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Kirsty speaking at her parenting seminar about the benefits of drinking enough water and eating well. Have you ever noticed that even though you may never buy or go out of your way to read certain types of magazines, you will pick them up when you're stuck in a waiting room? Out of desperation and convenience, we accept things that do not appeal to us.

The same applies to what we eat. We're in a hurry and we don't want to spend a lot of energy or time on food. Often it's like we're in that waiting room, going for the first food we see. Keep fruit and healthy snacks in the house and eat them regularly. Fruit especially requires no or very little preparation and it's great for you. When dehydrated, your cells become more like sultanas than plump healthy grapes and consequently that's how you think and feel. Blood flow to your brain is reduced, which limits the amount of oxygen reaching your brain cells and slows it down. Therefore you feel tired and lack energy. When our cells are like shrivelled up sultanas the process of nutrients flowing in and out of the cells is hugely decreased and this has ramifications throughout our entire body -- our health, our moods, our thoughts, our appearance, our vitality are all below par.