o Without adequate hydration your body will not effectively metabolize or absorb food nutrients. Water is what carries the majority of food-based nutrients into the blood stream.
o Optimal physical and mental processes are impaired due to lack of oxygen when the body is in any state of dehydration. This is to say that water tends to be the delivery system for oxygen carried in the blood stream. When hydration is not at its peak the body will have a decreased capacity for oxygen transport, resulting in diminished performance.
o Optimal muscle recovery is impaired due to hydration levels that are below the ideal level. Protein synthesis resulting in post activity muscle repair and growth is impaired by the oxygen and nutrients lacking during a state of diminished hydration.
o If you dehydrate a muscle by as little as 3%, you can cause a loss in contractile strength of about 10%, not to mention an 8% loss in speed.
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