How to drink a lot more water?

We know that we need to drink a lot of water to be healthy. But how can we drink our 1.5 liters of water every day?

Our body is composed of two thirds water! It is therefore It is essential to drink a lot for the proper functioning of our body. We lose on average 2 to 2.5 liters of water per day. If we find water in our food, it is still advisable to drink 1.5 liters of water per day. Not so easy! Here are all our tips for drinking more water.

How to drink more water, throughout the day

The quantities of water needed to drink vary of course depending on each person: man or woman, sedentary or sporty, cold or hot climate… But it is estimated that on average, it would be necessary drink 1.5 to 2 liters of water per day to replace water lost during the day.

Drink 1.5 liters of water per day: how?

It seems huge to you drink a large bottle of water every day ? Are you far from it? There are a few tricks you can adopt. First of all, it doesn’t have to be just pure water. You can also drink teaherbal tea or flavored water, which hydrate you without adding sugar.
Another good idea to drink more water is to prepare vegetable broths : very easy in this case to drink 0.25 to 0.5 liters of broth in a meal.

However, we do not count, in the glasses that we consume, sweetened coffee, juices and even less beers! syrups certainly allow to drink waterbut provide unnecessary sugar to the body.

Tips for drinking more

Pour drink more waterwe think about establishing rituals during the day, and changing some bad habits. In the morning, instead of a strong coffee, we can drink a large tea or herbal tea. You can even use a large teapot to have some available all morning. In the evening, do not deviate from the ritual of herbal teas which will hydrate you and make you sleep better.

When you work, keep a carafe of water and a glass handy. When you go on the road, don’t forget to take a water bottle to fill with tap water. Better yet, invest in a nice gourds which will make you want to drink water.
Before doing sports, drink a lot in anticipation of sweating more.

A water bottle instead of bottled water

L’bottled waterit’s more expensive water, with more waste and not necessarily better for your health! Prefer tap water at home or outside, by filling your water bottle before leaving home.

For your meals or aperitifs, think about make flavored waterssuch as ginger water, cucumber water or watermelon water. Waters that are as beautiful as they are good, which will hydrate you while making you happy! And a good way to replace alcohol with drinks healthy.

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Drink while eating?

Et quid to drink water during meals? Should you drink before, during or after the meal? The ideal is to drink before meals ; this improves satiety and allows the body to hydrate before eating. It is also advisable to drink water at room temperature and not cold or with ice cubes, to avoid stomach aches.
But if you have thirst during or after mealsdon’t deprive yourself of drinking water.

Eventually, 1.5 liters of water per daythese are only six 250 ml glasses; you can easily achieve this with a large 50 cl herbal tea in the morning, a glass of water before luncha glass of water for a snack, a glass of water before dinner and a herbal tea in the evening.

These are mainly good reflexes to adopt, all the easier at the moment as we often stay at home!

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