Best way to health at work?
July 27th, 2007
There is one trick that is the best thing you can do for your health at work:
Drink lots of water.
To do so, keep a large cup of it at your desk. Fill it up in the morning along with your coffee or whatever and leave it there as you get through your boring day in a cubicle.
Benefits:
1. It forces you to take breaks physically. You WILL need to hit the bathroom all the time.
2. It flushes your system. Health experts always contend that drinking more water is one of the best things you can do for your body.
3. When you run out of water, you have to walk to refill it, forcing you to take breaks in the day to get the blood flowing. You can also hear all about what happened to who after the company party at the water cooler.
I use one of those big cups that you get from the stadium. I have a Giants cup in support of the The Clear and its ability to shatter records. Go Barry!
1 and 3 are stronger points than 2. Research shows most people get plenty of water during the day, as it comes from food, juices, tea, coffee, etc. Water isn’t the only souce of water. These people who tote around gallons of water each day, drinking even when not thirsty, are overdoing it. At some point, your kidneys can’t keep up and your blood gets diluted. As usual, people hear “water is good for you” and get extreme, drinking gallons like it is some sort of magic elixir that will cure all ills. J