Sunday, June 14, 2020

Why we need to Drink Water

You need water to survive, drinking the right amount of the water has many health benefits. People are all different and drink different amounts of water. 68 percent of the freshwater on the earth is trapped in glaciers. Water carries nutrients to all cells in your body and oxygen to our brain. Firstly people need water to survive. You will not last more than 4 days without water. You need to keep putting water back into your body and also foods that contain water because you lose water when you breathe, sleep, go to the toilet, digest and sweat. Your body uses water in its cells organs and tissues to help regulate temperature and maintain other body functions. Your body is made of 75 percent water, your lungs are about 83 percent water and your bones 31 percent water. The amount of water we all need to drink is different but it is said that males should be drinking 2.5 - 3.7 litres of water a day when for females they need to drink 1.5 - 2..7 a day. 96 percent of kiwis have access to clean drinking water which means just under 200,00 thousand people don't have access to clean drinking water Drinking the right amount of water has many health benefits water helps maintain our brain function. Drinking enough water could help your mood and memory, it could improve exercise performance, reduce headaches and migraines, it could prevent kidney stones, bladder infections, sugar cravings and much more. Water is so important and you need to have the right amount every day to stay healthy and fit. water helps with heart disease and cancer water also helps flush toxins out of your body and toxins that come into contact with your bladder and other organs.

By Toby