Dr. Shmuel Shields | 2. Guard Your Health: Hydration: Drink it Up | CHAZAQ

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Welcome to the guard your health series. We are moving rapidly into the spring and summer season. Hot weather, outdoor activity, you know, sports, exercise, things of that nature. Um, we're going to talk a little bit about hydration and the importance of hydration and ways to avoid uh dehydration. Uh again as I mentioned um in the first um session that we did uh the information is just for educational purposes and always check with your competent health care professionals before you make um any dietary or lifestyle changes. Um anyway um air oxygen is our most important nutrient. Uh we can't survive without air for more than four or five minutes. followed is water. Water uh is an essential nutrient. Uh without water, we can't live maybe more than five days. Um and then of course food plays an important role uh but is not as important as air or water. Today we're going to focus on on water and hydration. And we want to first start off by just talking about the importance of water in the diet. We can't live without water. It's essential for controlling body temperature, eliminating waste, flushing toxins out of the body, protecting our organs, lubricating tissue and joints, delivering oxygen and nutrients to the cells, making minerals and other nutrients absorbable. The question is though, are you getting enough? Now, at the count of three, for those listeners in the audience, I want you to tell me, just yell out after I count to three, how much water should you be drinking a day? One, two, three. Eight cups is what probably the

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1. 0:00Welcome to the guard your health series. We are moving rapidly into the spring and summer…
2. 0:30for educational purposes and always check with your competent health care professionals before you make um…
3. 1:30delivering oxygen and nutrients to the cells, making minerals and other nutrients absorbable. The question is…
4. 2:01majority of the listening audience has said. I have no idea where that mystical and magical…
5. 3:04care professionals, but a you need approximately one 8 cup of water for every 20 pounds…
6. 4:06of foods. So, uh I would say water should be your beverage of choice and you…
7. 4:36that are artificially colored or flavored. Uh for those that have trouble drinking just plain water,…
8. 5:36symptoms, there are some other things to uh to look for and I will uh just…
9. 6:06tongue, frequent urination where you only pass a small amount of urine are all can all…
10. 7:09Um okay. So that is really uh what we wanted to cover uh on uh on…

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