• 75% of the body is made of water.
• Reduced hydration reduces the amount of water in every single cell around the body.
• This leads to cells then losing their shape making them appear and behave ‘aged’.
  • This is most evident in your skin.
  • Hydrated skin is soft and supple with less wrinkles.
• Reduced hydration reduces blood flow:
  • Blood is not as thin so increases blood pressure, risking health issues such as heart attack or stroke.
  • Reduced blood flow reduces nutrient distribution which can lead to digestive issues:
    • Poor digestion leads to poor amino acid absorption.
      • Amino acids come from protein.
      • Amino acids help the cells repair and rebuild.
      • Poor amino acids levels reduced muscle synthesis. That means you hinder muscle growth.
      • Reduced muscle mass, reduces fat loss.
    • Reduced nutrient distribution caused by reduced hydration and low blood flow, leads to vitamin and mineral deficiencies, and health issues associated with these, such as anemia, brittle bones and more.
      • Deficiencies lead to increased inflammation which hinders fat loss
    • Reduced hydration and reduced blood flow increases risk of constipation:
      • Constipation also increases inflammation and therefore reduces fat loss.
      • Constipation increases the amount of toxins that build up and are stored in fat cells, making it difficult to shrink the fat cell. The cells may have reduced fat in them but remain the same size due to the amount of toxins in them.
    • Reduced hydration and blood flow reduce the number of triglycerides that can be transported around the body.
      • These are 3 fat molecules joined together, that are used by the cells as energy.
      • If they can’t flow around the body, they can’t reach every cell and therefore cannot be used by every cell as energy.
      • They are then eventually stored as adipose tissue instead; that means increases fat storage.
      • Having too many triglycerides in the blood stream increases risk of arteriosclerosis, heart attack and stroke.
        • Also increases inflammation which hinders fat loss.
      • All of the issues we have discussed so far impact your quality of sleep.
        • Reduced quality of sleep reduces fat loss.
        • Sleep is the time your body burns the most amount of fat.
        • Reduce how long you sleep for, or deeply you sleep, you reduce your fat loss.
        • Also causes inflammation which also hinders fat loss.
      • All of the above issues increase secretion of the stress hormone cortisol.
        • The higher the level of cortisol, the higher your inflammation, the less fat you burn.
      • Reduced hydration reduces fat metabolism.
        • If you don’t have enough water in your cells, the cells become hard and firm, reducing the ability for any movement within the cell.
        • This reduces the ability to mobilize fat and therefore metabolize it or break it down.
      • Reduced hydration can lead to kidney stones, gall stones, fatty liver disease, kidney disease and other organ dysfunctions.
        • All of these increase inflammation and therefore reduce fat loss.

Conclusion:

As you can see, everything is inter-related and impact each other within the body. But if you do one simple thing, like stay properly hydrated, you can avoid an array of chain reaction issues, that all lead to two common things – reduced fat loss and health issues.

How much water do you need?

Take you body weight in kilos, multiply it by 40%, and then divide it by 10.

That’s how many litres per day you need for sufficient hydration.

For example, if you are 70kg x 40% = 28

28/10 = 2.8 litres

Then add 500ml if it is hot and you are perspiring.

AND /OR

Add 500ml if you are exercising and therefore perspiring.