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The Book of Lost Energy

Other Helpful Tips to Boost Your Energy

Aside from food, exercise, and supplements, there are other things that you can do

to boost your energy. In fact, you should explore many things if you really want to
improve your energy. After all, there is no harm in trying. Below are safe and

helpful tips that can help boost your energy levels.

Stay Hydrated

Dehydration is one of the reasons why people do not have enough energy to sustain
their activities. Once dehydration happens, the muscles don’t work properly as

they become fatigued. Moreover, the brain that is made mostly of water does not

function well thus it builds more cortisol thereby increasing the stress in the body.

Other organs in the body also get affected by dehydration. For instance, the kidney
gets overworked and even the heart does not pump blood efficiently.

Staying hydrated is crucial for the body. Make sure that you drink about 9 cups of

fluid in a day if you are a woman. If you are an adult man, you need to drink 13

cups, according to the National Academy of Medicine. However, the amount of
water that you need to drink largely depends on your condition. Under normal

circumstance, you can follow the guideline mentioned above. However, if you are

sick, taking in more water will benefit your body.

Some older adults prefer to drink coffee instead of water, but this is a bad habit
that should no longer be practiced especially if you are at an advanced age. While

coffee contains water or liquid, it still causes your kidneys to work double time and

you don’t want that to happen at your age. With water, it stabilizes the fluid content
in your body without causing your organs to go into hyper mode.

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