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How dehydration affects your body

Drinking water is not just a fun activity but is very important to us and whatever we are doing. Sometimes, people find it difficult to drink water maybe because it's not as chilled as we want it to or it's not available at the moment or we feel too busy to stand up from where we are and get a bottle of water to drink. This is not a healthy routine because it has enormous effects on our body. Water is an important element of the body as it occupies about 75% of our body's weight. Also staying hydrated enables our body to function properly. On the other hand, dehydration occurs when the quantity of water we lose on a routine is more than what we take in.  We tend to lose water from our body through various ways which include exhalation of humidified air as seen in cold weather, sweating, ruination and excretion. Other ways water is lost are; Diarrhoea : we lose water when we have bowel movement after eating contaminated food. Vom

Walking Improves your mental health and mood.

There are various ways walking helps to improve your health mentally and uplift your mood especially when you do some nice things along the way. We all take walks daily either to the office or  school or home from somewhere, round the market as we shop but there is a conscious walk we should always take for the benefit of our mind, attitude and mood. That's the walk we'll share about.  Walking is a form of exercise, it doesn't take much of your energy, it requires no extra equipment but it's an important exercise. Remember we are often asked to always stand for a while to walk around in the office after you've sat down for a long while. I walk often but a few years back, I discovered other benefits of walking beyond it being a form of exercise. Taking walks have a lot of benefits especially as it concerns your mental well being.  Walks improve your self perception, self esteem and sleep quality as well as reduces stress, fatigue and anxiety. It