Positive effects of being well-hydrated

1. Water up!
In most cases, working in an office makes someone give off an unhealthy expression. As
they say, a sedentary lifestyle is a silent killer. Now, the question is, how are we going to
combat its negative effects to our health as office workers? One effective way is to water up!
As determined by a reference online entitled Edgar’s water, only 65% of an average
worker’s potential can be utilized if not properly hydrated. Relative to that, the attention of an
office worker is then easily diverted to things other than work. Thus, the performance of an
organization depends on the well-being of its employees.
Water play a significant role in our life cycle, for without it, one cannot survive.
Approximately 60% of our total body weight consists of water. In order to maintain and regulate
the functions of our organs, tissues, and cells, our bodies need water to sustain. Water losses can
be due to digestion, sweating, and breathing, therefore, we need to replace the losses primarily
through drinking an ample amount of it.
Water helps protect your tissues, spinal cord, and joints, it helps keep it moisturized and
lubricated at its optimum levels. The removal of body waste through perspiration, urination, and
defecation is made easy too. In addition, water helps in proper digestion and keeps you from
being dehydrated.
In a day’s work, especially when we are bombarded with a lot of priorities, we tend to
forget hydrating ourselves even when we are already thirsty. In order to know if you are well-
hydrated, inspect the color of your urine, if it is clear yellow, you are well-hydrated, if it is dark
yellow, you are dehydrated. As stated by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
in their report on nutrient recommendations, “there's no hard and fast rule, and many individuals
meet their daily hydration needs by simply drinking water when they're thirsty”.
Despite the irregular amounts of physical activity in an office setting, learn to get up and
water up!
KEZIAH FATIMA M. UN
ADMINISTRATIVE AIDE VI