Tips To Help Increase Your Water Intake

Below are some great tips to help increase your water intake daily.

• Place a water glass on the kitchen sink to remind you to drink. 
• Number 1-8 on a piece of paper and cross off as you drink these glasses of water.
• Put a jug of water on the table at meal times.
• Sip some water after meals and after snacks.
• As  the weather temperature increases, increase your water intake to compensate for perspiration.
• Drink water before and after exercise.
• Carry a water bottle with you during the day.
• Spread water intake over the entire day.  Sip water, do not ‘gulp’.
• Consuming one cup of caffeine beverage (tea, cola, coffee) or alcohol requires two cups of water to prevent cellular dehydration.
• Menopausal flushes can be reduced by drinking water.

Sometimes water straight from the tap has a chlorine odour.  The smell will disappear if a jug is filled with water and placed in the fridge for an hour.