Adeeba Sajjad

“Water Benefits” It is not at all covered by us that being hydrated is important for our bodies. 60% of human is water and 90% of our blood is water. This clearly shows that our body is fully dependent on water. Even if 4% out of that 60% is lost, our body can suffer hydration. Just even mild dehydration can leave negative impacts on our energy levels or moods which often results in the form of anxiety. But if the loss is15% or above, that can be way too fatal! As we know, we can survive without food for a month-long period, but in the case of water, we cannot survive if don’t take it for 3 straight days! How Much Water Should Be Consumed Per Day? Circumstantially, it has been a question to many people, but unfortunately, there is no specific universal agreed amount to be taken in daily. However, there is a “recommendable” quantity of water to be drunk each day: 6-8 glasses of water which approximately meets 2 liters or half a gallon, since a gallon consumes 4 liters. Now, what if we drink more than the suggested amount? Drinking too much water is over –hydration, this probably makes us busy peeing! Drinking more water can cause many problems and those can be dangerous. Just as a few mentioned below: ● Our blood sodium levels can be out of balance if the water drunk is more than the kidneys can process. This is what we call, Water Intoxication. ● More water can wreak our brain and body. ● It can also go as extreme as life-threatening: it can lead us to death, brain-damaging, and even commas. So, drink only when you thirsty. In case, if you don’t know when you are thirsty (like me), drink a glass before you are going to start any meal. Plus, you can also make it one of your goals to drink a maximum amount of 8 glasses/day. And you would more often follow it if you take it as a game. Why Our Body Needs Water? The need for water in our body is not just for one reason, but several. Our body needs water to keep us hydrated so that everything in our body remains in a constant flow. Plus, a few of the negative after-effects of drinking alcohol are also reduced by being hydrated. If you don’t know our mouth remains clean and fresh by drinking water. It also even reduces tooth decay, but only if sugary beverages are stopped taken in. Thinking of saliva takes us to germ-killing imaginations that are in our mouths. Saliva potentially protects us from diseases, moistens food, helps in chewing, turns food into food bolus, and does a lot of other beneficial functions and this saliva is formed by water! Cells and organs in our body, work properly until they have enough water. Our body waste is often flushed by water, either in the form of urine or feces. Water takes oxygen throughout the body, as mentioned earlier, blood is more than 90% water, and “blood” takes oxygen to different parts of the body. There are tons of other reasons why our body needs water, they are just unending! Hydration: Why Is That So Important? Our body requires water for maintaining bodily functions. As, it is obvious that our body loses water: through breathing, sweating, and urine. Thus, it is necessary to keep rehydrating our bodies through eating watery and juicy foods, and by drinking water + different fluids. Since we drink water to ourselves hydrated, the best to check that is the color of urine. If the color is very pale yellow then that’s ideal, but if the color goes darker, we probably would have to drink more water because it shows that our body is not well-hydrated. Dehydration has quite a lot of effects on the skin, just like: if we are dehydrated, our skin becomes dry, itchy, and might also give a dull look. Overall skin tone turns uneven during dehydration. Skin is more vulnerable to wrinkles and skin disorders. Hence, water improves skin health, and for so beauty! Effects Of Drinking “Unclean Water” The role of the quality of water, we drink every other day, matters a lot. The quality can either let us thrive or make us ill. Contaminated water, is water that contains harmful substances that make it impure. If we drink contaminated or unclean water, we can be exposed to diseases like cholera, dysentery, typhoid, hepatitis, and polio. Despite the fact, that every year, around 5000 children die because of drinking unclean water, people are still consuming dirty water. Drinking dirty water results in the symptoms: diarrhea, nausea, stomach cramping, and stomach aches and pain. When the dirty water is showered on to fields, the bacteria in it gets attached to the crops. Whoever consumes the fresh produce, gets vulnerable to bacteria and diseases produced by it. Therefore, to maintain good health and keep oneself safe from diseases, it is important to use clean water. Water can be cleaned by the following processes: Figure 3 boiling cheap thus most easy way to clean water 1. Boiling 2. Using water filter 3. Adding chlorine drops 4. Using ultraviolet light 5. Distillation Facts On Water Water is filled with interesting facts, let us have a look at some: ● Water makes 60% of a grown-up weight, 83% of which is in the lungs, and 31% in bones. ● The body of a human being can never store water unlike animals or plants like Camel or Cactus, but keep losing instead. ● The average amount of water required per day: . For men: 3 liters (13 cups) . For women: 2.2 liters (9 cups) ● When we feel thirsty, our body has lost 1% of its total water. ● The metabolism that helps in the burning of calories faster is increased by drinking water. ● Earth has the same amount of water, as it had when the planet was formed! Now the water you drink might share the same molecules that creatures like, dinosaurs drank. Trust it or not, it CAN happen. Now, don’t indulge your mind in it! Author, Adeeba Sajjad.