WATER
Water is present in every organ of our body:
-disolves and transports nutrients to your cells -disolves and transports nutrients to your cells -helps your cells to transform nutrients into energy -helps your cells to transform nutrients into energy -protects your joints...-protects your joints... - and your vital organs (like brain, spinal cord etc) - and your vital organs (like brain, spinal cord etc) In our body,
In our body, water:
- regulates the body temperature... - regulates the body temperature... - and helps the body to eliminate toxines... - and helps the body to eliminate toxines... - through urine and perspiration- through urine and perspiration
ELIMINATING WATER/HIDRATING
Each day, a 70 kg body eliminates about: 1,5 liters of urine + 0,4 L of vapor expiration + 0,5 L of perspiration + 0,1-0,2 L of water in faeces ≈ 2,5 L of water eliminated / day
The body needs to replace the lost water: it needs at least 2,5 L of water/day (≈35 mg of water/kg)
About 1L of water/day may come
food:
And, of course, we should always drink water!
from the
-vegetables and fruits have over 90% water -bread has ≈40% water
The more active we are, the more water we should drink!
Not enough water in our body means:
Fatigue, lack of concentration
Circulatory, digestive and urinary problems
So...
