How Does Your Body Use Water?
We lose about 3 liters or 2 and 1⁄2 quarts of water a day through perspiration. During exercise, a body can lose 2-3 liters of water in an hour!
80% of heat loss is achieved through perspiration; without this, the body would overheat.
Water is in tears.
Water is in saliva that mixes with food you chew. (Imagine eating a cracker without it!)
Every cell in our body contains water.
Water helps deliver oxygen to our muscles.
Water is in inhaled and exhaled air.
Muscle is about 70% water.
Nasal mucus is 95% water, and necessary to protect against pollen, viruses, and bacteria.
Water acts as a solvent in our bodies- carrying nutrients to cells, and wastes away.
Water is a major player in the lymphatic system, the circulatory system, the digestive system, the excretory system, and the regulatory system.