| When you hear about the dangers of | | | | enough water. A normal person will wake |
| caffeine, dehydration is almost never | | | | up and grab a Frappuccino on the way to |
| brought up. The usual suspects of | | | | work, drink diet soda during the day, an |
| dangers include addiction (it's the most | | | | iced tea at lunch, more coffee in the |
| addictive drug in the US), fatigue, and | | | | afternoon to keep going, and never once |
| exhaustion. But, caffeine, on top of all | | | | touch a glass of water during the day. |
| it's other dangers, is also considered a | | | | This person tends to be an on-the-go |
| diuretic. | | | | type of person, and it's obvious why. |
| A diuretic is "any drug that elevates | | | | We're all told to drink 8 cups of water |
| the rate of bodily urine excretion." In | | | | a day minimum. If you live in a hotter |
| layman's terms, it it increases your | | | | climate, then 64 oz of water is not |
| urine output. As a diuretic, caffeine | | | | enough. In fact, you might want to |
| basically rids your body of all excess | | | | double that. Water is essential to our |
| water, making your cells crenate, or | | | | well being. We are made up of about 70% |
| shrivel up. To give you an indication of | | | | water as it is, so nourishing that |
| how serious it is, professional | | | | aspect of our body has to be a priority. |
| bodybuilders get disqualified from | | | | And if that means cutting out |
| competition for using diuretics, but not | | | | caffeinated drinks, your health deserves |
| the majority of steroids. | | | | it. |
| People in this country don't drink | | | | |