Drinking Water: It's the costless commodity in Naija

Date: 30-03-2012 6:47 pm (13 years ago) | Author: Akeem Jaffe Jaffa
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      Glass of water

       A few years ago, a popular soft drink manufacturer launched a campaign with a tag line that encouraged people to eat and drink their brand of cola. That perhaps was one of the most dangerous campaigns ever launched by a beverage company. Many health experts still insist that the safest thing to drink after eating is water.


Drinking a healthy amount of water is vital to your health. You can never imagine just by drinking a healthy amount of water, you gain tremendous health benefits, and sometimes you can even throw away your migraine medicine or pain killer.


Before you can appreciate the benefits of water to your health, it’s better to review the role of water in human body.
The human body is anywhere from 55 percent to 78 percent water depending on body size. A rule of thumb, 2/3 of body is consists of water, and it is the main component of human body. Did you know that your tissues and organs are mainly made up of water?

Here is the percentage:
• Muscle consists of 75% water
• Brain consists of 90% of water
• Bone consists of 22% of water
• Blood consists of 83% water


The functions of water in human body are vital. The water:
• Transports nutrients and oxygen into cells
• Moisturizes the air in lungs
• Helps with metabolism
• Protects our vital organ
• Helps our organs to absorb nutrients better
• Regulates body temperature
• Detoxifies
• Protects and moisturizes our joints


Every cell in your body needs water from head to toe. That is why it is so important to drink enough fluid. Take for example, brain consists of 90 per cent of water, if you do not supply enough water to your body, your brain cannot function well, and you will get headache or migraine. Hence, next time, if you feel fatigue and headache, it may be the sign of dehydration.
So, have you given your body the water it needs today?



http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/drinking-water/112642/


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