How to Get the Most Out of Your Workout
By Katie Boscia, RD, IBCLC, CDE Staying hydrated during a workout helps your body maintain blood volume and good cardiac output, as well as deliver oxygen to the muscles you’re exercising. It also helps prevent muscle cramps and helps regulate your core temperature. In order to stay properly hydrated while exercising, you need to make […]
Proper Hydration Keeps Your Summer Workout Healthy
When we think of summer, we often think of baseball games, hiking, golfing and a number of other outdoor activities. With all that time spent outside, you have a higher risk of dehydration and heatstroke during summer than other times of the year. Did you know water makes up approximately 50-60 percent of your body […]
The Importance of Staying Hydrated
By Carol Gelatt, RN, BSN Have you ever noticed how lifeless a houseplant looks when you forget to water it? If you add just a little water, it seems to perk back up. Water is just as necessary for the healthy function of our body. Water makes up more than two-thirds of the weight of […]
Healthy Water Alternatives
By Katie Boscia MS, RD, IBCLC Water is the most essential nutrient as it hydrates your body, regulates body temperature, prevents constipation, transfers oxygen and nutrients into cells, and helps cushion joints. You don’t need to sip from your water bottle all day to satisfy your fluid needs. Your diet, including the beverages you drink, […]
How Much Water Do You Need?
By Kristin Lamb, CHWC Every day you lose water through sweating, exhaling, urinating and bowel movements. For your body to function properly, you need to replace this water by consuming beverages and foods that contain water. The Institute of Medicine recommends men consume 3 liters (about 13 cups) of beverages each day and women consume […]