Think of your stomach as a calm garden pond. When you chug a giant bottle of ice water in thirty seconds, you’re not watering the garden—you’re flooding it. You’re basically sending a tsunami into your gut.
What happens? Your body panics. It tries to flush it all out through your kidneys, and you’ll be running to the bathroom in twenty minutes. Most of that water goes right through you, wasted.
Instead, try sipping. Imagine you’re tasting a fine wine you don’t want to waste. Small, gentle sips. Your body can actually absorb that water, sending it to your cells where it’s needed.
