Selalu kalau kita consult dengan orang kata nak kurus, mesti antara petua yang kena buat adalah minum air paling kurang 3Liter kan? Ramai yang kata tak mampu nak minum air sampai 3liter. Sehari ada 24jam sayang, panjang sangat masa nak cukupkan 3Liter. Bukan orang suruh teguk air 3Liter sekaligus -__-"
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Drinking
three litres of water a day took TEN YEARS off my face: Sarah, 42, was hoping
to solve her headaches and poor digestion...just look what else happened
You might think I'd have
little in common with a camel, but we do share one useful skill: both of us can
go for a very long time without water.
Usually I start my day
with a cup of tea, then I might have a glass of water with my lunch and one
with dinner - that's about a litre of liquid in 24 hours. It feels like plenty,
but apparently it's not nearly enough.
After years of suffering
headaches and poor digestion I spoke to a neurologist about my regular
headaches and a nutritionist about my poor digestion, and both told me I should
be drinking up to three litres of liquid a day for my body to function at its
best.
Then, when I read a
recent survey suggesting that at least one in five women in the UK consumes
less than the recommended daily intake of water, I decided to conduct an
experiment. What would happen if I drank the recommended amount every day for a
month?
The photograph of me
taken the day I started this trial demonstrates perfectly - and rather
frighteningly - what a lack of hydration does to a face.
I am 42, but have to
admit I look more like 52 in this picture, which is shocking. There are dark
shadows under and around my eyes, which make me look exhausted, a profusion of
wrinkles and strange reddish blotches, and my skin lacks any lustre. It looks
dead.
My daughters, Alice,
eight, and Betty, four, tell me I look 'about 100 years old' in this photograph
and I have to agree.
Even my lips look
shrivelled. This is all classic evidence of poor hydration, apparently. Every
system and function in our body depends on water.
It flushes toxins from
the vital organs, carries nutrients to cells, provides a moist environment for
ear, nose and throat tissues, and eliminates waste.
Not drinking enough
means all these functions become impaired. So I decided to see how I would look
and feel if I drank three litres of water every day for 28 days. The results
were astonishing . . .
Week One
Weight: 8st 7lb
Waist: 28in
Three litres of water is
just over five pints, which sounds like an awful lot. I visit my local GP in
Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, to be sure there can be no adverse health
implications to upping my water intake so dramatically.
He is very encouraging.
'I suggest you have a big jug of water in the morning, then another in the
afternoon and another in the evening,' he says. 'Your kidneys, which filter
waste products from the blood before turning it to urine, will quickly feel the
benefit, as they will be getting a good flush through.'
I usually have a wee
three times a day: when I get up, before I go to bed and at some point in the
afternoon. By the end of my first day of drinking more water, I have had six
and my usually sluggish bowels are much more lively.
I exfoliate my face
every day to try to get rid of dry patches before I apply moisturiser, but
suddenly I seem to be breaking out in spots. Maybe it's all the toxins coming
out of my skin. A few days into the experiment I'm still urinating five or six
times a day but it's clear now, rather than dark yellow.
I'm enjoying lots of
cups of tea. My husband says that's cheating, but I tell him the British
Nutritional Foundation says 'moderate amounts of caffeine do not cause
dehydration, so they do count towards your fluid intake'.
I meet friends for a
drink one night, remembering that alcohol is a diuretic (a substance which
promotes the production of urine), acting on the kidneys. For every one
alcoholic drink, your body can eliminate up to four times as much liquid.
I assume a white wine
spritzer is a good option because the alcohol is diluted with soda water, and I
sip water between alcoholic drinks throughout the evening.
Hangover headaches
result from dehydration: the body's organs try to make up for a lack of water
by stealing it from the brain, as a result of which it actually shrinks.
Headaches result from
the pulling on the membranes that connect your brain to your skull. Ouch.
Luckily, I escape all this and wake up hangover-free.
For years I've been
doing ten minutes of yoga every morning straight after I get up, but I've been
feeling stiffer over the past six months. Yet since I started drinking more
water my flexibility has improved. Gemma Critchley, from the British Dietetic
Association, confirms that water helps lubricate the joints.
