healthy diet

We all know the phrase “an apple a day keeps the doctor away.” So why isn’t there an equivalent rhyme for how much water we should drink? Water is arguably one of the most important items we can—and need to—add to our diet. In fact, we should think of it as a nutrient, just like we do with the vitamins and minerals we get from fruits and veggies.

There are well known—and surprising—health benefits to drinking water. We’ll break those down and then dive into tips to drink more water no matter how busy you are.

The public is bombarded with health fads proposed to be the next miracle cure for all of our health woes. Juicing has gotten a lot of attention as yet another prescription for healthy living. When you consider the substantial time and monetary cost of a pool or gym membership as a way to get your daily exercise, it is easy to understand why a shortcut like juicing is attractive. Comparatively, it's a relatively fast and cheap solution.

There are so many elements to being healthy that it can sometimes be overwhelming.

You have to eat right, exercise enough, take the right supplements, focus on mental and emotional health--all of this can be a lot to keep up with along with everything else in your life. Fortunately, there is a way to make some of it simple--create a shortcut. You can mix some of your nutritional needs with your daily exercise routine. Here are a few ways to accomplish this.

Dozens of studies now suggest that the nitrates in vegetables, such as beets and green leafy vegetables, may help not only sick people “as a low-cost prevention and treatment intervention for patients suffering from blood flow disorders” like high blood pressure and peripheral vascular disease, but also healthy people as an effective, natural performance-enhancing aid for athletes.

The sheer amount of research that goes into finding out how the human body works is staggering. Of course, all of this is vital to help us know how to deal with diseases and conditions successfully. The other plus point of this is that we get to find out about things that can help us out, things we probably would never have known about otherwise.