads to a body’s inability to wash away excess dirt and oil accumulated throughout the day. If you want to stave off breakouts, the first recourse should be to drink more water.

3. You’re Very Thirsty.

We went over dry mouth already thirst goes beyond the desert-like tongue.
Anyone who’s ever had a hangover can tell you that waking up, your body just can’t get enough water.
Alcohol dehydrates the entire body and drinking water sends signals to the brain until your fluid levels get back to baseline. Listen to what your body is telling you, it knows what it’s talking about.

4. Your Eyes Are Dry.

By now, it should be clear that drinking water affects more than just your mouth and throat. A lack of water intake leads to dry, bloodshot eyes.
Without water in the body, your tear ducts dry up and this can cause much more harm to your eyes, especially if you are contacts every day.

5. You Have Joint Pain.

Your cartilage and spinal disks are made of about 80 percent water. This is an absolute necessity to keep your bones from grinding against each other with every step you take. By keeping your body hydrated. You ensure that your joints can absorb the shock of sudden movements such as running, jumping or falling awkwardly.

6. Your Muscle Mass Decreases.

Your muscles also are comprised mostly of water. Obviously, less water in the body means less muscle mass. Drinking water before, during and after a workout, not only keeps you hydrated and comfortable, it also brings water to the right place in the new body and decreases the chance of developing inflammation and soreness related to exercise and weightlifting.

7. You Stay Sick Longer.

Drinking water allows your body to flush out toxins continuously. Your organs work to filter out certain waste products like machine, but if you don’t fuel the machine with water, it cannot work properly.What ends up happening a dehydrated body is organs start to pull water from stored areas like your blood. Which leads to a whole new set of problems.

8. You Feel Fatigue and Lethargy.

When a body is dehydrated, it borrows water from your blood and a lack of properly hydrated blood leads to a lack of oxygen being raw throughout the body. Of course, a lack of oxygen leads to sleepiness and outright fatigue. A lack of stamina means you’ll start to experience that 2 p.m.. crash earlier and earlier in your day. Remember, coffee won’t help in the long run.

9. You Experience Hunger Pangs.

When you’re dehydrated, your body might start to think it needs some food. This happens throughout the day and overnight when you wake up craving that midnight snack. However, eating food creates more work for your body whereas drinking water purifies your organ and supplies it with the fuel it needs to go through the other processes a body goes through.

10. You Have Digestive Problems.

We spoke before about the mucus in our mouth and throat and how keeping hydrated allow the membrane to function correctly. This also applies to the entire digestive system. Without proper hydration, the amount and strength of mucus in the stomach lessens, plowing stomach acids to do some significant damage to your insides. This leads to what we commonly refer to as heartburn and indigestion.

11. You Experience Premature Aging.

The amount of water your body retains naturally decreases as you age while premature aging is more evident on the outside, the damage it does to our insides will ultimately be felt over time.

12. You’re Reading This and Have Gotten This Far.

If you clicked on this article, chances are you thought to yourself : “I don’t think I drink enough water”. So, if you don’t think that you do or a glass right now? If you’re not getting the recommended amount which is higher than you think, there’s no harm in drinking more.