Week Two: The blotches on my face are
diminishing and the shadows around my eyes less pronounced
Week Two
Weight: 8st 6lb (lost a
pound)
Waist: 28in
My complexion is
improving and my skin tone is more even. I still have wrinkles under my eyes,
but they look less crepey and shadowy than before.
The blotches on my face
are diminishing, and the shadows around my eyes are less pronounced.
I feel pleased when my
sister-in-law tells me my skin looks clearer than it did a week ago. I have a
busy week with lots of time away from home, so I stock up on half-litre bottles
of mineral water I can carry around in my bag. A week's worth costs just over
£8. If I spread my water intake over the day, that's half a litre when I wake
up, another with breakfast, one with lunch, one in the afternoon, one with my
evening meal then another before bed. It sounds like a lot, but I'm finding it
manageable.
Today, I've noticed my
breath smells less 'breathy', maybe because I've ditched tea - I decided water
was better for me. I'm certainly not missing the sweet, milky taste it left in
my mouth.
Gemma Critchley says:
'Water is obviously the best choice since it has no calories and will hydrate
you efficiently.' I say I might try juice instead of water sometimes, just for
the taste and variety, but she warns me not to.
'If you drink a large
glass of juice, you could be consuming more energy than you need,' she says,
which would mean weight gain.
I haven't had a headache
for over a week now, which is unusual for me, and I'm delighted that my bowels
are working so much better. Result!
I went shopping this
afternoon in Leeds, but having to find a lavatory three times in five hours was
irritating - they always seem to be in the most hidden corner of every shop.
I'd expected my stomach
to feel bloated with all the extra water but it's actually flatter than usual.
And my husband says the cellulite on my bottom and thighs has vanished.
Surely this is too good
to be true?
Week Three: My skin looks plumper and more
nourished
Week Three
Weight: 8st 6lb
Waist: 27.5in (lost half
an inch)
The dark rings and
wrinkles under my eyes have virtually disappeared, and my skin looks plumper
and more nourished. My friend, who is a beauty therapist, says this is because
the water is helping my skin cells regenerate more efficiently.
I've noticed I've
stopped rubbing my eyes when I wake up in the morning. They used to be dry and
full of sleep, but not now. All this extra water must be keeping them moist.
I'm feeling guilty about
all the plastic bottles I've been using so I'm back on Yorkshire tap water,
which I carry around in a re-usable water bottle.
I have to take a long
train journey and I realise afterwards how productive I felt and how easy I
found it to concentrate, rather than having my customary snooze.
Dr Emma Derbyshire,
senior lecturer in nutritional physiology at Manchester Metropolitan University
and adviser to the Natural Hydration Council, says: 'Our brain is 73 per cent
water, so poor hydration can affect how it functions. Dehydration can reduce
our ability to concentrate as well as our cognitive performance.'
The downside was having
to use train toilets. Dreadful.
I'm eating less because
drinking water with meals makes me feel fuller quicker. I used to snack, but I
was reaching for food when I was actually thirsty. Studies show 37 per cent of
people mistake thirst for hunger.
When I put on eye
make-up, my eyes seem less wrinkled. When I rubbed an eye-shadow applicator
over my eyelid, it used to drag the skin with it, too, but now my skin seems to
have more elasticity.
Week Four: I am going to keep on drinking three
litres of water every day
Week Four
Weight: 8st 5lb (lost
another 1lb)
Waist: 27in (another
half an inch)
I genuinely can't
believe the difference in my face. I look like a different woman. The dark
shadows around my eyes have all but disappeared and the blotches have gone. My
skin is almost as dewy as it was when I was a child. The transformation is
nothing short of remarkable.
I'm feeling leaner and
fitter, too, which is amazing, since the only thing I've changed is the amount
of water I drink. My best friend says she's worried about how much water I'm
consuming - she's heard rumours about Nigella Lawson being an 'aquaholic' who
drinks three litres before bed.
But I am following safe
guidelines under the supervision of my GP, so I am able to reassure her.
I even enjoy another
boozy night out but drink lots of water along the way and wake up feeling fresh
as a daisy. Whatever happens, I am going to keep on drinking three litres of
water a day - and would advise every woman to do the same (after checking with
her doctor, of course).
I feel fitter, leaner
and healthier, and my husband and friends tell me I look ten years younger. Who
in their right mind would not want to try something which gets such incredible
results?
Haaa..nak minum air banyak2 tak?hehe