Many years ago (perhaps 10) I was very focussed on hydration and typically drank 6-8 pints water a day.
I then lost the same strong sense of thirst and cut back I guess to a couple of pints of water a day.
I now realise that hydration is absolutely fundamental to thyroid health and performance and have most recently got back to the levels of years ago.
Days when hydration is lacking have an immediate effect on health - having given up caffeine it is much easier to feel the true level of thirst.
I only write the above as I do not see this written about all that much here and feel it is probably the single most important thing someone can immediately do and assist their health
Some interesting research done has shown Thyroid. Blood markers improved by better hydration
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Very good advice. I think everything and every body is improved by keeping well hydrated - especially in this hot weather.
It’s a funny thing but since I started to drink my eight glasses or however much the health group I joined advocates I find I can drink a lot of water very easily. I used to be amazed at how my husband could drink a whole 500ml bottle really quickly - I’m now exactly the same, I just drink regular filtered tap water most of the time and I’ve come to find it really refreshing.
So I’d say go for it and stay hydrated - as well as the water I also drink mugs of the weakest ever tea
Hypothyroidism occurs when your thyroid produces too little thyroid hormone and is often characterized by weight gain or loss, sluggishness, excess fatigue, slowed metabolism, mental fatigue, depression and low mood.
Identifying hypothyroidism can be tricky as people see weight gain or lethargy as the problem, people don’t think about what could be the actual reason behind it. They start consuming fewer calories, with the hope that this will help them shed those extra pounds.
Now the question arises, how is dehydration linked to hypothyroidism and what can be done to back pedal the damage done. We need to understand, why water (right one) plays a key role in hydrating our bodies and how it supports two of our most important body systems (pH Balancing System and the Detoxification System).
Proper hydration will energize you both mentally and physically. It helps support your digestive function, reduces cravings for sugar and carb-rich foods, boosts immunity, helps clear toxins from the body, supports the liver and kidney to function efficiently, helps create new healthy red blood cells – in fact, to some extent, it won't be wrong to say that every function in the body is impacted by your hydration levels. One major thing about hydration is people often confuse hydration to drinking 3-4 liters of water per day, however that's not the case at all. Drinking too much water will not help, drinking water 4-6 times a day in moderation will bring far better results. Also, the quality of water that your drinking plays a key role in determining your healthy gut, water loaded with fluoride or chloramine is a strict NO, they can cause brain damage and some studies relate fluoride to lower IQ in children. When it comes to drinking the right kind of water, more and more research papers are showing positive results of drinking ionized alkaline water produced by water ionizers. Ionized water with a pH between 8.5 - 9.5 has shown multiple health benefits and is slowly gaining lot of momentum and has a ever increasing list of followers.
When it comes to your thyroid, dehydration can be a huge issue affecting you in multiple ways:
Dehydration alters blood cell and plasma concentrations which directly affects the circulation of T3 and T4. Together, these hormones regulate your body's temperature, metabolism, and heart rate.
Dehydration can cause an increase in cortisol production stressing the adrenals and further initiate production of TSH, which again has a negative impact on thyroid.
Dehydration causes histamine levels to rise – many of the symptoms hypothyroidism creates includes high blood pressure, sleep issues, anxiety, stress, headaches and so on.
The most important thing here to note is that all this can be taken under your control, you don't have to worry at all if you have above mentioned symptoms, it's never to late, when it comes to maintaining a healthier gut, You should be aiming to consume between 3-4 litres of clean, ionized alkaline (no fluoride or chloramine) water each day, include as many vegetable juices and smoothies, herbal teas, green teas and other stuff which hydrates you efficiently and this will prove to be a great game changer in your fight against hypothyroidism.
I can vouch for the effectiveness of the super-nourishing Green Smoothie. My recalcitrant fatigue has been much improved after one and a half week's of 2 L green smoothie a day, made according to instruction on "Smoothie Shred". I already had a habit of drinking more than half my body weight of herbal tea / water.
You can scan the comments on her books on amazon, as well as her youtube channel, to find more testimonials. There should be more on their facebook forum.
Drinking a lot of water is not the same as hydration. If you drink too much and basically find that your urine is always close the transparent this may indicate that you’re having too much. Hydration is about having sufficient levels of electrolytes which power your cells. If you drink too much water you over dilute the electrolytes. Six to eight pints is about 3.5-4.5 litres. Unless you’re involved in highly strenuous activity and/or in very hot weather all day long I’d be questioning why anybody wants to drink that much water.
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