How Much Water Should You Drink Per Day?Written by Marc David
I’m always amazed at how many people seem to know answer to this question yet in practice they fail. Everybody I’ve talked to seems to know that 8-12 glasses of water a day is recommended standard. But if I ask them how many glasses of water have you consumed today? The answer is usually none. Or other standard answer at a corporate environment “does coffee count?”While 8-12 glasses of water is great for average sedentary person, many of us are fitness conscious or on pursuit of some type of bodybuilding physique. With that in mind, I think new standard for us should be 1-2 gallons of water a day. As a bodybuilder, you are putting much more nutrients, food, supplements, and other stuff into your body. What your body does not use, it must rid itself of by any means necessary. Usually it does this via water. So drinking plenty of water becomes a necessity. Increasing protein puts a strain on your body and drinking lots of water can keep things “moving.” Creatine monohydrate supplementation requires a lot of water. Creatine is all about cell volumization. Making sure your cells are completely hydrated helps with volumization process. NO2, a hemodilator, requires water. Many other supplements require water as a transport and a flushing method. The side effects of drinking too little water are an excess buildup of certain chemicals. Creatine can leave behind some buildup that overtime, becomes a bit hard to pass. Putting such a strain on body is also self-defeating. But don’t get me wrong, it’s not just about Creatine and NO2. It’s about making sure you are hydrated.
| | This article will shock you if you use toothpasteWritten by Kathy Joyce
This article will shock you if you use toothpaste, shampoo, shower gel, bath foam and other personal care and household products. Most of us happily purchase personal care and household products without giving it a second thought. Take a look on back of some of your products and take bathroom test today! Do you have any of following ingredients listed .Sodium Lauryl Sulpate, .Sodium Laureth Sulphate, .Aluminium, Alcohol, .propylene Glycol, and .DEA Sodium Lauryl Sulphate is commonly found in toothpastes, bubble bath, shampoos and soaps. It's used as a thickener and foaming agent, but has also been found to be a skin irritant. Shampooing your hair with a shampoo containg SLS can put as many nitrates into your body as if you ate a pound of bacon! Sodium Lauryl Sulphate is also used as a wetting agent in garage floor cleaners and engine degreasers. Sodium Laureth Sulphate is a higher foaming version of SLS and may be less irritating, however it may cause drying. Like Sodium Lauryl Sulphate it may cause potentially carciogenic formation of nitrates on reacting with other product ingredients.
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