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Short Summary: The Water Of Life

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The Water of Life''

Approximately 70% of the human body consists of water. Chemically water is known as H20. But water is not simply H20. Natural water provides significant quantities of minerals:-

A typical spring water for instance contains significant amounts of calcium, which is necessary for healthy bones and teeth. The recommended daily intake of water for health is at least one litre per day.

Some health conscious people actually do drink up to one litre of pure water each day. But many people consume water in other ways such as in coffee and tea as well as carbonated minerals such as Coca-Cola and in alcoholic drinks.

Adverse effects of tea and coffee produce "passing of excessive amounts of urine'.

Liquids, which also produce …show more content…

Tea in particular can be a good source of certain minerals especially manganese and fluoride'.

Diuretics however can have adverse effects. 'Poor nutrition and a diuretic effect which results in more zinc being lost in the urine may both contribute to zinc deficiency in alcoholism.

Alcoholics with zinc deficiency can develop a zinc responsive skin rash. Anyone who drinks a lot should be suspected of being zinc deficient. There is a definite relationship between alcohol consumption during pregnancy and foetal abnormalities. There is now considerable evidence for a link between zinc deficiency and alcohol intake in the mothers of these children. It seems likely that zinc deficiency is resulting in the series of congenital abnormalities that are now so well described in the foetal alcohol syndrome'.

Plasma, the clear liquid that 'carries the red blood cells' is 90 percent water. Approximately 55 percent of blood is plasma and the average adult has about five litres of blood inside their body. Some people are under the illusion that all bottled water is spring water. However not all bottled water is spring water. The carbon molecules in naturally carbonated water actually deplete our

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