Water makes up approximately makes up 60% of your body. Water! No wonder it’s so important to drink water. By drinking water you are keeping your body hydrated, allowing your body to function as it should. Drinking enough water throughout the day keeps your body hydrated, which does more for you than most people would think.
Our brain’s consist of at least 70% water. This water helps protect the brain, your very important spinal cord, and other sensitive tissues. Water acts like a cushion in our body. Not only does it protect our nervous system, but water also cushions our joints. The fluids (aka water) around your joints is what keeps them moving smoothly!
And of course there are the obvious reasons to why our body needs water to keep going. Water is what moves the waste out of your body, it flushes the toxins out and eliminates the waste!
Water is also what helps keep our body’s temperature regulated. Water helps keep our body cool, especially during hot days and intense exercises. Plus if you’re sweating during an intense work out, it’s going to be the water your drinking that keeps your body from losing too much liquid.
I know, water is not the most exciting thing to drink. I personally don’t care for water at all unless it’s the middle of a hot summer day and I’m in the sun, or I just finished a tough work out, so I found a few tricks to make hydration more delicious. By adding a tiny bit of lemon juice to the water, the water automatically becomes even more refreshing, and has more of a taste to enjoy. And on days where I have time, by adding some strawberries, cucumbers, or mint to the water creates I sweet healthy way to drink water as well! I know not everyone needs this, but I find that with these tricks I usually double the amount of water I drink in a day!
When we don’t drink enough water throughout the day, or drink beverages with a dehydrating qualities (like coffee or soda) that water in our body begins to get used up, the percentage goes down, and we become dehydrated. Being dehydrated is not good! So make sure you keep drinking!
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Chrisi Keating
Santa Clara University
Communications Major
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