Water is essential to all living things. No one lasts longer than 3 to 5 days without water. Chronic dehydration is the cause to many illness and diseases. There is about 80% of water in infants and babies since they rely on non-solid foods. The older we get, the less water we drink and that’s why water is about 70% in young adults and only about 55- 60% in the elders. We need to at least maintain this proportion in order to stay healthy.

Here are the reasons why what is important to humans:

• Water makes up the majority of every cell in the body
• It is the biggest part of the blood and lymph systems, carrying food and                                       oxygen to the cells and carrying away waste out of the body
• Helps control the blood pressure by balances the electrolytes
• Water flushes the kidneys to get rid of toxic substances
• Keeps the eyes, mouth, and nasal passages moist
• Maintains the body temperature, keeps it cool when it is hot and insulates                             the body from cold
• It is a shock absorber to cushion the body’s organs
• It lubricates joints
• It is the major part of your blood, sweat, tears, and saliva
• Water can provide many of the trace minerals the body needs

When you body has less water than it needs, dehydration occurs. Chronic dehydration is most of the time, the root causes of many sickness and ailments.

When your body is lack of water:

• By 1%, creates thirst. Your mouth feels dry. Your body has already started to malfunction. Never wait until you feel thirsty to drink water.
• By 5% can cause a slight fever.
• By 8% will cause glands to stop producing saliva, skin starts to turn blue.By 10%, your tongue will swells, your kidneys started to fail, muscles go into spasms and you will have trouble walking.
• When you are 10% short of water, your skin will crack, organs will grind to a halt and you may die!

As humans, we need water not only for drinking, but everything else around us.  Just try turning off your main valve for a couple of days and you soon realize how important is water to our lives. We need water to wash, to clean, to flush, to grow and endless other things.  Clean and fresh water is needed for almost all function of the human body.  Making sure the water you feed to the body is as close to nature and as clean and fresh as possible is too important to overlook.

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