Re-hydrate yourself – it cleans your brain! (From Hounslow Guardian)

Re-hydrate yourself – it cleans your brain!

5:54pm Friday 29th January 2010

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By Community Correspondent Sophie Swithinbank.

On Wednesday 20th January 2010, a number of students at Gumley House Sixth Form began the Water Challenge. A speaker called Ingred came to talk to the girls about the importance of water as part of a healthy diet to get through the long and strenuous school day. Ingred told them that being dehydrated is probably one of the main reasons they have bad mood swings, feel stressed and get spots. All the girls wanted to alleviate these things from their day-to-day lives, so were very interested in what Ingred had to say about stress and hydration and keeping up a healthy, balanced diet.

The Water Challenge involves drinking two and a half liters of water at a steady pace throughout the day, cutting down on drinks that contain sugar, caffeine and alcohol, eating three healthy meals a day and taking regular exorcise. It is a difficult challenge to undertake, as very few people actually manage to drink the recommended two and a half liters of water a day. However, without this total of water in your system, the brain gets dehydrated very quickly and often, before the person has realised they are becoming dehydrated the body starts to take water from other places which can become very dangerous. Being dehydrated makes it difficult to concentrate for more than 25-30 minutes, and most AS and A Level examinations are two hours long, so hydration of the brain is essential and can boost your exam performance significantly.

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