21st January – Hydrate
Human beings are 80% water. Water is essential to all the structures that make up the body, and the processes that make the body work to function healthily. 🚰Many people don’t drink quite enough. Usually it’s not enough to cause sudden or serious problems, but being slightly dehydrated can lead to:🤕headaches💩Constipation🤭Bad breath😞Dry, dull skin🥱Fatigue📈Weight gain – because often thirst is mistaken for hunger, so people eat more thinking that they feel hungry, but actually they are thirsty. How do you know if you are drinking enough? Look at your wee! 🚽Urine should be a pale, straw colour, and there should be plenty of it. If your urine is darker yellow…
20th January – caffeine
Try Reducing your caffeine intake. I love my coffee, I really do, especially first thing in the morning. And, I’m not alone – apart from oil, coffee is the most traded commodity in the world. But the caffeine in it can be a problem because of the effect it has on sleep, and the subsequent effects on the rest of our health. Caffeine makes it more difficult to fall asleep, and once asleep, if we have caffeine in our system, the quality of the sleep that we do get is poorer. ⏰Caffeine stays in our system for a long time. If you have a cup of coffee, approximately half of…
19th January – get enough sleep
Get the right amount of sleep for your needs 😴 ⏰The average person needs 7-9hours sleep per night. Unfortunately there is no test that can tell you how much sleep you need, and it does vary depending on what else is happening in your body – for example, you need more sleep if you are unwell. What happens if you don’t get enough sleep?❗️In the short term, your ability to function decreases – you become less coordinated, and less able to think clearly. For example, if you are awake for a whole 24hours, your functional ability is reduced to the same as someone who has a blood alcohol level at…
