Why Water Shouldn’t Be Forgotten as a “Superfood”
Without water, none of the other superfoods matter; life would not exist. Our bodies as a whole are composed of about 80% water; 85% of our brain, 80% of our blood and 70% of our lean muscle is comprised of the liquid of life. While we can live weeks without food, we can only last about three days without water.
Why plain water is the best
We are constantly deluged with ads about how this drink or that is the next best thing for us to drink. But study after study has shown that plain H2O is still the best.
Coffee and tea taste good, but both have the opposite effects as far as hydrating the body because of their diuretic properties, meaning they take water out of the body. For every cup of coffee or tea you drink, you excrete a cup and a half through urination. Unless replaced, it doesn’t take long to get dehydrated.
Soft drinks aren’t good for you either. Most of them are either sweetened with an artificial sugar that is not good for you, or real sugar which can spike...
