When you feel thirsty, many people tend to drink water in the wrong way, which ultimately leaves the body unable to store fluids well, says Leonard Smith, a digestive tract in Southern Florida.
For example, after exercising in the gym, running long distances, or sweating activities, one tends to "drink" water from a bottle, at the same time in large quantities, in no time.
That way it eliminates thirst, but drinking water in a hurry and at the same time many can eliminate the health benefits of drinking water.
According to Smith, no matter how good you are, you should never drink one bottle of water at a time. It will make you urinate more often, which means the body gets rid of more water.
In other words, even though you have been drinking a lot, but the body remains dehydrated as before. A common dehydration effect is that the body feels very tired, dizziness that does not go away after changing position from sitting to standing, until consciousness decreases.
Too much water entering at once into the body can also cause water poisoning which is medically known as hyponatremia. This is caused by drinking too much water in too short a time, so that the water molecule can not get into the blood, but into your cell, which makes it swell.
"The condition once occurred in 2014, where a 17 year old teenager died after drinking too much water after soccer practice. In 2007, a 28-year-old woman drank two gallons of water in a short time for a radio contest and died of hyponatremia, "said Smith.
"So, a healthy way to drink water is to drink it slowly," Smith advises, "you need to sip water slowly, 60-80ml at a time of drinking, throughout the day, to meet the water requirement of about 2 liters per day.If you really, if you're feeling dizzy or dehydrated, drink plenty of water slowly, try not to get too fast, pause after 3 gulps, 1-2 minutes, then continue again. "
Although you may not be drinking 2 liters of water or 2 gallons of water at a time, but the best way to hydrate the body is to drink slowly.