英國女記者Sarah Smith 講述自己在4周喝水計劃后帶來的神奇變化：

You might think I'd have little in common with a camel, but we do share one useful skill: both of us can go for a very long time without water.
你也許覺得自己和駱駝沒有什么相同點，但其實我們確實和駱駝有一種共同的技能：我們和駱駝一樣可以長時間不喝水。

Usually I start my day with a cup of tea, then I might have a glass of water with my lunch and one with dinner - that's about a litre of liquid in 24 hours. It feels like plenty, but apparently it's not nearly enough.
通常我會早上喝一杯茶，然后可能中午吃飯的時候喝一杯水，晚上吃飯的時候再喝一杯水——也就是大約24小時內(nèi)喝1升水。這似乎夠多了，但實際上遠遠不夠。

After years of suffering headaches and poor digestion I spoke to a neurologist about my regular headaches and a nutritionist about my poor digestion, and both told me I should be drinking up to three litres of liquid a day for my body to function at its best.
在常年受到頭疼和消化問題的困擾之后，我和一位神經(jīng)科醫(yī)生談到我的頭痛癥，又和一位營養(yǎng)科醫(yī)生談到我消化功能差的問題，兩位醫(yī)生都建議我，必須一天喝多至3升的水，身體才能運轉(zhuǎn)正常。

I decided to conduct an experiment. What would happen if I drank the recommended amount every day for a month?
我決定進行一項實驗，看看如果我按醫(yī)生的建議每天喝足量的水，會發(fā)生怎樣的變化？

The photograph of me taken the day I started this trial demonstrates perfectly - and rather frighteningly - what a lack of hydration does to a face.
在開始實驗前一天我給自己拍了一張照片，這張照片清楚——并且令人恐懼的——證實了缺水對面部皮膚帶來的損害。

I am 42, but have to admit I look more like 52 in this picture, which is shocking. There are dark shadows under and around my eyes, which make me look exhausted, a profusion of wrinkles and strange reddish blotches, and my skin lacks any lustre. It looks dead.
我現(xiàn)年42歲，但可怕的是，我必須承認在這張照片里我看起來更像是52歲了。我的眼部周圍有黑眼圈，看起來十分疲憊，臉上還有許多皺紋和奇怪的紅斑。我的皮膚看起來毫無光澤，死氣沉沉。

Even my lips look shrivelled. This is all classic evidence of poor hydration, apparently. Every system and function in our body depends on water.
甚至我的嘴唇看起來都很干癟。很明顯，這些都是典型的缺水癥狀。我們身體中的所有系統(tǒng)和功能都離不開水。

It flushes toxins from the vital organs, carries nutrients to cells, provides a moist environment for ear, nose and throat tissues, and eliminates waste.
水能疏散重要器官中的毒素，將營養(yǎng)運輸?shù)郊毎?，為耳部、鼻部和咽喉組織提供濕潤健康的生態(tài)環(huán)境，還能排泄廢物。

Not drinking enough means all these functions become impaired. So I decided to see how I would look and feel if I drank three litres of water every day for 28 days. The results were astonishing.
如果飲水量不足，則意味著這些功能都將受損。所有我決定考察一下，如果我連續(xù)28天每天都喝下3升的水，那么我的皮膚和身體感覺將有些什么變化。結(jié)果是驚人的。