Water covers around 70% of the surface of the world and also makes up around 70% of your total body-weight – water is vital to our very being, our very existence.
If someone tells you that drinking water can cure dread-disease they are not telling the truth, but it is true that merely drinking sufficient water on a daily basis can help resolve many niggly day-to-day health problems and can also prevent various fatal diseases and health conditions.
Drinking water regularly throughout the day can increase your metabolic rate by approximately 30% within ten minutes of drinking it, and a maximum boost will be reached within 30-40 minutes according to studies, including one published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.
Another study, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, states that drinking five or more glasses of water every day can reduce the risk of fatal heart attack by around 46%. This is because drinking water ensures that your blood viscosity remains stable, which makes it easier for the heart to pump it throughout your body. Drinking too little water will result in dehydration which means that your blood will thicken, causing your heart to have to work that much harder to do its job.
Various studies have also shown that while drinking water may not actually cure cancer in and of itself, drinking water regularly and staying hydrated will reduce the risk of bladder cancer by 50%, colon cancer by around 45%, and may also reduce the risk of breast cancer.
The human brain is about 95% water, and requires a lot of oxygen to function optimally – drinking water ensures that sufficient oxygen is fed to your brain. Studies say that drinking sufficient water on a daily basis will increase cognitive performance by as much as 30%.
Dehydration is also the common cause of daytime fatigue, so make sure that you drink water regularly throughout the day at work. If you do not have one, try to persuade your boss to invest in a water cooler for the office so that everyone has access to fresh, pure, chilled drinking water throughout the day.
