Water a crucial element in healthy lifestyle

Water is such a simple and basic part of life that we might take for granted just how important it is to our health and wellness. Fact is, to get healthy and stay healthy, maintaining proper hydration is crucial.

To understand how important water is to wellness and weight loss, it helps to understand the building blocks of the human body. The body is composed of 60 percent fluids of your total body weight and 70 percent of your muscles. The fluids are comprised of water and other bodily fluids, such as lymph and synovial fluids. During the course of our daily activities, the body constantly loses fluids in perspiration and through urinating. How much of these fluids are lost will depend on our activities and the temperatures that are prevailing at the time.

If you are in weight-loss journey, it is important to note that during the summer months especially, we tend to be more active in the heat with sports, gardening and vacationing. Increased activity plus the higher temperatures will cause us to sweat more. Sweat will evaporate on the skin helping your body to cool down. This happens during the cooler months, but during the summer months that the body is at greater risk for it to become dehydrated.

The N.E.W. Program’s  weekly workshop series continues Tuesday when Karla Campbell, RD, presents “Hydration: How Much is Enough?” The workshop will be presented at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 1 at our Newport Beach location.