Cooroy Mountain Spring Water - 100% HEALTHY

Water Wise
by Sally-Anne Livock, Dietitian

If you find it difficult to meet the recommended two litres of fluid intake each day (the majority of which should be water) these six tips may be helpful:

Ensure you always have your water bottle with you:
When you’re in the car, shopping, at work and while exercising so that dehydration never becomes a concern.

Use a bottle or flask:
Drinking water straight from the cooler or tap is great, but it’s important to measure how much you are drinking so that you achieve your full quota.

Flavour your water:
Try fresh lemon or lime juice in water or drink weak herbal tea – it’s a great alternative to cordial and other sweetened flavourings.

Drink warm water:
You may find it easier to drink.  Add freshly squeezed lemon for taste.  It’s good for your digestive system too.

Water is great for weight control:
It’s easy to confuse feelings of hunger with thirst so opt for a glass of water instead of reaching for a snack.  You may be surprised to find that you were thirsty and not hungry at all!  

Drink water when drinking alcohol:
Alcohol must not be included in your daily fluid allowance (sorry!).  In fact, alcohol is a dehydrator.  When drinking alcohol increase your water intake.  The easiest way to do it is to drink one glass of water for each glass of alcohol.  It may even save you from a fuzzy head the next day!

It is possible to train yourself to become a good water drinker and when you do the benefits are obvious – you’ll feel so much better, your skin will glow and your whole body will function at its very best.  Go on…have a glass of refreshing Cooroy Mountain Spring Water now!

100% Fat Free – 100% Sugar Free = 100% good for you!
By Sally-Anne Livock, Dietitian

Fat-free and sugar-free are the marketing catch-cries of so many foods these days.  However, the reality is that not many foods or drinks actually fall into these categories.  Many may be low in one or the other, but the case is often that a low fat product is actually high in sugar.

Water is one of the few foods that is both 100% fat-free and 100% sugar-free.

Water certainly won’t add to your daily calorie intake, when other drinks easily can. The more calories you consume, the more exercise is needed to burn them off.  This table gives an insight into how many calories there are in common drinks and how much exercise is required to burn off those calories:

Water on the other hand is totally calorie free and therefore requires no exercise regardless of how much you drink!  In fact, the more you drink the better it is.
 
Perhaps next time you reach for a smoothie (and need a 50 min walk to burn it off) you may have second thoughts and change to a refreshing 100% fat and sugar-free glass of natural Cooroy Mountain Spring Water instead!

Are you getting enough water?
By Sally-Anne Livock, Dietitian

Water is essential for our health and well being.  Our bodies are over 80 per cent water and we require up to 2 litres a day to replace fluid lost by perspiration, going to the toilet, and breathing.

Water is critical for temperature regulation, kidney function and proper bowel function.  (Adequate water intake is essential for the prevention of constipation.)

In hot climates or during exercise we can lose up to 5 litres of fluid a day, so it is most important that we adequately rehydrate of replace lost fluids. 

Thirst is a poor indicator of the need for water.  In fact, if you are thirsty you may well be dehydrated already. 

Early signs of dehydration include headache, feeling lethargic and feeling hot and flushed.  As dehydration progresses you will experience a dry mouth, lack of concentration and either worsening or intensifying headaches…to think, a few glasses of water can easily prevent all of those symptoms, it’s that easy.

However, drinking water doesn’t come naturally to some, (you may need to consciously teach yourself to be a water drinker), and while other drinks including tea, coffee, soft drinks and fruit drinks do provide fluid, nothing is as good for your body as pure natural spring water.

Health TIP
The health benefits of water are well documented – general hydration; assisting with weight loss and cleansing our bodies to promote among glowing skin among other things. 

So it’s important that children get into a habit of drinking water from an early age by offering them water rather than too much juice or fizzy drinks.  Drinking water should be a natural response for children, but if it’s not, try these ideas:

Put ice in water.  Even better, use ice trays which make fun shapes.

Float fruit in water – try lemon slices, strawberries and mint leaves.

Serve it chilled so that it’s refreshing.

Ensure that daily school lunches are packed with a of bottle of water, make it two on sports days.

Choose Cooroy Mountain Spring Water, which is so pure that there will be no complaints about bitter tastes that can sometimes occur in other water sources.

Most importantly, ensure that your children see the adults in their family drinking plenty of water.