The Effects of Dehydration

Sci 241 Week 5

You may take water for granted, but your body doesn't. Every cell, tissue and organ needs water to function properly. You also need water to keep your internal temperature stable and eliminate waste products produced by your body. Indeed, water is as important as oxygen for sustaining life. Look at water like this; you could survive up to six weeks without food but not more than a few days without water. We will discover the impact of dehydration on the body and the importance of keeping our bodies from becoming dehydrated.

Dehydration is defined as a depletion of body water. The absence of water in our bodies will cause symptoms more rapidly than a deficiency of any other nutrient. For example, days and weeks without some vitamins and...