"Dehydration" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 6 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Good Essays

    Gatorade

    • 1791 Words
    • 8 Pages

    drinks due to the fact that most of the sports drinks have rather similar ingredients. The major reason anyone drinks fluid before‚ during and after physical activity is to replace the water that is lost through sweat. If the water isn’t replaced dehydration will occur and performance will be hampered. The purpose of Gatorade and other sports drinks is to help rehydrate your body quickly and help improve performance and productivity. This is accomplished through a well balanced mix of water‚ sugar (carbohydrates)

    Premium Electrolyte Nutrition Dehydration

    • 1791 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    must be water alone. The body can get fluid from intake of beverages‚ food and fruits. What is important is to get enough fluid in the body or face the consequences of dehydration. Dehydration is a serious health challenge. Not taking water regularly can break you down‚ send you to the hospitals or lead to death.

    Premium Water Dehydration Nutrition

    • 1513 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    Water‚ one of man’s basic necessities‚ plays an important role in treating colds. A. Drink plenty of fluids daily. 1. Dehydration can be prevented by drinking water‚ milk‚ sports drinks‚ herbal teas‚ or fruit juices. 2. Avoid drinks with caffeine since they may cause dehydration. 3. Hot liquids help in relieving nasal congestion. B. Gargle with warm water mixed with a dissolved half teaspoon of salt. 1.

    Premium Water Alternative medicine Influenza

    • 635 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Advantage of Water

    • 706 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Despite the fact that water is something that has no taste‚ we still love it! Who doesn’t relish the feeling of a cool drink of water on a sweltering hot day? Approximately 70% of our body’s mass is made of water and according to a number of doctors‚ drinking a total of eight glasses of water a day fulfils the necessary requirement of this liquid our body demands. For a long time now‚ I have been searching regarding the benefits associated with water. Finally‚ after reviewing countless websites

    Premium Water Blood Human body

    • 706 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    to replenish our bodies with water so we will stay hydrated. Also‚ when a woman is pregnant water in the amniotic bag protects the fetus. Dehydration occurs when our bodies are depleted when there is not enough water taken in and the effects of this can cause dizziness‚ lightheadedness‚ and fatigue. Some people have been known to pass out from dehydration. We really cause a lot of damage to our bodies when we are dehydrated. A person that is active really needs to drink an excess amount of water

    Premium Nutrition Water Electrolyte

    • 368 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Mineral and Water Function Essay Hailee Merkel SCI/241 January 20‚ 2013 Tiffany Edgar You may not realize exactly how important minerals are to us‚ but they actually play a huge role in our bodies. Not only do they take part in the structure of our body‚ but also help with regulation of the processes that maintains life. In reality there are 20 minerals that play a way bigger role than I ever knew in how healthy your body is and stays. Some minerals have a specific role it plays‚ where

    Premium Water Chemical reaction Blood

    • 502 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    that takes place during fasting‚ it is crucial to understand what goes on in your body when you fast. With no food or water being consumed by the body for an average of 14 hours during the Ramadan fast‚ it is important to take precautions against dehydration and ulcers‚ a medical professional warns. "When we fast‚ our body undergoes an intense detoxification‚" says Dr Chandy George‚ an ayurvedic doctor at Balance Wellness Club. "Fats metabolise faster‚ muscle tissue starts breaking down‚ the cells

    Premium Human body Dehydration Digestion

    • 792 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    an innocent activity or extreme exercise to compete against one another since Roman times. Gatorade has been the main face of sports drinks for dehydration as long as sports have existed. Gatorade’s ad is very convincing and influential‚ and they do this by explaining the most obvious effect in the human body after any kind of physical activity‚ dehydration. Dehydration’s definition is when the body lose large amount of water‚ however water isn’t the only thing that is lost in the human body. Since

    Premium Water Electrolyte Dehydration

    • 766 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Importance of Water

    • 1367 Words
    • 6 Pages

    water loss must be replaced continually by beverage and food consumption. Sweating causes greater water loss and increases the need to consume more fluids. Water loss resulting in as little as 1 percent decrease in body weight is called dehydration. Dehydration will reduce the body’s ability to perform physically and mentally. Infants and children can quickly become dehydrated; therefore‚ it is critical they consume adequate fluids. Water is so important to well-being that you can only live

    Premium Dehydration Nutrition Water

    • 1367 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Central Line Case study

    • 861 Words
    • 4 Pages

    with data from this patient. I would guess a fluid volume deficit. Dark amber urine‚ dry mucus membranes‚ poor skin turgor‚ and labs all point in that direction. Although the patient’s output seems to be adequate‚ everything else points towards dehydration. It also seems like the patient has a fluid/electrolyte imbalance which may be putting the water in the wrong departments‚ or an infection (as reflected in pt. vital signs). So even though he is receiving IV fluids‚ it’s not reflecting on his physical

    Premium Dehydration Vein Central venous catheter

    • 861 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 50