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WATER & YOUR HEALTH Water is a vital nutrient, essential to every single chemical process that occurs in our bodies. Water makes up two-thirds of the human body, and 75% of the human brain is water. Staying adequately hydrated allows our bodies to function as best they can, yet nearly 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated without ever knowing it.
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by Julene Edwards, President, Kinetico Water Systems
Everyone understands the importance of drinking enough filtration system will remove unappetizing water additives water during extreme heat and while exercising, but hydrathat cause water to have a rotten egg or chlorine smell tion should not only be a concern for and a fishy or metallic taste. They also athletes or those battling summer assist with turbidity, which can cause weather. It’s proven that breathing unsightly, cloudy appearance in water. dry air in the winter evaporates more A small drop in hydration, as low as water than in the summer, but on any 2%, can cloud short-term memory, given day we can lose more than half cause difficulty with basic math and of our body’s water through breathing, Drinking water helps people make it hard to focus on a computer or sweating, and waste removal, and maintain a healthy weight because printed page. Lack of water is also the even more when we exercise. thirst is often mistaken for hunger number one cause of daytime fatigue. pangs. Staying hydrated will also: To receive the maximum benefits The presence of enough water speeds 1. Lower the risk of bladder from being hydrated, one must chemical processes, which helps cancer by half for those who consume the highest quality water. A people stay energized throughout the drink 6 or more glasses per day. high quality filtration system protects day. 2. Cut heart attack risk nearly in against microbiologic and inorganic half for those who drink 5 or Because water is such an important contaminants that can be harmful to more glasses per day. nutrient and accounts for such a large one’s health. Some contaminants 3. Reduce a woman’s risk for portion of the human body’s vital actually work against the benefits of breast cancer by up to 79%. functions, drinking the highest quality being hydrated. 4. Decrease one’s chance for of water is one of the easiest ways to colon cancer for those who Staying hydrated is easy when water help stay healthy. Be sure to do some drink 4 or more glasses per day. tastes great. A high quality system research before investing in a system ensures that the water treatment and for your family. n
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