Water, Water Everywhere…

My partner drives me nuts!
 
Every morning, he fills his bottle with water like he’s about to trek across a desert.
 
And then?
 
Leaves it untouched.
 
Does he not know his brain is about 75% water? No wonder he can’t remember where he left his wallet…or his water!

Here are a few fun facts about water:

✅  Your brain = 75% water
 
✅ Your muscles = 79% water
 
✅ Even your bones are 30% water
 
✅ You can eat your water because foods like cucumber, watermelon, lettuce, and tomatoes are over 90% water
 
✅ It regulates your temperature, cushions joints, helps digestion and keeps your skin glowing
 
✅ A 10-minute shower, apparently, uses more water than you need to drink in five days – who knew?
Water and its role in Nutrition and Hydration
But water isn’t just what we need often it’s also where we go.
 
I’m a water baby at heart. For years, well decades, actually, I wasn’t allowed to swim or get my ears wet (perks of being deaf with troublesome ears and the effect of water pressure). Now I’ve got custom-moulded earplugs and it’s heavenly!
 
As I go in, stress floats out.
 
I have always been drawn to bodies of water with some of my best holidays memories are being on the Norfolk Broads in a boat. It really was the life, a slow one which I only realised how slow when we got in our car to go home and, it felt like we were in a rocket – it was soooo fast in comparison to our maximum 6 but mainly 4HP respite.
 
At the other end of the scale, I recently went for a boat ride (more of an enlarged rubber dinghy with massive motors at the rear) in Cornwall which was known as the ‘Rib Ride’. It started off lovely and sedate, watching the seals sunbathe in the sunlight on the rocks with a lighthouse overseeing them above, and then we got to a cove, and then I discovered why it was called a Rib Ride. I felt like I was in a James Bond film with the boat going at a zillion miles an hour, going round in circles at a forty-five-degree angle whilst bouncing off the waves, it was utterly exhilarating!
 
For me. there’s something magical about being near, in or on water.
 
You can:
 
🌊 water Paddle at the coast-taking the dogs for the first time next week by the sea
 
🌊 water Go paddleboarding on a river-I have a paddleboard awaiting its maiden voyage
 
🌊 water Sit near a lake with a flask and your thoughts-tick!
 
🌊 water Fish, float, swim, splash, even walk beside it. tick, tick, tick and tick again!

It doesn’t just refresh the body, it refreshes you.

For me, water is far from boring, it is essential for mind and body.
 
So Sip, slurp, chug or glug… just get that liquid inside of you. Nobody ever solved the world’s problems dehydrated.
 
(And nobody ever enjoyed a training session with a dehydration headache, either!)
 
I have a lovely Nutrition and Hydration course specifically for Social Care that would really benefit care/support workers and your service users.
 
Drop me an email me if you’d like to chat
Emerald Training and People Development

info@emeraldtpds.co.uk  |  07706075266