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- Roughly 70 percent of an adult’s body is made up of water.
- At birth, water accounts for approximately 80 percent of an infant’s body weight.
- A healthy person can drink about three gallons (48 cups) of water per day.
- Drinking too much water too quickly can lead to water intoxication.
Water intoxication occurs when water dilutes the sodium level in the
bloodstream and causes an imbalance of water in the brain. - Water intoxication is most likely to occur during periods of intense athletic performance.
- While the daily recommended amount of water is eight cups per day,
not all of this water must be consumed in the liquid form. Nearly every
food or drink item provides some water to the body. - Soft drinks, coffee, and tea, while made up almost entirely of
water, also contain caffeine. Caffeine can act as a mild diuretic,
preventing water from traveling to necessary locations in the body. - Pure water (solely hydrogen and oxygen atoms) has a neutral pH of 7, which is neither acidic nor basic.
- Water dissolves more substances than any other liquid. Wherever it
travels, water carries chemicals, minerals, and nutrients with it. - Somewhere between 70 and 75 percent of the earth’s surface is covered with water.
- Much more fresh water is stored under the ground in aquifers than on the earth’s surface.
- The earth is a closed system, similar to a terrarium, meaning that
it rarely loses or gains extra matter. The same water that existed on
the earth millions of years ago is still present today. - The total amount of water on the earth is about 326 million cubic miles of water.
- Of all the water on the earth, humans can used only about three
tenths of a percent of this water. Such usable water is found in
groundwater aquifers, rivers, and freshwater lakes. - The United States uses about 346,000 million gallons of fresh water every day.
- The United States uses nearly 80 percent of its water for irrigation and thermoelectric power.
- The average person in the United States uses anywhere from 80-100
gallons of water per day. Flushing the toilet actually takes up the
largest amount of this water. - Approximately 85 percent of U.S. residents receive their water from
public water facilities. The remaining 15 percent supply their own
water from private wells or other sources. - By the time a person feels thirsty, his or her body has lost over 1 percent of its total water amount.
- The weight a person loses directly after intense physical activity is weight from water, not fat.
<li>Water
is absolutely essential to the human body’s survival. A person can live
for about a month without food, but only about a week without water.</li>
Water helps to maintain healthy body weight by increasing metabolism and regulating appetite.
Water leads to increased energy levels. The most common cause of daytime fatigue is actually mild dehydration.
<li>Drinking adequate amounts of water can decrease the risk of
certain types of cancers, including colon cancer, bladder cancer, and
breast cancer.</li>
For a majority of sufferers, drinking water can significantly reduce joint and/or back pain.
Water leads to overall greater health by flushing out wastes and bacteria that can cause disease.
Water can prevent and alleviate headaches.
<li>Water naturally moisturizes skin and ensures proper cellular
formation underneath layers of skin to give it a healthy, glowing
appearance.</li>
Water aids in the digestion process and prevents constipation.
Water is the primary mode of transportation for all nutrients in the body and is essential for proper circulation.
10 Reasons to Use a Water Filter
In order to capitalize on the health benefits of water, it is essential to draw from a clean source of water.
Drinking impure, contaminated water is the leading cause of epidemic disease in developing countries.
There are more than 2100 known drinking water contaminants that may be present in tap water, including several known poisons.
Bottled water does not offer a viable alternative to tap water.
Municipal water treatment facilities cannot always control for the outbreak of dangerous bacterial contaminants in tap water.
The only way to ensure pure, contaminant-free drinking water is through the use of a point-of-use filtration system.
Several types of cancer can be attributed to the presence of toxic materials in drinking water.
Clean, healthy drinking water is essential to a child’s proper mental and physical development.
<li>According to the EPA, lead in drinking water contributes to
480,000 cases of learning disorders in children each year in the United
States alone.</li>
It is especially important for pregnant women to drink pure water as lead in drinking water can cause severe birth defects.
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