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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，我和一位神經科醫生談到我的頭痛癥，又和一位營養科醫生談到我消化功能差的問題，兩位醫生都建議我，必須一天喝多至3升的水，身體才能運轉正常。
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，看看如果我按醫生的建議每天喝足量的水，會發生怎樣的變化？
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，將營養運輸到細胞里，為耳部、鼻部和咽喉組織提供濕潤健康的生態環境，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。結果是驚人的。
