TEMPERATURE INCREASE
The first thing that will happen to you is that your body temperature will begin to rise rapidly.
SELF-REGULATION
The second thing is that your body will need to self-regulate its temperature, and that's where the sweating process begins.
SWEATING
The sweating process begins. As you sweat, you will begin to lose fluids, salts, and minerals that your body needs to perform at its best.
ENERGY EXPENDITURE INCREASES
As the intensity or duration of activity increases, energy expenditure will increase, placing greater demands on our cardiovascular system.
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Understanding this process, the body will need to replenish those fluids, salts, and minerals that will guarantee the energy it needs to continue functioning. Think of it this way: it's like not putting oil in a car's engine. What will happen? It will overheat and burn. The same thing happens to your body if you don't replenish those fluids. Feeling thirsty is a symptom that you're becoming dehydrated, so never wait until you feel thirsty!
We'll give you some easy-to-identify warnings so you know you're becoming dehydrated, or even already dehydrated, which can have serious consequences, such as:
Muscle injuries, heat stroke, migraines, or even death, it seems exaggerated, but it is not.
If you experience any of these symptoms, stay hydrated or, if it's too late, go to a health center:
- You feel very fatigued.
- You have dryness in your mouth.
- You feel dizzy or nauseous.
- You have blurred vision or see a flash of light.
- You have a headache.
- You get cramps or feel tingling in your skin.
- You feel like you can't recover after exercising.
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Be careful you over hydrate!
Another thing that can happen to you differently, although it is very rare, is that you overhydrate. If you drink excessive amounts of liquid, it will affect you and make you have a feeling of reflux, heaviness, fullness, indigestion, or what we commonly know as spleen, it can even lower the sodium levels in the body, which will cause dizziness or even seizures.
I recently saw a well-known Cuban doctor say that there are people who hate water so much that they block the sensor in the brain that warns you when you're thirsty, and it prevents you from feeling thirsty... that situation is very dangerous because you can be dehydrated and not even notice it.
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Tell me the color of your urine and I'll tell you how well hydrated you are.
One of the most accurate indicators of whether you're well hydrated or not, and although not as well known, is urine. The lighter your urine color, the more hydrated your body is, the more yellow it is. A much brighter yellow color means your body isn't hydrating properly, meaning you're not replenishing fluids in the right amounts and with the right type.
On the other hand, if you're one of those people who drinks colored sodas or colored sports drinks, the component they contain will affect the color of your urine.
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