Drinking Water Can Make You More Productive
“Even a mild dehydration might have a significant impact on work capacity and productivity,” a neuroscientist explains.
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You probably know it’s important to stay hydrated. But—frequent bathroom breaks aside—could drinking water actually make you more productive at work?
Scientific literature has long suggested a possible link between serious dehydration and decreased cognition. This might be intuitive: When we’re very thirsty, water becomes a matter of survival, and our bodies simply have more pressing concerns than reading reports and filling out forms.