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Water
Posted:
Wed Mar 10, 2010 10:46 pmby marie
- Drink water when you are thirsty.
- Water helps every cell and organ in your body work.
- Water cushions your joints.
- Water helps keep you regular.
- Water keeps your body cool, and prevents dehydration when you are sweating.
- Water carries nutrients and oxygen to cells in your body.
- Water protects organs and tissues in your body.
- Water removes wastes from your body.
- You can live without food for about a month, but you can only live without water for approximately one week, depending on the conditions.
- Your body is 66 percent water.
- The human brain is 75 percent water.
- Depending on your size, activity level and weather conditions, you should drink 2.5 quarts of water per day from all sources (water, food) to maintain good health.
- This is a really interesting fact: Nearly 97 percent of the world's water is salty or otherwise undrinkable. Another 2 percent of water is locked in ice caps and glaciers. That leaves just 1 percent of water for all of humanity's needs such as all its agricultural, residential, manufacturing, community, and personal needs.