Hydration and productivity

Water helps to restore fluids lost through metabolism, breathing, sweating, and the removal of waste. It helps to keep you from overheating, lubricates the joints and tissues, maintains healthy skin, and is necessary for proper digestion. It’s the perfect zero-calorie beverage for quenching thirst and rehydrating your body.

But to get all the benefits, we should drink adequate amount of water daily. When we don’t meet our daily requirements, we go into a state of dehydration. Dehydration is nothing but lack of water in the body affecting with normal functions.

Symptoms of dehydration

· Headache

· Fatigue

· Confusion or short-term memory loss 4

· Mood changes like increased irritability or depression 4

· Feeling of thirst

· Dark colored urine

· Blurred vision 5

Dehydration can increase the risk of certain medical conditions:

· Urinary tract infections

· Kidney stones

· Gallstones

· Constipation

Role of water in human body

· Water makes up to 60% of our body composition.

· Water helps the brain to make hormones and neurotransmitters to transport signals around the body.

· It helps our tissues and cell membranes to remain moist to function correctly.

· Helps produce saliva which aids in digestion.

· Acts as an internal shock absorber for our bodies.

· Helps deliver oxygen around our bodies

How hydration benefits productivity

When you consider the fact that a whopping 73% of the human brain is water, the hydration would also have an impact on your cognitive performance (brain function). Even mild dehydration (a body water loss of between 1%- 2%) impairs cognitive performance. And people who drink good amount of water (2.5-3ltrs/day) can be seen active, and more productive towards their work and behavioral factor.

It also aids in physical fitness because the joints and tissues are lubricated by water and consuming 2.5-3 liters/day impacts one’s physical fitness