Why We Need Water?

Dehydration is the loss of water from the body, and a depletion of
electrolyte levels (sodium and potassium). It is recommended to
drink 8-10 glasses of water daily but really we cannot put a figure
to just drink sufficient amounts of it daily.

Today I would like to talk about The Dietary Importance of Water. Water as we know it is the most abundant substance in our body. All of our cells in our body are made up of 55 to 75 percent of our total body weight. The food we eat contains about seventy percent water. Did you know that drinking 5 glasses of water a day can lower the risk of deadly heart disease? This study was released in April 2002 at The Loma Linda University. Researchers there said that people who drank five eight-ounces glasses of water daily were about half as likely to die of coronary heart disease as oppose to those who drank two glasses of water a day. Dr. Jacqueline Chan said; "The benefits were far greater than that of stopping smoking or lowering cholesterol". She went on to say that;"This is a really simple method of preventing coronary heart disease". Coffee, Soda, Milk, and Caffeinated Sodas did not show any statistically significant heart benefits. Dr Chan said that more research was needed to confirm the findings, but that researchers already adjusted the figures to account for other potential factors in heart disease fatalities such as smoking, calorie intake, exercise, blood pressure and socioeconomic status. The study also indicated that dehydration could elevate the risk factor such as Blood Viscosity, which brings me to my next point that ninety percent of our fluid blood is comprised of water, not to mention that a reduction in water means more concentrated blood. More importantly is that only a five percent loss of water from our blood can cause the blood to get thicker which contributes to clotting which makes the blood less efficient in delivering oxygen to our brain and muscles. Water contributes to energy storage, If you do not drink enough water to facilitate this, extra glucose remains in your blood stream until it reaches your liver, then the glucose is stored as fat, this means that you can get fatter or gain weight when you do not consume adequate amounts of water daily. So people the bottom line is this, Do not wait until you are feeling thirsty to drink water. By this time you are already dehydrated. Keep in mind that our muscles are made up of 70% to 80% water, although other drinks like milk, sodas and fruit juices are thirst quenchers, they actually increase your need for water.

Until then. Lets continue to Dialogue.