{"id":10334,"date":"2021-08-03T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=10334"},"modified":"2021-08-02T09:02:41","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T13:02:41","slug":"just-asking-its-hot-are-you-hydrated-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=10334","title":{"rendered":"Just Asking &#8230; It&#8217;s Hot. Are You Hydrated Enough?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6688\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hydrate-image.jpg?resize=300%2C205&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hydrate-image.jpg?resize=300%2C205&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hydrate-image.jpg?resize=768%2C525&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hydrate-image.jpg?resize=1024%2C700&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hydrate-image.jpg?w=1130&amp;ssl=1 1130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I grew up in south Alabama, where the August heat hits you like a hammer when you go outside. These kinds of heat waves are more and more frequent now, and even if you&#8217;re not from the deep south, this time of year it&#8217;s critical to keep yourself hydrated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So my question is, do you know how to tell if you are hydrated?<\/p>\n<p>Let me know what you think, and I&#8217;ll return the answer back here on this post.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I grew up in south Alabama, where the August heat hits you like a hammer when you go outside. These kinds of heat waves are more and more frequent now, &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[569],"tags":[575],"class_list":["post-10334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-just-asking","tag-hydration"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hydrate-image.jpg?fit=1130%2C773&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7Qv5g-2GG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10338,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=10338","url_meta":{"origin":10334,"position":0},"title":"Just asking &#8230; Are You Okay With Just Water?","author":"Will Clower","date":"September 22, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"There are so many choices to drink, and some claim to be healthy when they're just not. 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