𝐈𝐬 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 💧𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡?

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 💧𝐡𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠? 🧬 🧬

Now we’re sure over Christmas 🎄and the New Year 🍸🥳the vast majority of us had a few festive drinks 🍾🍻or two!?

But did those Gin & Tonics 🍸, bottles of Champagne 🍾or vast quantities of Mulled wine 🍷 dehydrate 💧you enough to have an effect on your biological age 🧬and your longevity?

The human body is made up from roughly 60% 💧water, so without stating the obvious its fairly important for how well your body functions and your overall health.

The list of health benefits from drinking 💧water are endless really, from carrying nutrients and oxygen around the body to your cells, normalising blood 🩸pressure and digestion to lubricating your joints. 🦴

So, does staying hydrated and drinking enough water 💧each day really affect the ageing process? 👵🏽

The short answer is Yes!

We (Muhdo Health) 🧬have seen through our own research 📚over the last 8 years that those who stated ‘No’ to drinking 2 litres of water 💧per day actually accelerated their epigenetic biological age 🧬by an average of 5.19 years.

Average chronological age: 38.56
Average biological age: 43.75
Differential: acceleration + 5.19 years

While those who stated that they do in fact drink 2 litres + of water 💧per day showed no signs of accelerated ageing. 👵🏽

Average chronological age: 38.34
Average biological age: 38.42
Differential: practically none

What this shows is that drinking water/staying hydrated 💧most likely does not reverse ageing, however failing to stay hydrated almost certainly accelerates ageing. 👵🏽

Hydration levels 💧influence DNA methylation 🧬 (DNAm), an epigenetic process critical for gene expression and cellular differentiation.

Being well hydrated 💧ensures the optimal enzymatic activity of DNA methyltransferases, which add methyl groups to your DNA, 🧬 influencing genetic activity and stability (which is quite important)

Chronic dehydration or water imbalance 💧can dramatically affect and disrupt this methylation process.

This can potentially lead to your genes 🧬not being stimulated and functioning correctly with improper gene silencing and/or activation, which we have now seen in our own data 📚is associated with ageing 👵🏽and could potentially lead to a whole variety of diseases such as Cancer. 🏥

So, if you only do one thing this year, it would be wise to buy a water bottle 💧and stay hydrated throughout the day.

Trust us, your Genes will thank you!! 🧬 🧬