Drink Water to Improve Creativity!

Having trouble concentrating? Are the creative juices seemingly running dry? Maybe you need to drink more water! Asiaweek magazine reports that teachers and parents of some Hong Kong schoolchildren were recently advised that drinking plenty of water helps students combat listlessness. The average learner is often dehydrated. This dehydration leads to poor performance. Students drinking a glass of water before each lesson or having water bottles in class also have improved behaviour. Children should drink 8 to 15 glasses of water a day, parents were told. Citing the book The Learning Brain, the report points to studies indicating that dehydration can lead to poor learning. Drinking pure, clean water is better than drinking soft drinks, coffee, tea, or even juices, which may actually stimulate the body to expel fluids, states Asiaweek.

What is good for the child's brain is good for the adult brain as well! I have found this to be true in my occupation as a web designer. Living as I now do in the Sonoran Desert (Arizona) drinking water is even more critical to health. Often if I find myself feeling listless or stumped for new creative ideas, it is often due to dehydration! Once I drink enough water, my energy and concentration returns, and I'm ready to tackle fresh creative challenges.