When there is a lack of me, people feel fatigued or lethargic.
Constipation can become a problem, and the absorption of nutrients from food is inhibited.
Far from it. The substance that ameliorates all of the above is water, and people generally do not drink enough of it, said Lona Sandon, an instructor of clinical nutrition at UT Southwestern Allied Health Sciences School, who works closely with athletes. Many people likely don't understand that their bodies are continuously losing water, Ms. Sandon said. The body loses water in urine, in perspiration and in respiration, Ms. Sandon said. And it also is lost during digestion.