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WATER, HEALTH AND NUTRITION - A human being can survive days, weeks, or months without food, but only for about four days without water.

Water, Health and
Nutrition

A human being can survive days, weeks, or months without food, but only for about four days without water.

Shortage of water in the human body can aggravate or contribute to a number of ailments.

Water is the main coolant of the body. The body dissipates heat and toxins through perspiration. This water depletion has to be replaced.

Feeling thirsty is not a reliable indicator that we need to drink for by that time we might already be dehydrated.

It takes about 30 minutes for the body to tell us it needs more water – when we feel weak and dizzy, begin to have headaches, nausea and cramps.

The human body is from 70% to 80% water, depending on how much body fat one has. The brain is about 75% water, the blood 80% and muscles and tissues about 70%. Every system in the body depends on water.

Water is the key to human metabolism. Water regulates the body temperature; facilitates the removal of wastes; carries nutrients and oxygen to the cells; cushions the joints; prevents constipation; lessens the burden on the kidneys and liver by removing toxins.

Water dissolves food, minerals and nutrients to make them digestible to the body.

Without adequate water we suffer heat exhaustion, our performance is impaired and we endanger straining our cardiovascular system.

Sufficient water intake results to clear or very pale yellow and virtually odorless urine. Less water intake would likely result to dark yellow, strong-smelling urine.

Drinking plenty of water speed up the elimination of feces from the colon and urine from the bladder, thereby helping to prevent and treat constipation and urinary tract infection.

Researchers are now suspecting that getting enough water lowers the risk of cancer, by flushing out or diluting carcinogens in the bladder and colon.

Kidney stones form when calcium, uric acid, and other substances in the urine become sufficiently concentrated to form crystals.

Drinking lots of water helps prevent stone, presumably by keeping those concentrations low. People who already have had kidney stones need more water to prevent recurrence.

Gout results from a condition known as hyperuricemia, a high level of uric acid in the blood.

Uric acid is produced by the body’s metabolism of nucleic acids, specifically purines – which are formed both from the normal breakdown of body tissues and from the dietary intake of proteins.

In addition, some uric acid comes from foods that are high in proteins.

If there is more uric acid that the kidneys can excrete, the excess forms crystals that are eventually deposited in the joints. The resulting inflammation causes extreme pain.

In addition to medication, a change of lifestyle can help.

Avoiding alcohol, control of high blood pressure, losing weight and drinking plenty of water can bring blood levels of uric acid to near normal levels.

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