Top 8 Dehydrating Factors in Modern Society

1. Coffee/Caffeinated Drinks – Of course, coffee and other caffeinated beverages, such as tea, are made with water, so they can be hydrating. Although, too much caffeine upregulates the sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight), and leads to dehydration and muscle tightness.
2. Chlorine in Tap Water and Pool Water – Chlorine is widely used in both tap water sources and swimming pools, and while it has many benefits for us humans, such as fighting  cholera, hepatitis A, dysentery, pee, poop, sweat, and saliva, it is also a dehydrating factor, that’s why your skin gets wrinkly when you swim in a chlorinated pool. Imagine what it’s doing to you internally when you drink it in tap water.
3. Too much salt/salty foods – While unrefined, mineralized salt is essential for wellbeing, and helpful with water absorption and retention, too much salt is dehydrating. If you are consuming a lot of salt, especially during mealtime, you might benefit from reducing your salt intake. Take a few days off and notice if you feel more hydrated.
4. Air conditioning and forced-air heating – During summers, air conditioning in your home dries the air, making it cooler, and during winters, forced-air heating systems dry the air by heating it. While it’s comfortable and healthy to regulate our body temperatures using cooling and heating systems, we need to be mindful of how they operate in order to avoid dehydration.
5. Prescription and over-the-counter medications – Tylenol, Nyquil, Sudafed, Benadryl, Ambien… And the list goes on. Next time you or one of your family members takes medication, notice the dehydrating effects.
6. Artificial lighting – Blue light is very taxing energetically. Blue light emitted from the same electronic devices that emit EMF, such as your phone, computer, tablet, and TV, as well as fluorescent lighting in department stores and offices, are energetically taxing and dehydrating. 
7. EMF radiation – EMF emitted from electronic devices, such as your phone, computer, tablet, and TV, as well as 4G and 5G antennas placed in most cities, are taxing your body and dehydrating you.
8. Alcoholic drinks – This is the most obvious dehydrating factor. Consuming alcohol is a habit lots of us use to change our state of consciousness. Unfortunately alcohol removes water and important nutrients from your body, so it’s wise to rehydrate, especially with electrolytes, while and after drinking alcohol.