What happens to your body when you don't drink water?

This is especially important for diabetics. Some studies suggest that proper hydration helps you to avoid Type 2.

Basic information on blood glucose

Glucose is one of the sugars that the body uses for energy.

When you consume carbs, your body turns them into glucose.

Data shows that foods that are easier and faster than refined sugars and white flour rapidly increase glucose levels in the blood.

While less refined foods, such as whole grains cause steady yet slow growth in blood glucose levels.

As these levels increase, the body releases insulin that forces cells to accumulate glucose and reduce the amount released in the bloodstream.

Diabetes occurs when people create a kind of insulin resistance while glucose levels in the blood remain high.

Hydrating factor

If you're worried about glucose in your blood, make sure you're constantly hydrated.

When you are dehydrated, the organism produces a hormone called vasopressin.

Vasopressin forces the kidneys to keep fluids and the liver to produce blood sugars.

This inevitably increases glucose levels in the blood. In time, this situation can cause insulin resistance.

Connecting to Diabetes

Despite the need for further scientific confirmation, dehydration can cause chronic hyperglycemia, or high blood glucose, and therefore diabetes.

A recent study of 9 years, with a subject of 3,615 adults, revealed that people who drank too much water were less endangered by hyperglycemia, while those who drank less water were more likely to be affected by hyperglycemia.

Healthy Hydraming

To be hydrated helps the organism properly distribute nutrients, remove harmful waste, and regulate body temperature.

When you are dehydrated, you lack energy, vigilance, concentration, and even low blood pressure.

Women need about 8 to 9 cups of water or other liquids to be hydrated.

Men on the other hand need 1011 cups of fluid a day. Most drinks, including coffee, tea, and milk, fill this need.

But soft or sugary drinks contribute to increased glucose levels in the blood. /AgroWeb.org