The Benefits of Water by YoNaturals in California

This article was written by Louanne Cox for YoNaturals in San Diego, California.

Water is the most important component of your body.   Your muscles are 70% water, your blood is 82% water even your bones are 25% water.   Despite knowing this when we are thirsty Americans are reaching for sugar-laden soft drinks instead of simple, clean natural water.

Water is second only to oxygen for sustaining human life; did you know that you can survive for 30 days without food, but only 3 days without drinking water?   It is quite a sobering thought.   Although the experts cannot all agree on how much water we need one thing that they all agree on is that water is important.

If you want to stay healthy and boost your immune system then drinking water is important.   Water helps to regulate our body temperature and also helps flush the kidneys out.   The kidneys have the important job of flushing out waste products through urine.

Water also helps to aid our digestion so that we can absorb nutrients from our food in order to stay healthy.   Water helps with the process of carrying nutrients and oxygen to the cells in our body.

If you want to look good then water is very important.   Drinking water will help regulate our weight as well as helping our skin to stay clear.   It is essential to drink water to keep our eyes and mouths moist as well.   They say the eyes are the windows to your soul, the last thing you want people to see are red, dry eyes when they look at you.

Water also helps to cushion joints helping to keep them flexible.   Water also helps to protect tissues and organs from shock.

If you are an athlete then drinking water is really important as dehydration can lead to a decline in performance.   According to the Colgan Institute dehydrating an athlete by only 3% then their performance can drop by 10%.   This could be the difference between winning and losing.

If you are more of an academic than an athlete it is also important to drink water as it aids concentration.   If concentration is improved then studying and retaining information is also helped. That’s why YoNaturals  always offers  the best water and fruit juices in their healthy vending machines.

One thing to remember is if you are feeling thirsty then you are already dehydrated.   Drink little and often throughout the day.   If you eat plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables then you are able to get water through them so your needs will be less than if you eat a lot of highly processed foods.