Drinking

water, Good for

health

Sergio Alejandro Idárraga Ortiz

Andrea Milena Jaimes Portilla

Drinking water, Good for health

Why is water so important?

Your body is approximately

70 percent water, your brain

tissue approximately 75

percent water, and your

blood is 83 percent water.

Drinking water, Good for health

How much water should you

drink?

You should drink the equivalent

amount of water in ounces to 40%

of your weight in pounds.

For example, a person weighing

200 pounds should drink 80

ounces of water (8 glasses of 10

ounces per day)

Drinking water, Good for health

Drinking water, Good for health

Benefits of drinking enough water

• Helps lower elevated cholesterol

• Weight maintenance aiding with

fat loss

• Eliminates waste and flushes out

toxins

• Central nervous system and brain

function

Benefits of drinking enough

water

• Regulates body temperature

• Transport nutrients

• Lowers cortisol

• Boosts metabolism

• Lubricates your

spine, bones, joints and

muscles

• Stimulates digestion

Drinking water, Good for health

Drinking water, Good for health

How should you intake

water?

To get the intended effects of

water intake, you should not

drink it all at once. It's better

done throughout the day and

not during meals.

How should you intake

water?

Also, you must take into

account that with increasing

water intake you should

reduce salt

consumption, because

otherwise it will retain the

total fluid intake.

Drinking water, Good for health

How should you intake

water?

You must remember that

fruits, vegetables, soups, sala

ds and other foods contain a

lot of water, which is part of

the fluids you ingest daily.

Drinking water, Good for health