Wednesday, August 6, 2008

ESSENTIAL IN DRINKING WATER!!

Safe drinking water is important to our health. Doctors advice people should drink at least 8glasses of water per day. Water is used for human consumption, food preparation or other normal household purposes. In British Columbia's drinking water at the tap generally very safe. But there is a outbreak of water-borne disease caused by micro-organism do occur most of the time, not only in B.C. but also in North America. Organism usually get into drinking water supplies when streams or lakes or community water supply are contaminated by animal waste or human seawage.
Water in chemical equation is H2O. So two parts of Hydrogen, one part of oxygen. Water is most essential next to air to our survival. But many people just take it for granted. When we're so busy in our work, most of us just forget to drink water or too lazy to get up and get a drink. Water is made up more than two thirds of the weight of the human body so without it, we die.
In the human brain, 95% is water, blood is 82% and lungs 90%. People are having a signs of dehydration, fuzzy short term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on smaller print such as computer screen when there is mere 2% drop on our water's supply.Mild dehydration is the common cause of daytime fatigue.
Water is essential to the mechanics of human body. These are some of the functions of water:
  • it serves as lubricant
  • forms the base of saliva
  • forms the fluids that surrounds the joints
  • regulates the body temperature
  • helps to alleviate constipation by moving food through intestinal tract.
  • eliminate waste, the best detox agent
  • regulates metabolism

Water plays a key role in prevention of different diseases. Drinking 8 glasses of water daily can decrease the risk of having colon cancer by 45%, bladder cancer by 50% and breast cancer. Let's try to have time to drink water as much as possible even in our busy hours. It is good for our health and preventing us from different kinds of diseases.

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