This week’s health and fitness topics:

It’s common knowledge that we all need water. In fact, our muscles are 79% water! But, how much water should you be drinking everyday? The easiest way to think of it is dividing your bodyweight in half and that is the minimum amount of water in ounces that you should be drinking everyday, if not drinking up to the same amount in ounces of water that you weigh in pounds . For example, if someone weights 150 pounds, they would drink at least 75 ounces of water day, if not up to 150 ounces.

But what about electrolytes and days you sweat a lot? That’s when someone should drink a ton of gatorade right? Not necessarily. Gatorade and other traditional sports drinks are a great way to replace electrolytes, but they also come with a ton of sugar which equals excess calories. Unless you are an endurance/professional athlete, there are some better options to replace sugary sports drinks. Check out this article below for some natural sports drink replacements:

Keto, Atkin’s, Weight Watchers, vegan, juice cleanses, low carb, intermittent fasting… the list goes on and on of diets that are said to work wonders at dropping the number on the scale, but which one is right? All of these diets are ways to reduce caloric intake. The most basic rule of weight loss is have more calories out than calories in on average over a sustained period of time (not forever). There are some of other factors that can effect this, such as food quality and sleep quality. Check out this health line article that dissects the “calories out vs calories in” philosophy:

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