Hydration
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Could drinking more water be the key to more sleep?
Make sure to leave a glass by your bed tonight.
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Sensational sheet masks to fix every one of your skincare concerns
When you think of facial masks, you often think of clay based masks, whether it’s a cheap and cheerful chocolate mud pack or an organic white clay purifying pot. Face masks have been used for centuries but have also developed with the times. One of the latest skincare trends hitting the beauty aisle are sheet masks, modern face treatments that are soaked into an accompanying face shaped sheet – it literally looks like a physical mask for your face.
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8 simple hacks to make sure you're drinking enough water
Ice serves two purposes – firstly it cools your drink and makes drinks look a bit fancier but it also adds extra water intake to your drink, providing more water as it melts. You don’t have to just drink your water intake, don’t forget that food has water in it as well. Snacking on foods high in water content is a great, healthy way to get hydrated (and beat hunger!).
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Drink up: How to stay hydrated during winter
<p>It’s no surprise that our cold winter climate takes its toll on your skin. The chilly air makes it dry and patchy, inspiring daydreams of warmer summer days. Your skin isn’t the only thing suffering during these winter days — your internal organs are also noticing the change in season. Your body requires water to function and these colder months may seem to zap any extra moisture from your body, requiring a bit of extra work in the hydration department. Drinking water and keeping hydrated can
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Here’s Why You Definitely Want To Wash Your Water Bottle More
Research by treadmillreviews found that that water bottle you’ve been lugging around in your hand bag for weeks is covered in nasties and drinking from it could be as unhygienic as licking your loo. Researchers studied water bottles that had been used by athletes over the course of a week. Some water bottles were found to be worse than others, with slide-top bottles being the most germ-ridden, straw-tops the cleanest and screw-tops somewhere in between.
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‘Super Water’ Dismissed As Nonsense By Experts
It was all too good to be true - the health benefit claims of ‘super water’ have now been dismissed as rubbish by experts. Mike Lean, professor of human nutrition at the University of Glasgow, told The Sunday Times there was no scientific evidence to support many of the reported health benefits of ‘super waters’. Elaine Allerton, from the British Dietetic Association, also said that some drinks’ claims to “detoxify” the body have no evidence behind them.
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Could you be an ‘aquaholic’?
Drinking enough water is a health message that’s been broadcast loud and clear. “Some people are such water-drinking devotees that they are aquaholics,” says Manhattan osteopathic physician Christopher Calapai. The result is overhydration, or hyponatremia, which is a term used to describe a low concentration of sodium in the blood that can be dangerous or even life-threatening. Overhydration is the most common electrolyte imbalance in hospitals, occurring in about two percent of all people, C
