Hydration Really IS the Key to Success

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thou­sand times – “hydra­tion is the key to suc­cess!” While you are busy exer­cis­ing and laugh­ing and prepar­ing healthy meals as part of your new and improved rou­tine, don’t for­get to hydrate! If that reminder to hydrate makes you think (cue eye roll) “I can’t pos­si­bly drink any more water! Please, don’t tell me to drink water!” then you are in luck. I am not here to tell you to drink more water.

In fact, I am going to sug­gest lots of won­der­ful and deli­cious ways to boost your hydra­tion and bal­ance your elec­trolytes that do NOT involve drink­ing gal­lons of plain water a day. But first, I just want to give you a plug for why you should make sure you are prop­er­ly hydrat­ed. It can help you lose weight, improve and bal­ance your mood, and help your skin with improved elas­tic­i­ty and feel. Who wouldn’t want any—or all—of that?

1. Boost your hydra­tion by eat­ing your water. Add more fruits and veg­eta­bles with high water con­tent, like straw­ber­ries, water­mel­on, cucum­bers, cel­ery and lettuce.
2. Enjoy some coconut water. While this is water, I know, it is also a nutri­tion­al and hydra­tion pow­er­house. Packed with vit­a­mins and min­er­als and hydra­tion galore, reach for coconut water to vary up your hydra­tion rou­tine. Water­mel­on water, maple water, and even cac­tus waters are mov­ing up in the gro­cery aisles as well. With all of these alter­na­tive waters, just be mind­ful of added sug­ars and fla­vor­ing. Au nat­ur­al is the way to go for the most benefit!
3. Be a hydra­tion super­star and make your­self a deli­cious, hydrat­ing smooth­ie with any com­bi­na­tion of the above ingredients.
4. There are end­less prod­ucts out there claim­ing that they are essen­tial to any and all hydra­tion needs – don’t fall for this trap! Most of you can eas­i­ly give your body what it needs with ele­ments that grow from the earth. If you are an endurance ath­lete, or have a con­di­tion (such as dysau­tono­mia) that neces­si­tates con­sump­tion of extra elec­trolytes, opt for prod­ucts made with­out excess sug­ar and with ingre­di­ents you can pro­nounce. Nuun elec­trolyte tabs are a great choice!

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