Seven advantages of drinking water in the morning

1     - Purifies colon making it easier to absorb nutrients.
2     - Increases the production of new blood and muscle cells.Water acts a lubricant around your muscle and joints which helps prevent against cramping, allowing you to work out harder and longer.
3     - Helps with weight loss. Drinking at least 16 ounces of chilled water   can  boost your metabolism by 24% in the morning. Research has shown that an increase in water consumption leads to an increase in the rate in which people burn calories as opposed to storing them as fat.
4     - Glowing skin. Water helps to purge toxins from the blood thru improved blood circulation which help keeps your skin  glowing and  clear.  It also increases water in your skin cells which helps to get rid of wrinkles and helps you look younger.
5     - Balances your lymph system. These glands help you perform your daily functions
6     - Balance your body fluids, and fight infection. Dehydration leads to fatigue because it impacts the flow of oxygen to the brain and causes your heart to work harder to pump oxygen to all your bodily organs, making you more tired and less alert.
7     - Water reduces stress. Studies have shown that dehydration leads to higher cortisol levels—the stress hormone—making it harder to deal with everyday issues. By staying hydrated you will be better equipped to deal everyday problems.

Staying Hydrated: How Much Of What Should You Drink?

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First, you hear, "Drink eight 12-ounce glasses of water a day." Then reports say that's nonsense. On TV, ads trumpet the virtues of sports drinks, while new research gives them the thumbs down. (Some Gatorade has brominated vegetable oil - not good for the thyroid.) You hear coffee dehydrates you. Wait, now it doesn't. It's enough to drive you to drink!
Well, we've got an oasis of good advice on hydration.
Why hydration matters: Good hydration helps prevent constipation, exercise-related asthma, elevated blood glucose and protects against heart damage. Mild dehydration (a 1 1/2 percent loss of normal water volume) reduces energy, affects mood and hampers memory.
How much you should drink: About 22 percent of the water you consume comes from food. The rest - about 50-60 ounces a day - should come from liquids such as coffee, tap water and juices with pulp.
What you should drink: Unless you are exercising in hot weather, avoid sports drinks and liquids with added sugar (especially high fructose corn syrup) and drink only as much coffee as your nerves and stomach can handle (less than five cups won't dehydrate). The rest? Good old pulp-filled fruit and vegetable juice, and lots of water.

The teenage girl who is allergic to WATER

Teenager Ashleigh Morris can't go swimming, soak in a hot bath or enjoy a shower after a stressful day's work - she's allergic to water.Even sweating brings the 19-year-old out in a painful rash.Ashleigh, from Melbourne, Australia, is allergic to water of any temperature, a condition she's lived with since she was 14.She suffers from an extremely rare skin disorder called Aquagenic Urticaria - so unusual that only a handful of cases are documented worldwide.When Ashleigh gets wet her body explodes in sore, itchy red lumps that take about two hours to ease.She has to wash. But showering is a painful experience and she can only do it for a minute at a time.These brief showers are the only contact Ashleigh has with water. The one thing she doesn't miss is the washing up."People find it hard to believe, they say things like 'Oh my god, how do you washThe rash Ashleigh gets after coming into contact with water is MORE painful than it looks "That makes me feel dirty, but I consider myself a very clean person," she says.
Most of us take showering for granted but for Ashleigh it's a painful endurance that often reduces her to tears.Read the whole story here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-520329/The-teenage-girl-allergic-WATER.html Aquagenic allergy is not a typical allergy and most doctors argue that the extremely rare condition isn't an allergy at all.There is no cure,so patients cope with the debilitating condition by avoiding contact with water as much as possible - by showering for only a few minutes each week,staying cool in summer and carrying an umbrella at all times.