If you hadn’t heard, water is sort of important for our health… some even say we need it to live. Yeah, I guess this isn’t news to you. Hopefully, though, some of these cool water facts are. And hopefully they’ll help you to live smarter.

1. You are Full of Water: About 60% of your body weight is water and about 75% of your muscles are water.

2. Water is Critical to Weight Loss: “If people who are trying to loose weight don’t drink enough water, the body can’t metabolize the fat adequately.” Drinking water helps to improve your muscle tone

3. Chlorine Kills: Chlorine is perhaps a leading cause of cancer and heart disease. “Putting chlorine in the water is like starting a time bomb. Cancer, heart trouble, premature senility, both mental and physical, are conditions attributable to chlorine-treated water supplies. It is making us grow old before our time by producing symptoms of ageing such as hardening of the arteries. I believe if chlorine were now proposed for the first time to be used in drinking water it would be banned by the Food and Drug Administration,” says biologist/chemist Dr. Herbert Schwartz.

4. Dirty Water Makes Us Sick & Kills Us… and Our Waterways Are Polluted:

•“The water and sanitation crisis claims more lives through disease than any war claims through guns.”
•Diarrhea is the ”second leading cause of death among children under five globally. Nearly one in five child deaths – about 1.5 million each year – is due to diarrhea. It kills more young children than AIDS, malaria and measles combined.”
•“At any given time, half of the world’s hospital beds are occupied by patients suffering from diseases associated with lack of access to safe drinking water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene.”
•“80% of all diseases and sicknesses are water borne.”
•“65% of the world’s riverine ecosystems are ‘moderately to highly threatened’” from pollution (see link in subheading).
•“More than 80% of sewage in developing countries is discharged untreated, polluting rivers, lakes and coastal areas.”

5. We Get Water from More than Drinking:

•Our metabolism creates about 1/2 cup of water a day as it makes and uses energy.
•We also get water from food, especially fruits and veggies (another important reason to eat your fruits and veggies): “Fresh fruits and vegetables contain a lot of water. People who eat a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables can drink less water.”

6. Dehydration Means Much Worse Work: “A reduction of 4-5% in body water will result in a decline of 20-30% in work performance.”

7. Large Areas of Land Are Drying Up & Others Are Being Flooded Worse than Ever:

•“Like a patch of desert that has had all the moisture absorbed from its surface, large parts of the world are similarly drying up, releasing less moisture than ever before, or none at all.”
•Fossil water (or non-replenishing groundwater) is being depleted at an astonishing rate from water mining, which is causing sea level rise and may result in tremendous food and water scarcities in the future.
•20% of Pakistan was flooded at one point this year in what has been deemed one of the worst disasters in modern history. Yes, for various reasons, it didn’t get the media attention it deserved.

8. 70% of Human Water Use is for Farming

9. Water Cures Numerous Health Problems: “Drinking enough water helps many medical ailments: chronic fatigue, allergies, depression, digestive problems, urinary tract problems, constipation and more.”

10. We Have Water, but We Can’t Use It: 75% of our planet is covered in water, but only about 0.08% of that is available for domestic use.

OK, & one bonus fact in case you didn’t know this. Coffee, tea, and soda don’t hydrate you. They are diuretics and lower the amount of water in your body.

SOURCE: GO Media - Written by Zachary Shahan

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