Winter Water Intake : Artemis Hospital Gurgaon

Our body needs water to stay hydrated, regulate body temperature and maintain the proper functioning of cells, organs, and tissues.

Benefits of Drinking Water

•    Fights fatigue: Muscle needs proper electrolyte and water balance in the body to function properly. The dehydrated body tends to feel more tired.
•    Prevents heartburn
•    Avoids constipation: When a body does not get enough water required, it takes it from the internal sources causing constipation.
•    Avoids joint pains: Cartilage is made up of 95% water, lack of which hamper its ability to function properly.
•    Prevents bloating
•    Flushes out toxin from the body

During winter months, the temperature goes down so does the water intake. We forget that even if we don’t feel thirsty, the body needs water. Its role in the body stays same irrespective of the season.

Not drinking enough water can increase our risk of dehydration during winter months.

How to keep up the water levels in winter

It is always recommended to drink 8-10 glasses of water every day.

Now let’s throw some light upon how to keep up with this advice during winters.

1.    Everyone feels good taking a hot beverage during cold weather. A nice cup of hot green tea or even hot water with lemon can help maintain the water count.
2.    Eat fruits and vegetables which have high water content in them such as strawberry, cucumber, spinach, pear, broccoli and much more.
3.    Soups contain a lot of water and can help stay hydrated. Add any seasonal veggies to the soup for the nutritional boost.
4.    Limit caffeine and alcoholic beverage intake as they tend to make our body even more dehydrated.

Source : http://www.artemishospitals.com/hospital-blog/news/news-detail/172/fatigue

Grover Medical’s Lifestyle Clinic, in collaboration with Artemis Hospitals Gurgaon

GOOD news for Nigerians prone to common health issues and disorders related to lifestyle such as diabetes, cardiovascular disorders, stroke , cancer etc., as the 1st lifestyle clinic in the country – Grover Medical’s Lifestyle Clinic, in collaboration with Artemis Hospitals Gurgaon, India – made its debut in Lagos recently.

Speaking during the inauguration ceremony, the Medical Director, Dr Mrs Arvinder Grover, said the Clinic has been established as a special purposed vehicle to drive the campaign and necessity for preventive health through effective lifestyle modification and clinical management.

She noted that lifestyle diseases occur as a result of the way people lead their lives on a daily basis. “The diseases develop as a result of work, environmental factors, food we eat, exercise habits and stress. “More work and no play, makes a lot of us prone to a host of diseases, physical ailments, and emotional problems. “Our Vision is to become the 1st choice medical institution in Nigeria for management of lifestyle diseases while the Mission is to enhance the health and wellbeing of our clients by providing an affordable and high quality preventive as well as clinical care of lifestyle diseases.“ Grover quoted the World Health Organisation, WHO index, that Nigeria has a World Life Expectancy ranking of 171, giving it the lowest lifespan expectancy compared to France, Japan, USA and others. “Lagos is a commercial city and highly industrialized; therefore residents are subjected to undue stressful life due to hectic work style and unhealthy feeding habits, apart from ever-increasing traffic situation. “The stressful lifestyle puts most people’s health in an emergency mode and becomes a major issue due to cumulative effects it has over time. Unfortunately, it was recently observed that there are few functional specialized lifestyle clinics in the city, hence the need for the establishment of Grover Medical’s Lifestyle Clinic.” The Clinic is in Partnership with JCI Accredited Artemis Hospitals to further drive the quest to improve the standard of medical practice in Nigeria especially with the application of state-of-the-art technology in the management of lifestyle diseases. She called on all to join the lifestyle revolution to significantly prevent lifestyle diseases.