Why drink water?

• April 28, 2024

Why drink water? The vital fluid and the human being maintain an essential relationship. Water in its multiple states gives us all its properties. Drinking it, eating it (ice) and feeling it (in its vaporous state) is not only pleasurable, but healthy and beneficial for our body.

When drinking it, the nutrients of our food are transported, the body temperature is regulated, the waste is eliminated and even a good physical appearance can be achieved.

The amount of water needed depends on the age, physical activity, diet and the climate in which each person lives. In fact, the proper balance of water contributes to the skin looking strong and smooth.

However, the opposite effect comes from the liquid contaminated with bacteria, parasites and viruses. Then contact with her becomes a threat. The mistrust of drinking water places Mexico as the first consumer of bottled water in the world.

But pathogens do not settle on their own in water resources: they get through feces that end up there because of inadequate management. The World Health Organization ( WHO) estimates that the adoption of safe water policies could prevent the death of one million 400 thousand children a year, most victims of diarrhea.

The most widespread method of disinfection in our country is chlorination, effective against bacteria but insufficient to stop the activity of other pathogens.

This point must be considered in the current standard, because quality assessments in our country only consider fecal bacteria as indicators of microbiological contamination.

Viruses and parasites have a different behavior and the most worrisome is that they are more tolerant to disinfection treatments, explained Ana Cecilia Espinosa, from the Institute of Ecology of the UNAM .

The researcher has worked on the development of tests in her laboratory that indicate that "rotavirus and astrovirus can remain for long periods in the groundwater".

For this, he said, the combination of chlorine and ozone gas seems a good cleaning alternative. "Ozone is a strong oxidant that damages the genetic material of viruses. By having effects at that level, their infectious capacity is limited. "

Everything is because the relationship between water and the human being is totally pleasurable, as well as the sensation after quenching thirst on a hot day. Water contributes and is present in the following areas and functions of our body:

1. Form the tears that allow to lubricate and clean the eyes
2. It is a component of saliva
3. It represents between 50 and 70% of the weight of an adult
4. It facilitates digestion avoiding constipation
5. The nutrients, enzymes and hormones dissolve in it
6. It constitutes 90% of the brain
7. It forms 70% of the muscles and 85% of the blood
8. The kidney requires a good contribution to eliminate substances in the urine

Other benefits that you get when drinking water is to regulate your temperature and lubricate the joints that allow the movement of the bones. And you, why do you drink water? How much liquid do you drink in a day?

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