Is drinking water when thirsty just to replenish water?

　　Is drinking water when thirsty just to replenish water?

　　The weather in summer is hot, you sweat a lot, and your body loses more water. Purified water and mineral water are popular nowadays. Many young people, especially children, teenagers and white-collar workers, only drink purified water and mineral water when they are thirsty. The dazzling array of bottled water in stores has indeed made our lives more convenient to a certain extent. However, after sweating a lot in summer, if we simply rely on a large amount of purified water, mineral water and ordinary boiled water to replenish moisture, we will suffer from fatigue and loss of appetite.

　　Nutritionist comments:

　　Not only water is lost with sweat in summer, but also some inorganic salts and water-soluble vitamins such as sodium, potassium, calcium, zinc, copper, B vitamins, vitamin C, etc. are lost with sweat. The more you sweat, the more severe the loss. These inorganic salts and water-soluble vitamins are essential in maintaining the human body healthy plays a huge role. Failure to replenish them in time after heavy sweating will cause a lack of these substances in the body.

　　Potassium deficiency in the human body can cause symptoms such as weakness in the limbs, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal distension. Lack of sodium will cause listlessness, lethargy, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, etc. Lack of B vitamins will affect the normal operation of biochemical metabolism in the body. In addition, drinking a lot of water when thirsty, or even excessive drinking, will dilute gastric acid, directly or indirectly affecting digestive function, causing symptoms such as loss of appetite, fatigue, fatigue, and stomach discomfort.

　　Countermeasures:

　　Light tea, mung bean soup, black plum soup, fruit juice and sports drinks are the first choices for replenishing water in summer. You can drink some vegetable soups when eating, such as bacon and winter melon soup, tomato and flat bamboo shoots and winter melon soup, loofah and egg soup, seaweed and egg soup, tomato Egg soup, hot and sour soup, etc. These soups can provide us with rich inorganic salts such as sodium, potassium, and magnesium. Fruits such as watermelon can also provide vitamin C while providing water.

　　In addition, milk, yogurt, and soy milk contain a large amount of water, as well as protein, calcium, and various nutrients. They are excellent foods that can increase nutrition for the human body when appetite is poor in summer. When it comes to drinking water, be careful to drink small amounts frequently. Do not drink a large amount of water in one go. It is also not easy to drink too much iced drinks, including beer.