{"id":452,"date":"2024-05-14T10:33:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T08:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maltanutrition.com\/community\/?p=452"},"modified":"2026-07-23T17:12:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:12:58","slug":"the-real-benefits-of-drinking-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maltanutrition.com\/community\/the-real-benefits-of-drinking-water\/","title":{"rendered":"THE REAL BENEFITS OF DRINKING WATER"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019ve heard it all before \u2013 got a headache? Drink more water. Want to lose weight? Drink more water. Hungry? Water. This was drilled into us by our parents when we were hitting that dreaded stage of development and our skin did whatever it wanted. Had a breakout? It\u2019s because you\u2019re not drinking enough water etc ect. These statements used to drive us insane, right? Well, we\u2019re here to tell you some of the other main benefits of drinking water \u2013 and enough of it at that! Drinking water helps maintain the balance of body fluids<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"626\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maltanutrition.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-41.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-453\" style=\"width:529px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maltanutrition.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-41.png 626w, https:\/\/www.maltanutrition.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-41-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Our bodies are composed of about 60% water \u2013 this water helps the following bodily fluids function, such as digestion, creation of saliva, transportation of nutrients, absorption, and maintenance of body temperature. When your body is low on fluids, your brain triggers your thirst mechanism \u2013 always listen to your body and drink water when you need it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>Water helps control calories<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Substituting water for a higher calorie beverage will of course help you to lose weight. Also aim for foods with high water content as they will be absorbed by your body much slower; meaning that you will feel full for longer. Some examples of water-rich foods include fruits, veggies, broth-based soups, oatmeal and beans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>Keeps your skin glowing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>When you\u2019re dehydrated your skin looks more dry and wrinkled \u2013 this can be improved with proper hydration! <br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve heard it all before \u2013 got a headache? Drink more water. Want to lose weight? Drink more water. Hungry? Water. This was drilled into us by our parents when we were hitting that dreaded stage of development and our skin did whatever it wanted. Had a breakout? It\u2019s because you\u2019re not drinking enough water [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":453,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","hide_page_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-and-nutrition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maltanutrition.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maltanutrition.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maltanutrition.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maltanutrition.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maltanutrition.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.maltanutrition.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":454,"href":"https:\/\/www.maltanutrition.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452\/revisions\/454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maltanutrition.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maltanutrition.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maltanutrition.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maltanutrition.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}