How to remind yourself to drink water more often, try these methods

Your body is about 70 percent water, and drinking enough is vital for optimal health.

Water plays many roles in your body, including maintaining electrolyte balance and blood pressure, lubricating joints, regulating body temperature, and promoting cell health.

While everyone knows it's important to stay hydrated, doing so can be difficult sometimes.

However, there are some tricks that will help you remember to drink water more often.

Under normal conditions, it is preferable to drink two liters of water, which is equivalent to 8 glasses of water per day.

Carry a reusable water bottle with you.

Carrying a water bottle with you throughout the day can help you drink more water.

When you have a reusable water bottle, you can easily drink water in any environment, whether you are running errands, traveling, or at home, work, or school.

Keeping a water bottle can also serve as a visual reminder to drink more water. If you see the bottle on your desk or table, you will be constantly reminded to drink more.

Set an alarm.

You can also set reminders to drink more water using an app or the alarm on your smartphone or smartwatch.

For example, try setting a reminder to drink a few sips of water every 30 minutes, or set a reminder to finish drinking your current glass of water and refill it every hour.

These reminders can help you increase your water intake, especially if you often forget or are very busy.

Replace other drinks with water

One way to drink more water – and improve your health and reduce your calorie intake – is to replace other beverages, such as sodas, with water.

These drinks are often full of added sugars, which can be extremely harmful to your health.

What's more, replacing these sugary drinks with water is an easy and inexpensive way to cut calories, potentially helping you lose weight.

Drink a glass of water before each meal.

Another simple way to increase your water intake is to make it a habit to drink a glass of water before each meal.

If you eat 3 meals a day, that adds an additional 3 glasses to your daily water intake. /Telegraph/