How to Eat Water

Some research says 20% of your water comes from food

There are several reasons why you need water. I don't think I really have to explain since we all know you need water to live.

But how does it affect your skin? Some signs of dehydrated skin :

• Increased fine lines

• Dull skin

• Dry lips

• Patchy skin

• Sunken eyes

• Scaly skin

• A lack of plumpness

But, drinking can be so tiresome, I know. But eating is always fun, well, at least if you're an American. So where can you eat water?

Eat a yogurt parfait for breakfast or a snack

It is a quick and healthy breakfast or snack food depending on how big and calorie dense you make it. Yogurt is about 88% water and fruit is at least 80% water. Some of the most common fruits are: Strawberries (92%), Kiwis (90%), and Grapes (81%). Add some nuts and oats to it and you got a really healthy, hydrating meal.

Fruit and/or Vegi smoothies

Now fruit smoothies can come in several ways. If you're me you make smoothies with just fruit, maybe some vegetables, and juice, but others make smoothies with gelato, ice cream, or sorbetto. Anyway, you're getting a lot of water (and fruit fiber).

Granita

I've never eaten a granita. I'm southern, we start hot and just get hotter. I don't understand why I've never heard of this, but bests believe I am trying this, this summer!

• How to Make Granita from Any Fruit https

Fruit Salad

Again most fruit is at least 80% water, so get a bunch of fruit and cut them into bite-size cubes. Some common ones are: Kiwi (90%), Grapefruit (88%), Pineapple (86%), Blueberry (8%), Apple (84%), Grape (81%), Strawberry (92%), and Watermelon (92%),

All other salads

Vegetables are mostly water, too. Most of them are at least 80% water, like fruit. Some common ingredients are: Zucchini (94%), Cucumber (96%), Tomato (94%), Iceberg Lettuce (96%), Broccoli (92%), Watercress (95%), Portabella mushrooms (93%), and carrots (88%).

Soups, Stews, and broth-based meals

I think it's pretty obvious that you're getting liters of water.

Meat

Here is the article from the USDA giving the percentages of water in most common meats both before cooking (why, would you eat it?) and after cooking. According to the article, "People eat meat for the muscle. The muscle is approximately 75% water (although different cuts may have more or less water) and 20% protein, with the remaining 5% representing a combination of fat, carbohydrate, and minerals." By the time, it gets to your refrigerator and is cooked, if most meats are similar to the examples they show, it reduces to roughly 60% water. So while a plate of meat isn't a glass of water like a bowl of soap is, it is still heading in the right direction of reducing your dehydration.

One belief in the fitness world is when you are feeling hungry drink some water instead. It isn't meant to promote unhealthy eating habits. It acknowledges that sometimes your body doesn't want the food, it wants the water. You're dehydrated, not hungry. However, when you are hungry look for options that have lots of water in it. Pick up the fruit parfait, or salade, or pho for your next lunch.

Bringing it back to dry skin. Healthy skin is both hydrated and moisturized. Dry skin doesn't produce enough sebum creating a weak skin barrier, to seal-in hydration. So you go through all this effort to hydrate internally, just for it to quickly and thoroughly evaporate from the skin's surface through a process called transepidermal water loss. Water travels from the bloodstream, through the layer of skin, until it reaches the surface, and evaporates. It even outside of sweating, helps regulate our body's temperature. The question is how quickly it evaporates. Is it at a slow rate keeping the skin supple and protected, or at a quick rate leaving the skin unprotected?

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Articles

Agusala B. (2022). 25 Water-Rich Foods to Help You Stay Hydrated This Summer

https://utswmed.org/medblog/hydrating-healthy-foods/

Cherney K.(2018).Is My Skin Dehydrated?.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/dehydrated-skin#symptoms

Jaarsma C. (2021) 10 Water-Rich Foods to Help You Stay Hydrated

https://www.bupa.co.uk/newsroom/ourviews/ten-water-rich-foods-hydration

Pathak N.(2021).Signs of Poor Skin Hydration.

https://www.webmd.com/beauty/ss/slideshow-signs-skin-hydration

Splawn M. (2020). How to Make Granita from any Fruit.

https://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-granita-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-88443

USDA. (2013). Water in Meat & Poultry

https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/water-meat-poultry#:~:text=Naturally%20Occurring%20Moisture%20Content%20of%20Meat%20and%20Poultry&text=People%20eat%20meat%20for%20the,fat%2C%20carbohydrate%2C%20and%20minerals.