Body Water As a Percentage
Clean water has many health benefits such as, healthy skin, weight loss, good digestion, brain health, better exercising, and cleansing the body of toxins. It is common knowledge that the majority of the human body is made up of around 55-70% water. According to Dr. Jeffrey UTZ., Neuroscience, Pediatrics, at Allegheny College, “different people have different percentages of their bodies made up of water. Babies have the most being born at about 78% by one year of age- the amount lowers to about 65% as they get older”.
In adult men about 60% of their bodies are water, but keep in mind that fatty tissue doesn’t have as much water as lean tissue. In adult women, fat makes up more of the body than men, so they have about 55% of their bodies made up of water. So, in reality, babies and kids have more water (as a percentage) than adults. Women have less water than men (as a percentage), and people with more fatty tissue have less water than people with less fatty tissue (as a percentage).
Water Carbohydrates and Proteins
Water serves a number of functions to keep us all going, it’s a vital nutrient to the life of every blood cell, and regulates our internal body temperature by sweating and respiration. The carbohydrates and proteins that our bodies use as food are metabolized and transported by water in the bloodstream, and assists in flushing waste mainly through urination, and colon passage. It also acts as a shock absorber for your brain, spinal cord, and lubricates the joints.
Since our bodies are made up of a very high percentage of water, it would be detrimental to your health to drink water that is contaminated. The unique qualities and properties of clean filter water are what make it so important and essential to a good healthy life. Understanding the importance of drinking clean filter water, we must also take the environment into consideration. Did you know in the U.S alone, that an estimated 250 million plastic bottles are added to the environment each year as waste? Filtering your water will support a solution to a problem, and support your health.