Water challenge for healthier and longer hair
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hairaboutit
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I'd like to join
Kimdionneca
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Count me in.
laurend
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So I'm on my 3rd glass today, is that only 24 oz, goodness!!!
I'm forcing these glasses down!
Girl you are doing great. I'm only on my 4th glass now so we can do it.
Kimdionneca
New Member
I have only drank 30 oz so far today but I am going back, I am also in the vitamin challenge and I found this info on the hairboutique.com site interesting and although we know most of this it's a good reminder..... You can read more of it at http://www.hairboutique.com/tips/tip211301.htm
but here is some of it.
"If you are going to make the emotional, mental, financial and long term commitment to hair growth vitamins, it is important that you also be prepared to crank up your daily water quota.
Drink 8 to 10 glasses (8 ounce serving) of water a day to get gleaming healthy tresses. Water makes up approximately one fourth of the weight of a strand of hair and when hair has the proper amount of water, it will respond by being supple, and shiny. Water is essential for proper hair growth. Be sure to get plenty of that H2O for growing healthy hair that is soft, supple and lush.
The human body is generally composed of approximately 60-80% water. When deprived of adequate water to sustain cell health and reproduction, the body becomes dehydrated, which directly impacts hair growth.
You can be sucking down fistful of hair vitamins and related hair growth supplements, but if you are not downing enough H2O to meet your body's daily minimal levels, your cells that drive hair growth will not even reproduce and your hair will become parched.
On a regular day the average human body loses 2 to 3 quarts of water. While water is lost through sweat, urine and other waste removal, it is also lost in a number of other ways.......If your hair roots are deficient in adequate water levels your tresses will eventually become dry, brittle and may stop growing at your maximum genetic rate. Even worse, hair that is deprived of proper daily water supplies may stop growing completely.
The roots of the hair are the means by which water is transported. Roots soak up what water they can and provide hydration to the rest of the hair.
Human hair is an appendage of the skin. The actual hair that we can see flowing from the roots consists of keratin, which is a protein in the skin.
All hair grows directly from the roots, which is situated deep in a layer of skin known as the dermis. Hair roots may extend quite deeply into the skin. Hair, which has its base inside the skin, contains cells that are nourished by water and blood from inside the body. As a result these nutured cells divide and grow hair.
Benefits Of Water For Your Hair
Water is life. It is the natural regulator of all physiological functions. How does water regulate all physical functions?
By controlling the following body functions:
Lack of proper daily water supplies creates another problem with the membranes that cover all cells including skin cells, the cells that cover the scalp and impact the hair roots.
(Image of Jordana Brewster from DailyCeleb.com - all rights reserved).
There are two very distinct membrane layers. In a well-hydrated membrane, water serves both as adhesive material and as a type of passageway between the layers for enzyme activity.
In a dehydrated membrane, cholesterol takes over to prevent further loss of water and thus obstructs the waterway and its potential to deliver chemical and nutrients. Potentially cholesterol takeover can negatively impact hair health and growth.
Preventing Dehydration For Healthy Hair
The best way to avoid dehydration of your body, skin and hair is to drink lots of water, especially on hot, dry and windy days. Water is always the very best option as compared to other liquids such as juice, tea, coffee or soft drinks.
Caffeine is a diuretic which makes you urinate more frequently and thus depleting your water sources. Experts believe that for every 8 ounces of coffee that you drink you should drink two 8 ounces of water.
The amount of water that is required is dependent on a number of factors ranging from how much water you get from your food and how much your are sweating from physical exertion.
Plan to add more water when you are ill, exercising or spending time in a hot climate. "
but here is some of it.
"If you are going to make the emotional, mental, financial and long term commitment to hair growth vitamins, it is important that you also be prepared to crank up your daily water quota.
Drink 8 to 10 glasses (8 ounce serving) of water a day to get gleaming healthy tresses. Water makes up approximately one fourth of the weight of a strand of hair and when hair has the proper amount of water, it will respond by being supple, and shiny. Water is essential for proper hair growth. Be sure to get plenty of that H2O for growing healthy hair that is soft, supple and lush.
