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News flash — water does not hydrate you!
Find out why and what does
Yes, you have read the title correctly. Imbibing eight glasses of water is causing more harm than good and here is how.
First, drinking too much water can throw your electrolytes off. When this occurs, you create dehydration and the body can wind up with hyponatremia, which is low sodium in the blood.
Sodium acts like a conductor in the human body.
Human beings are bio-electric hence why when someone is experiencing cardiac arrest, the medical staff will use a device called a defibrillator.
What is a defibrillator?
A defibrillator is a medical device that is used to deliver an electric shock to the heart to restore its normal rhythm.
Defibrillators are used in cases of cardiac arrest when the heart stops beating.
They can also be used in other cardiac conditions, such as ventricular fibrillation, which is when the heart’s electrical activity becomes chaotic and the heart starts to quiver.
Defibrillators work by delivering an electric shock to the heart that resets its electrical activity.
This can stop an abnormal heart rhythm and allow the heart to start beating normally again.
