Hydration

SCI 241

Above all vitamins and minerals water is the most essential to the human body. Without water life would not exist. Water is amazing, it covers 70% of the earth, is the only substance on the earth that occurs naturally as a solid, a liquid and a gas, and is more necessary to human life to exist than any other substance. Water fills our cells, water is the main component in blood, that moves nutrients through the body, water helps with digestion, from saliva to moving waste through the bowels to elimination. Being only 2% dehydrated can cause some serious physical and mental degradation and being 15% can be lethal. ( ) Water is the foundation for every living thing, in this paper I will discuss why it is essential to health...