An Easy Way to Drink More Water
And Avoid Dehydration
Dehydration is a big problem. Many people don’t drink enough water each day — some reports show that 75% of adults in the United States don’t drink enough
mild dehydration can cause health problems and impact your brain, heart, skin, and other organs, which can lead to headaches, confusion, fatigue, and gastrointestinal distress.
That might seem like a lot of liquid, but you can easily drink it without trying too hard. All you have to do is be proactive: Start keeping water any place you frequent during the day. Keep a bottle in your car, at your desk, by your favorite chair, near your workout equipment, etc. Having water easily available in the places you spend the most time each day helps increase your chances of actually drinking it. An alternative approach is to purchase a giant jug that can hold all the water you need to drink in a day. Seeing it all in one place might be intimidating at first, but this method makes things very simple. Keep the jug close, and your water intake will likely increase without too much additional effort. And if you’re just not motivated to drink plain water, you can always add sugar-free flavoring or lemon to make it more enticing.
water, and over a quarter are dehydrated. Though those statistics aren’t widely agreed upon, it’s obvious that most people need more fluids.
We all know the solution to dehydration is to drink more water, but exactly how much water do we need each day? The amount will differ
depending on the person, but one simple way to approximate your necessary daily intake is by dividing your body weight in half and drinking that much water (in fluid ounces) each day. For example, if you weigh 175 pounds, you’d need to drink 87.5 fluid ounces — over half a gallon — of water per day.
Even if it feels like you’re drinking a lot of water,
remember that water leaves your body every time you sweat, go to the bathroom, and even breathe. Not keeping up with proper water intake can lead to dehydration. Even
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Neil Young, a Longtime Favorite
I’ve been a fan of Neil Young since the ‘70s, when his unique style and voice first began playing on the airwaves. When I was in college, I’d put his album on and my roommate would always announce that “Neil ‘I Gargle With Glass’ Young” was playing. His raspy, rough voice is what earned him that memorable nickname from my roommate. I appreciate Neil Young’s versatility as an artist. He’s collaborated with many musicians over the years and produced music in categories as diverse as folk, rock, grunge, and country. In fact, he’s still writing great music today. I started thinking about featuring Neil Young in this edition because my wife, Melody, recently gave me a special edition Rolling Stone magazine devoted totally to his music and career. If you didn’t already know Neil Young was a prolific musician, you would after seeing that Rolling Stone devoted almost 100 pages to him and included a list of his top 100 songs . It goes to show just how much music he’s made over the past almost seven decades.
He and Stephen Stills collaborated to produce a little-known record in 1976 called “Long May You Run.” The title track is one of my favorite Neil Young songs. Though I have to admit, until recently, I thought the song was about an old girlfriend. Turns out, it’s actually about an old car of his! I guess the line “with your chrome heart shining in the sun / long may you run” makes more sense now. Anyhow, I recommend checking out that album (by the Stills- Young Band) if you missed it. I also like the song “Like a Hurricane” from his 1977 album “Decade.” This is a great album to check out if you’re new to his music because it includes a lot of his most popular songs. You also can’t go wrong listening to “Heart of Gold,” one of his most famous albums. “Powderfinger,” which Rolling Stone ranked as his top song of all time, is also a favorite of mine. He performed it with Crazy Horse, and it was on the 1979 album “Rust Never Sleeps.”
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Long may he keep making music!
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