Water - are you getting enough!

Most people don’t take into account the value and essential nature of water and often informed they are getting plenty with their tea and coffee, unfortunately anything which is a diuretic (encourages the body to lose water) and a stimulant is definitely not the source we need. If you have tea and coffee don’t have to much, enjoy it for what it is a nice drink, it should not be included in your daily quota.

Water is one of the most essential elements to good health it helps;

Digestion, your absorption of food

Proper muscle tone

Supplies oxygen and nutrients to the cells

Eliminates body waste

Water cushions joints and protects tissues and organs like the brain from shock and damage, on a MRI scan dehydration is regularly evident with dengerative changes.

There is not a practising doctor or health professional who doesn’t know or disagrees about the importance of it and generally recommends at least 8 glasses a day every day. It is something we all actually agree on and that speak volumes!.

What is Water – water is the common name for a compound of hydrogen and oxygen H2O. It’s odourless, tasteless, clear liquid, Essential and our survival depends on it.

Since water contains no calories and can serve as an appetite suppressant and helps the bodies metabolism, including fat metabolism therefore a factor in losing weight.

Water is a major and fundamental picture in our quality of our life. Today, people are concerned about the quality of the water they drink. Although water covers more than 70% of the Earth, only 1% of the Earth’s water is available as a source of drinking. Yet, our society continues to contaminate this precious resource. Before water reaches the tap it comes into contact with many different substances, including chemicals and other contaminants. Utility companies use various chemicals such as chlorine to destroy disease-producing contaminants that may be present in the water. Treatment of water is necessary and you have only to look at developing countries to see the desperation for clean water, unfortunately the taste and odour of chlorine is disliked. There are also questions and debates over by-products with possible health risks giving rise to a multitude of filter systems being installed into houses and filters in water containers to help further clean and purify the water.

Water freezes at 0° C (32° F), and its boiling point is 100° C (212° F). Water reaches its maximum density at 4° C (39° F) and expands upon freezing, that’s why in the building industry a lot of problems occur.

Water combines with salts to form hydrates and reacts with metal oxides to form acids (see Acids and Bases) resulting in corrosion in unwanted places.

Water makes up 50 to 90 percent of the weight of living things. Protoplasm is a solution of water and fats, carbohydrates, proteins, and salts. Water transports, combines, and chemically breaks down these substances. Water also aids the metabolic breakdown of proteins and carbohydrates.

A person can survive about two months without food, but only a few days without water.

Water helps maintain a healthy weight. It is hard to distinguish between hunger and thirst. If you feel hungry, drink some water first and then reassess your hunger status.

Water is an important part of your daily bodily functions, so it is important to continually replenish it. Each day, your body loses water through sweat, urination, excretion and breathing. The body loses even more water if you exercise, live in hot or dry climates, consume high fibre diets, and consume caffeine or alcohol.

The bottom line drink more water and make sure you getting enough!