Hydration can significantly impact your physical health and ageing process, 25-year study finds
You may know that being adequately hydrated is important for day-to-day bodily functions such as regulating temperature and maintaining skin health. But drinking enough water is also associated with a significantly lower risk of developing chronic diseases, a lower risk of dying early or lower risk of being biologically older than your chronological age, according to a National Institutes of Health study published this week in the journal eBioMedicine. WATCH THE VIDEO: Hydration can significanly impact your physical health. For more Health & Wellbeing related news and videos check out Health & Wellbeing >> “The results suggest proper hydration may slow down ageing and prolong a disease-free life,” study author Natalia Dmitrieva said in a news release from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute’s Laboratory of Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine. Learning what preventive measures can slow down the ageing process is “a major challenge of preventive medicine”, the st...