BENEFITS OF DRINKING WATER

Cartilage, found in joints and the disks of the spine, contains around 80 percent water. Long-term dehydration can reduce the joints’ shock-absorbing ability, leading to joint pain.

It lubricates the joints

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Saliva helps us digest our food and keeps the mouth, nose, and eyes moist. This prevents friction and damage. Drinking water also keeps the mouth clean.

It forms saliva and mucus

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Blood is more than 90 percent water, and blood carries oxygen to different parts of the body.

It delivers oxygen throughout the body

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Water that is stored in the middle layers of the skin comes to the skin’s surface as sweat when the body heats up. As it evaporates, it cools the body. 

It regulates body temperature

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Water is needed in the processes of sweating and removal of urine and feces.

It flushes body waste

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A lack of water can cause blood to become thicker, increasing blood pressure.

It helps maintain blood pressure

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