The answer is simple: drink water!

Water is neccessary for your body to digest and absorb vitamins and nutrients. It also detoxifies the liver and kidneys, and carries away waste from the body. And when it comes to digestion... It's just not happening without water. Fiber alone cannot aid proper digestive function by itself. In fact, without water as its partner, good fiber goes bad, causing constipation and extreme discomfort.

Did You Know That?

• You can live 40 days without food, but only 3 days without water.
• You can loose 50% of your gluclose, body fat or protein and survive, but if loose 20% water, you'll die of hydration.
• The reason average person needs to drink six to eight cups of water daily is your body loses water two cups for the lungs, two for sweating, and six for the intestine and kidneys, so you will come up with a total loss of ten cups... not counting any excess lost through perspiration during exercise. Therefore, normally you've got approximately four cups provided by food and metabolism, are just to keepyour body's functioning well.
• "Drinks containig concentrated nutrients, such a milk, sugar-sweetened soft drinks, and salty tomato-based juices, count more as food than drink since they themselves increase your body's water needs."
• A reduction of 4-5% in body water will result in a declime of 20-30% in work performance.

Tips for Drinking Water

We know how hard it can be to remember to drink enough water every day, but you should also know how hard it can be to bounce back from the effects of being even mildly dehtdrated. So we'd like to share a few easy tips to help you reach your "water mark" every day:

1. You are naturally thristy i.e. "dehydrated" in the morning... help your body flush out the toxins it has been processing all night and take advantage of this thrist to get a "leg up" on your daily water requirements by drinking a glass of water requirements by drinking a glass of water first thing.
2. If you are cold drink warm water instread dehydrating coofee&tea.
3. Don't wait until you're thristy to have a drink you are already dehydrated if you feel thristy.
4. Set a timer to remind yourself to establish habit of drinking water and keep a botte of water with you at all times.
5. Compensate for diuretics... thieves that steal water from your body. If you drink coffee, tea, or sodas with caffeine, you 'll need to drink a few extra glasses of water to make up for the water that these diuretic beverages "leech" from your system.
6. Read this article once again until you realize how important is water for your life, and hurry calculate how many glasses more you need today, then just finish it up!

Water is pure liquid refreshment and accounts for a large percentage of what make each of us "human."

• Almost 2/3 rds of our body weight is "water weight"
• Blood is 83% water Muscles are 75% water
• The brain is 74% water
• Bone is 22% water