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Drinking the oft-recommended eight glasses of water a day can held to prevent or slow the onset of heart failure and its precursor, a study has concluded.
Experts from the US National Institutes of Health monitored the health and so-called serum sodium concentrations of 15,792 initially middle-aged people over 25 years.
Serum sodium concentration is a measure of hydration habits based on the amount of sodium in the blood — as the less you drink, the more concentrated it becomes.
When people do not drink enough, the body conserves water in response, activating processes that are known to contribute to the development of heart failure.
Many experts recommend drinking around 2 litres of water daily (1.6–2.1 for women and 2–3 for men), but past studies have shown that many do not achieve this.
Drinking the recommended eight glasses of water a day can held to prevent or slow the onset of heart failure and its precursor, a study has concluded (stock image)
The research was conducted by Natalia Dmitrieva of the US National Institutes of Health and colleagues.
'Our study suggests that maintaining good hydration can prevent or at least slow down the changes within the heart that
