The older you get, the more you need to drink

A scientific study advises: Drink water is the best body lotion

Hydration is essential to regulate body temperature and help combat a host of health issues.

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The older we get, the greater our need to drink more water .. This is the advice contained in a new study published in the journal Physiology.

And researchers from the University of Ottawa suggest hydration is essential in regulating body temperature and helping combat a host of other health issues.

The researchers said dehydration does not reduce heat loss, nor does body temperature increase in older adults during exercise, as occurs in younger adults, which may appear as a beneficial response.

But this means that when older people exercise, the body does not adjust the rate of sweat loss to prevent further dehydration.

This causes more cardiac stress, which is reflected in a significantly increased heart rate compared to younger men.

The study included elderly men, but the results indicated that all elderly adults were affected.

Nodra Janas, medical director at the Upper East Side Rehabitation and Nerding Center in New York, told Healthline: “In regards to the elderly, there are things to remember, and that is that as we age, our thirst center is not - it is in the pituitary gland. Active as it was in the past, and therefore the brain does not always indicate the need to drink water.

We have to make more effort to ensure that the elderly drink adequate amounts of fluids, whether they feel thirsty or not. ”

"If an elderly person becomes dehydrated, the first organ to suffer is the kidneys, which can cause acute kidney failure," he added.

Drought disrupts the electrolyte, which can be fatal.

While Dr. Nicole Avena, an assistant professor of neuroscience at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, confirmed to Healthline that dehydration can cause other problems such as fatigue and muscle weakness.

And when it comes to how we hydrate our bodies, Avina says sticking to water is the best thing.

She added: “When a person drinks substances such as soft drinks and drinks that contain ingredients other than water, the body needs to work on processing these ingredients .. Plain water is the best moisturizer because your body can benefit from it without the need to process sugars, additives and other ingredients that are not At the same time, it has any health benefit. ”

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