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Are you dehydrated? – Good advice by Dr Harold   Do you know that most Sri Lankans in Sri Lanka are dehydrated without their being aware? Being in a tropical country with frequent exposure to the hot sun with no head protection inevitably leads to dehydration. People stand in a bus queue for hours in the hot sun, but you don’t see them carrying water in a container to quench their thirst as required. There was a time the younger generation in Sri Lanka did carry a bottle of water with them, but now that culture has disappeared, replacing with a smartphone. What is dehydration? It means that you are not taking adequate quantity of water to replenish the daily requirement, and the body finds it difficult to keep your body temperature steady and clear your waste products through your kidneys and your skin. You are losing water all the time ...