While drinking 2.5-3L of water per day is important for your health, it’s not just in your bottle of water where you can find your daily dose of H20.
Water can be found in many foods that we eat, which in turn helps us on our journey to increased hydration!
Adding or increasing these in your diet will help make a difference to your water intake and help decrease the chances of side-effects from dehydration (link to dehydration article).
Here are some of the world’s most water-packed foods:
Watermelon
Strawberries
Peaches
Oranges
Cucumber
Broths and soups
Celery
Tomatoes
Capsicum
Spinach
Lettuce
If you’re getting a bit tired of the same old plain water, day in and day out, there are some healthy water “alternatives” that you could rotate between.
The alternatives could be:
Coconut water
Flavoured water (try to pick one with which has zero preservatives, sweeteners or calories)
Aloe water
Watermelon water