Amazing Water Facts
1. Even MILD dehydration can slow down your metabolism by as much as 3%.
2. Thirst does not usually develop until 1-2% of body weight is lost through dehydration.
3. Athletic performance is decreased by 2% for a 2% loss in body weight through dehydration. The weight someone loses after exercise is not fat but water loss.
4. One glass of water stopped midnight hunger pangs for 98% of dieters in a University of Washington Study.
5. Dehydration is the number one trigger of daytime fatigue.
6. Approximately 85% of your brain, 80% of your blood and 70% of your muscle is water.
7. The ageing process can be accelerated by dehydration, resulting in poor cell and organ function.
8. Roughly 70 percent of an adult’s body is made up of water.
9. At birth, water accounts for approximately 80 percent of an infant’s body weight.
10. A healthy person can drink about three gallons (48 cups) of water per day.
11. Drinking too much water too quickly can lead to water intoxication. Water intoxication occurs when water dilutes the sodium level in the bloodstream and causes an imbalance of water in the brain.
12. While the daily recommended amount of water is eight cups per day, not all of this water must be consumed in the liquid form. 13. Flushing the toilet actually takes up the largest amount of this water. Nearly every food or drink item provides some water to the body.
14. Soft drinks, coffee, and tea, while made up almost entirely of water, also contain caffeine. Caffeine can act as a mild diuretic, preventing water from travelling to necessary locations in the body.
15. Pure water (made only from hydrogen and oxygen atoms) has a neutral pH of 7, which is neither acidic nor basic.
16. Water dissolves more substances than any other liquid. Wherever it travels, water carries chemicals, minerals, and nutrients with it.
17. Somewhere between 70 and 75 percent of the earth’s surface is covered with water.
18. Much more fresh water is stored under the ground in aquifers than on the earth’s surface. The earth is a closed system, similar to a terrarium, meaning that it rarely loses or gains extra matter. The same water that existed on the earth millions of years ago is still present today.
19. The total amount of water on the earth is about 326 million cubic miles of water.
20. Of all the water on the earth, humans can used only about three tenths of a percent of this water. Such usable water is found in groundwater aquifers, rivers, and freshwater lakes.
