Even mild dehydration can harm your ticker nearly as much as smoking a cigarette, a report from the University of Arkansas shows. “Dehydration makes blood more viscous, which has a negative effect on the cardiovascular system,” says study co-author Stavros Kavouras. “It may also increase levels of certain hormones that are known to harm the endothelium [a thin layer that lines all your blood vessels and helps regulate your blood flow].” Luckily, unless you stay chronically dehydrated, there’s probably no lasting damage, Stavros says. So, drink up. If you’re not taking six bathroom breaks a day, your body could use more water.
Even mild dehydration can harm your ticker nearly as much as smoking a cigarette, a report from the University of Arkansas shows. “Dehydration makes blood more viscous, which has a negative effect on the cardiovascular system,” says study co-author Stavros Kavouras. “It may also increase levels of certain hormones that are known to harm the endothelium [a thin layer that lines all your blood vessels and helps regulate your blood flow].” Luckily, unless you stay chronically dehydrated, there’s probably no lasting damage, Stavros says. So, drink up. If you’re not taking six bathroom breaks a day, your body could use more water.
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Sleep in this long and you’re likely to eat more and take 1,634 fewer steps per day than if you’d gotten out of bed earlier, new research has found. “People who wake up later logically have less time during the day to exercise,” says Kelly Baron, the study’s co-author. “They consume more fast food and less vegetables too.” You may have to work harder to eat healthy and exercise on lazy weekends. Or just curb your night owl habits if they’ve got you hitting snooze too many times.
SOURCE NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY FEINBERG SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
“The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not.”MARK TWAIN, LATE AMERICAN WRITER
