{"id":4081,"date":"2014-11-20T15:09:50","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T10:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/?p=4081"},"modified":"2014-11-20T15:09:50","modified_gmt":"2014-11-20T10:09:50","slug":"the-water-in-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/?p=4081","title":{"rendered":"The water in you"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Think of what you need to survive, really just survive. Food? Water? Air? Facebook? Naturally, I&#8217;m going to concentrate on water here. Water is of major importance to all living things; in some organisms, up to 90% of their body weight comes from water. Up to 60% of the human adult body is water.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/property-you.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4082 size-full colorbox-4081\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/property-you.png\" alt=\"property-you\" width=\"383\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/property-you.png 383w, http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/property-you-280x300.png 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><\/a>According to H.H. Mitchell, Journal of Biological Chemistry 158, the brain and heart are composed of 73% water, and the lungs are about 83% water. The skin contains 64% water, muscles and kidneys are 79%, and even the bones are watery: 31%.<\/p>\n<p>Each day humans must consume a certain amount of water to survive. Of course, this varies according to age and gender, and also by where someone lives. Generally, an adult male needs about 3 liters per day while an adult female needs about 2.2 liters per day. Some of this water is gotten in food.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Water serves a number of essential functions to keep us all going:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It regulates our internal body temperature by sweating and respiration<\/li>\n<li>The carbohydrates and proteins that our bodies use as food are metabolized and transported by water in the bloodstream;<\/li>\n<li>It assists in flushing waste mainly through urination<\/li>\n<li>acts as a shock absorber for brain, spinal cord, and fetus<\/li>\n<li>forms saliva<\/li>\n<li>lubricates joints<\/li>\n<li>A vital nutrient to the life of every cell, acts first as a building material.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to Dr. Jeffrey Utz, Neuroscience, pediatrics, Allegheny University, 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, that amount drops to about 65%. In adult men, about 60% of their bodies are water. However, fat tissue does not 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 of water. Thus:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Babies and kids have more water (as a percentage) than adults.<\/li>\n<li>Women have less water than men (as a percentage).<\/li>\n<li>People with more fatty tissue have less water than people with less fatty tissue (as a percentage).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There just wouldn&#8217;t be any you, me, or Fido the dog without the existence of an ample liquid water supply on Earth. The unique qualities andproperties of water\u00a0are what make it so important and basic to life. The cells in our bodies are full of water. The excellent ability of water to dissolve so many substances allows our cells to use valuable nutrients, minerals, and chemicals in biological processes.<\/p>\n<p>Water&#8217;s &#8220;stickiness&#8221; (from\u00a0surface tension) plays a part in our body&#8217;s ability to transport these materials all through ourselves. The carbohydrates and proteins that our bodies use as food are metabolized and transported by water in the bloodstream. No less important is the ability of water to transport waste material out of our bodies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/water.usgs.gov\/edu\/propertyyou.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/water.usgs.gov\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Dear User\/Visitor! 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