The human body is generally composed of approximately 60-80% water. When deprived of adequate water to sustain cell health and reproduction, the body becomes dehydrated, which directly impacts hair growth.
You can be sucking down fistful of hair vitamins and related hair growth supplements, but if you are not downing enough H2O to meet your body's daily minimal levels, your cells that drive hair growth will not even reproduce and your hair will become parched.
On a regular day the average human body loses 2 to 3 quarts of water. While water is lost through sweat, urine and other waste removal, it is also lost in a number of other ways.......If your hair roots are deficient in adequate water levels your tresses will eventually become dry, brittle and may stop growing at your maximum genetic rate. Even worse, hair that is deprived of proper daily water supplies may stop growing completely.
The roots of the hair are the means by which water is transported. Roots soak up what water they can and provide hydration to the rest of the hair.
Human hair is an appendage of the skin. The actual hair that we can see flowing from the roots consists of keratin, which is a protein in the skin.
All hair grows directly from the roots, which is situated deep in a layer of skin known as the dermis. Hair roots may extend quite deeply into the skin. Hair, which has its base inside the skin, contains cells that are nourished by water and blood from inside the body. As a result these nutured cells divide and grow hair.
Benefits Of Water For Your Hair
Water is life. It is the natural regulator of all physiological functions. How does water regulate all physical functions?
By controlling the following body functions:
- <LI itxtvisited="1">Cellular Activity
Water is the key source of energy for every single cell of the body including the cells that drive hair growth and overall health. <LI itxtvisited="1">Generating electrical and magnetic energy.
Water provides the core power to sustain life through hydrolysis. <LI itxtvisited="1">Activates all the nerve endings & sensors in the scalp & skin.
The scalp and roots of the hair have many photosensitive and energy-sensitive nerve endings that receive and transmit signals. Water energizes the nerve endings so that they are more responsive, thus enhancing the natural vitality of the skin and hair roots. - Flushes free radicals.
Water acts as an antioxidant by flushing free radicals out through the kidneys. This is the basic way the human brain cells get rid of the excess hydrogen ions produced by hydrolysis and maintain an alkaline environment.
Lack of proper daily water supplies creates another problem with the membranes that cover all cells including skin cells, the cells that cover the scalp and impact the hair roots.
(Image of Jordana Brewster from DailyCeleb.com - all rights reserved).
There are two very distinct membrane layers. In a well-hydrated membrane, water serves both as adhesive material and as a type of passageway between the layers for enzyme activity.
In a dehydrated membrane, cholesterol takes over to prevent further loss of water and thus obstructs the waterway and its potential to deliver chemical and nutrients. Potentially cholesterol takeover can negatively impact hair health and growth.
Preventing Dehydration For Healthy Hair
The best way to avoid dehydration of your body, skin and hair is to drink lots of water, especially on hot, dry and windy days. Water is always the very best option as compared to other liquids such as juice, tea, coffee or soft drinks.
Caffeine is a diuretic which makes you urinate more frequently and thus depleting your water sources. Experts believe that for every 8 ounces of coffee that you drink you should drink two 8 ounces of water.
The amount of water that is required is dependent on a number of factors ranging from how much water you get from your food and how much your are sweating from physical exertion.
Plan to add more water when you are ill, exercising or spending time in a hot climate. "
MsButterfli
Active Member
ok even tho im not gonna commit just yet, ive been getting my water down by refilling my 32oz cup from Subway..i notice i can get more water down in a cup like this with a straw faster than my regular ole water bottle with the spout
laurend
Well-Known Member
Thanks for this post.
Firstborn2
Stop frontin, you know me!
I'm in I was in the gallon a day challenge on the fitness board but that's over. 80oz today so far.
Summer79
New Member
This is what I'm trying for, a gallon/day. I've almost finished the whole gallon for today and going to try to finish the rest before bedtime.
laurend
Well-Known Member
thus far!!!!
