Contents:
- Medical Video: All the Signs That You’re Not Drinking Enough Water
- Why can there be someone who doesn't like water?
- 1. Add sugar
- 2. Bloating after drinking water
- 3. The taste of the water is strange or unpleasant
Medical Video: All the Signs That You’re Not Drinking Enough Water
For most people, drinking water is like breathing. Not a matter of like or dislike, but a matter of physical needs. However, there are some people who don't like water. They prefer thirst or look for drinks other than water. How could that be? Here are the various reasons and ways to overcome them.
Why can there be someone who doesn't like water?
Without drinking water, the body will become dehydrated so that your body's organs do not function properly. In addition, water is also refreshing and able to release thirst. However, someone might not like water because of the following things.
1. Add sugar
Try to notice that you often crave sweet foods or drinks and always go crazy when eating sweet foods. You might be addicted to sugar.
People who are addicted to sugar usually prefer drinks that taste, are not tasteless or tasteless like water. This is because the sense of taste of people who are addicted to new sugar will react positively if you drink drinks such as sweet tea, fruit flavored soda, or packaged juice.
Because it is not used to tasteless food or drinks, the water also feels unpleasant on the tongue.
How to overcome: So as not to be too bland, add slices of fresh fruit or spice leaves in water. Drink infused water indeed it will make your drinking water more delicious and sweet.
Try adding lemon slices, strawberries, kiwi, grapes, apples, pineapple or guava. Spices of leaves such as mint can also add a special taste to your drinking water.
Besides it tastes better, infused water it also looks more colorful than plain water. This can trick your own mind, as if you were drinking sweet fruit juice, not water.
2. Bloating after drinking water
There are people who don't like water because after drinking the stomach feels bloated. Well, this might be because the way you drink is wrong. Should be on an empty stomach, drinking one or two glasses of water does not make bloating. However, if you drink a liter of water at once, your stomach can get excess fluid. You also feel bloated and nauseous.
Likewise, if you just drink water after eating. The problem is that your stomach is filled with food and liquid from food.
How to overcome: Better to drink often but just a little. Don't drink too much at once. For example, drink half a glass of water every hour.
You should also drink water before eating or when you eat. This is so you can measure your stomach already feels full or not. After eating, just drink enough water, you don't need to overdo it.
3. The taste of the water is strange or unpleasant
Be careful if you do not like water because it feels strange or unpleasant. Although drinking water does taste different, it should not be too sharp or bitter.
The feeling of water that is too sharp can be caused by pollution, the addition of excessive chemicals, or the changing pH balance of the water.
How to overcome: If drinking water in your house feels strange, immediately check the water quality. For example, if you subscribe to buy gallon water, ask and make sure to the seller that the water has not expired and is stored in the ideal place.
If you usually boil water from a PAM tap, immediately contact the PAM officer. If you boil water from a ground well, bring a water sample to check in the laboratory.
Well, for the time being you should drink water from other sources first. For example, buy other brands of bottled water.
