Water Is Vital to your health
Did you know you can live up to fifty days without food but you
can only live a few days without water? Water is a major component in both food
and the human body and your body is composed of 50 percent to 60 percent of
water. Water is distributed through your body to your soft tissues, blood, and
other body fluids. Water is used in the digestion and absorption of food and is
the medium of which most of the chemical reactions takes place within the body.
Some water- based fluids like, blood transport substance around the body where
other fluids can serve as cushions or lubricants. Water can help regulate your
blood temperature.
You can also find water in almost all your
foods particularly in your fruits, vegetables, and liquids. Some foods you
consume are 80 to 90 percent of your daily water intake and the remainder
through your metabolism. And did you know we lose water each day threw urine,
feces and sweat and through evaporation from are lungs. Most people will be
able to have a health water balance by consuming beverages at every meal and
drinking water in response to thirst set levels of water intake to maintain
hydration.
Under the guidelines men need to consume
about 3.7 total liters of water and woman need to consume 2.7 liters a day and
if you live in a hotter climate are exercise vigorously you will need to
consume additional fluids to maintain a balance between water gain and water
lost.
Here is a link were you find
activities and work sheets http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids.aspx?p=335&np=284&id=1494
Here is list of lesson plans and work
sheets from PBS http://www-tc.pbs.org/teachers/includes/content/lunchlab/hydration.pdf
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