Back to Basics: Why You Need To Drink Water!

Not only is the planet earth ¾ water, we can also say the same thing on all living things. Every human being and animal have water in their body. They need water to survive. By not having water for days, these can have a side effect on their body and mind functions.

Out of all the nutrients, water is the most important of them all. Even a camel may not be able to survive if not allowed to have a single drop for months and months and months.

Water flushes the unwanted toxins in your body. When you’re taking a shower, soap cleanses your body and water flushes everything out, right? That’s exactly how it goes with taking in water. Water carries out all the waste from your organs and your cells.

Water is the main component in the blood. It is a second circulatory system and is also the juices in the digestive system. If it weren’t for water, you wouldn’t be able to digest properly.

As disgusting as it may sound, water is also the main ingredient of your urine and your sweat. How ironic it is that it’s also water that will cleanse your body, while it is also the main ingredient of something excretory. Water is also a big component in the mucus in your throat, your nose and your eyes, just as the bile in your stomach.

Even though oil and water don’t mix, water is also like oil, in the sense that it is a lubricant. Water makes it easier for components to move freely from one another. A fine example in depicting these is that the water allows the joints in your knees and your elbows to slide properly. Whenever you bend or straighten your legs and fingers, you don’t have to exert much effort because the water inside you is responsible for all that.

For your comfort, it is also advised that you drink water. Take for example you had just ended a rigorous work out. You must replace the water you’ve lost inside you by drinking water. Besides, whenever you drink water, it replenishes and nourishes you. And it feels good.

Water cools you down with sweat. That’s also a water component on your skin. When you are under a hot sizzling sun, your body lets out a lot of heat, that’s why the skin tries to cool you through your sweat. This is the evaporation of air with something liquid.

Important to remember that when you’re exercising, you must not only drink because you’re dead tired. Schedule when you would drink. Do you prefer every ten or fifteen minutes. That’s because with a strenuous work-out, you lose more water in your body.

Water works so hard in providing you the needed nourishment your body requires from day to day. Normally, a person’s body loses 2 to 3 quarts of water. That’s 2 liters. Not only do you lose water through peeing and sweating, through evaporation, you unconsciously lose water. When you breathe, your breath has water droplets. It’s too minute for anybody to see. But you can see it in a way if you breathe in through glass. That’s again another evaporating process, which only proves that your breath does have water. Skin has water and these are also evaporated by the air.

By drinking water and eating the right food, a person replaces the water that is lost consciously and unconsciously. Food that are appropriate in replacing the lost water are the types that have water in it. Examples are cantaloupes, watermelon, oranges and grapes. These are fruits which you bite into and have a citrus-y feel. For vegetables, they may not have as much citrus-y feel as the fruits, but lettuce, celery and cucumbers are the top choices.

Do not rely on food alone. You yourself must intake the required eight to twelve glasses of water. There are also substitutes like soup. If you’re into coffee, it would only contribute in making you pee more. That’s because caffeine is a diuretic. Too much soda will only give you more sugar than it will give you more water.

Perhaps, the best advertisement we can advise anyone to drink water is that it makes the skin and hair beautiful and healthy. By drinking, you lessen the chances of having acne and rashes. There, I bet you’re grabbing a glass right now.


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Chris Walker

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