Showing posts with label Total Body Water. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Total Body Water. Show all posts

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Water for the Body

Water for the body
Next in importance to oxygen, the body needs water. Around 70 percent of our body weight is made up of water.

Water is used by the body in many ways. It acts as a solvent for all of the products of digestion, it is used as a building material, it prevents friction between the moving parts of the body and it is the means by which food is carried to the cells and water products are carried out. Water is also important in that it helps regulate body temperature.

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