Your body is made up of around 70% water. Sometimes it suffices to lose 2% of it so that the mood immediately changes, the energy level drops and cognitive functions slow down. Find out what can cause dehydration and how to rehydrate.
About 70% of our bodies are water. Every day, we lose some of it through urine, sweat and breathing. To compensate for these losses, it is advisable to drink 1 to 1.5 liters of water per day, and even more when the thermometer rises. Drinking water is essential, but is often not enough. To diversify its water intake, we can draw from nature ingredients and foods (vegetables, fruits, aromatic plants) rich in water which thus participate in our hydration.
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What do we drink to rehydrate?
Drinking water, just water can quickly become boring. We therefore vary the pleasures with different drinks.
- Coconut water is renowned for its rehydrating properties thanks to its richness in sodium and potassium.
- Lemonade is a refreshing drink that stimulates the production of saliva in our mouths, making it one of the most thirst-quenching drinks. For this, we dilute the juice of a squeezed lemon in 1.5 l of water.
- We also rely on flavored water, a fresh water in which we add a mixture of aromatic plants (mint, lemon balm, lemongrass leaves, blackcurrant …), summer fruits (watermelon, cucumber …) and lemon.
Vegetable (tomato, carrot) or fruit (apple, orange, pomelo, etc.) juices hydrate and nourish at the same time, while advantageously replacing a glass of alcohol as an aperitif.
Composed of 97% water, raw cucumber is the great champion of the category. Its richness in mineral salts also allows the body to stay hydrated for longer. Followed by radishes (95.9%), lettuce (95.3%), also rich in vitamin B9, and tomato (94%). As for the zucchini, with its 93.8% water, it remains much more moisturizing raw than cooked. As for summer fruits, we opt for melon and watermelon, but also strawberries, blackberries, peaches and apricots.
Our expert : Anne Portier, naturopath, author of Daily emergency care – Natural remedies for the whole family (Solar ed.)
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