Health

Water Reminders: Setting Up Tech Reminders to Drink More Water

Hydration is imperative to good health (we’re big proponents of hydration here at Tyent). Hydration via alkaline water is even better, because it hydrates your body faster due to the more-absorbable water molecule size.

In the hustle and bustle of a busy lifestyle, remembering to drink enough water can be difficult. Set up reminders on your smartphone and laptop to drink more water. It’s easy and quick to do with these tools. We included tools for both Android and iPhone, so no matter what gadget you have, your body will thank you.

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Enter your weight to determine a recommendation for how much water you should drink. The app helps remind you of how …

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Hydration Helps: How Better Hydration Can Improve Your Life

Water is fascinating. It’s the most important substance on the planet, as well as for our bodies. Without water, we wouldn’t exist, and neither would any of the living things around us.

Most adults understand that they shouldn’t go days (or even hours) without drinking any water, yet many adults are not sufficiently hydrated. Some adults are drinking too many sugary or alcoholic beverages, while others aren’t drinking at all because they’re too busy or forgetful.

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Whatever the case, drinking more water can drastically improve one’s health and quality of life. Check out a few of these simple ways that improved hydration can translate into improved health.

Stay awake! Being hydrated helps you stay awake. A dehydrated body is also …

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Fitness Tips: How to Keep Your Exercise Routine Intact After Summer’s Over

The weather has cooled, a chilly wind is blowing, and the couch is calling your name. In the summertime, it’s easy to keep your fitness levels high with the pressures of swimsuit season and beautiful weather to stay active. But when the fall and winter seasons hit, many of us find ourselves more comfortable lounging at home than at the gym.

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Try these tried-and-true fitness tips to keep your exercise regime going after the sun has set on summertime.

Buy a gym membership. It sounds simple, but you’re more likely to use a gym membership if you actually pay for it instead of relying on free workouts (like your home treadmill or a run around the neighborhood).…

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Superfoods: 6 Foods You Need to Start Eating Now

Thanks to the antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals present in certain foods, adding them to your diet can actually function as a sort of medicine. With the many ailments present in the modern day—stemming from pollution, plastic products, poor food production, and more—we recommend adding these “superfoods” into your diet now for better health in the present and the future.

Maybe you already know you should be eating these foods, but you haven’t started yet—or maybe you didn’t know these foods were so healthy. Either way, start adding these superfoods to your daily menu, and reap the benefits.  (Thanks to WebMD for the resources!)

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Blueberries. Yielding antioxidants, vitamin C, and anti-inflammatory properties, start grabbing a handful of these …

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You Know What’s In Your Water. Now What?

If you’ve just downloaded your free water report, you’ve seen a list of the contaminants in your local tap water. But what does that mean for you and your family? And what are the best alternatives?

Research on water and hydration shows a few key facts about the differences between water, whether that’s tap, bottled water, reverse-osmosis water, or alkaline ionized water.

Tap Water

Tap water protects us from the mass contamination found in well water, which is an important advancement in water technology. But chemicals are added to tap water to do a number of things, like adjust the pH and remove contaminants (such as chlorine) to kill biological toxins.  Though tap water is now regulated by the …

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Seven Places You Forget to Take Your Water Bottle

Your body needs water—for concentration, energy, blood flow, and a multitude of other functions that are simply impossible without drinking enough water. Taking a hefty water bottle with you when you’re away from home is a perfect way to make sure you’re giving your body a steady flow of water.

But even if you have good intentions and a nifty water bottle, it’s easy to forget your water supply when you’re away from home. So we compiled a list of the top seven places where it’s easy to forget that your water bottle is a much-needed companion—in hopes that you’ll remember it next time.

On a road trip.  Instead of relying on (unhealthy) gas station or fast-food drinks, make …

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Back-to-School Hydration Tips for Kids

What was your favorite part of back-to-school as a kid? Maybe it was the smell of freshly sharpened pencils, or the excitement of a new classroom, or getting to see those playmates you didn’t get to see over the summer. Whatever your favorite part of school was, you probably weren’t crazy about getting ill (cough medicine—gross!). Now, as a parent, wouldn’t you try to do everything in your power to ensure your kid doesn’t become sick during the school year?

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As parents, we tend to focus so much of our energy on the complicated parts of raising our children: making sure they’re registered for the right classes, giving them preventative medicines and vitamins, and signing them up …

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7 Tweetable Facts about Water

Water is the most important substance on the planet. All living creatures need it to survive, but many of us either aren’t consuming enough of it or are consuming it from less-than-pure sources.

Check out these seven fascinating facts about water—and then click “Tweet it” to share your favorite fact with your Twitter followers! Just make sure you’re logged into Twitter, and share away.

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At birth, water accounts for approximately 80% of an infant’s body weight. [Tweet it!]

By the time a person feels thirsty, his or her body has lost over 1 percent of its total water amount. [Tweet it!]

Alkaline ionized water is up to six times more hydrating than conventional …

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Skips and Swaps: 5 Easy Food and Drink Swaps to Cut Calories

What if you could make a few easy food and drink swaps to drop several hundred calories in a day? Small calorie cuts can make a big difference for your long-term fitness goals. Consider this: Each pound of body fat equals approximately 3500 calories. So, if you eat 500 fewer calories per day, you’ll automatically be losing one pound of body fat per week.

It sounds simple, but in reality, making the right food decisions can be difficult. Keep these five food and drink swaps in mind the next time you’re choosing a snack or meal, and know that you’re picking the lower-calorie option! (Plus, try these tips for switching from soda to water.)

1. Skip: spinach artichoke dip

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Quick Tips to Keep Your Vacation Healthy

So you’ve been working out to look your best for an upcoming vacation, and your beach body is ready to make its debut. Don’t let the vacation do a 180 on your health and fitness! Stay in shape and enjoy being away from home with these quick and memorable healthy-vacation tips:

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  • Eat breakfast. It’s tempting to skip breakfast and sleep in during vacation, but eating even a small breakfast will kick-start your metabolism and give you energy each day.
  • Drink plenty of water. Water helps you feel more full and will make those extra-large vacation meals less tempting. Try drinking a full glass of water before each meal.
  • Share small plates and avoid the buffet. You can
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