Dehydration Impacts Mood

Colorado has a dry climate and it's that dry climate that may be affecting your mood.

This dry climate means more of us are dehydrated day in and day out, and new information is showing that dehydration may affect our mental health. But although it affects our mental health, interestingly it turns out that dehydration does different things to men and women.

Dehydration in general can cause you to have dry skin, chapped lips and maybe even cause you to get a headache from time to time. But in a new study, researchers found that even mild dehydration caused changes in mood. For men, dehydration caused problems with their alertness and memory. In women, it caused more fatigue, tension and anxiety. And surprisingly, it didn't take much dehydration for these issues to happen. Even being just a little dry caused the problems. And living here in Colorado, many of us walk around mildly dehydrated every day. So one key to feeling better, both physically and mentally may be to grab a glass of water every now and then during our typically dry days.