World Water Day: its multiple health benefits

This year's motto is "Do not leave anyone behind", Focusing on the most vulnerable groups on the planet: women, children, refugees, indigenous peoples, people with disabilities and many others, often ignored or discriminated against in order to have access to the drinking water they have Need to leave no one behind, it is precisely the fight against the water crisis and the reasons why so many people are left behind.

The 75 to 80% of our body is waterhence the importance of consuming it in sufficient quantity for the normal functioning of the organism. In all benefits that water gives us, they stand out:

• It is indispensable in the processes of digestion, l & # 39; absorption, distribution of nutrients, transportation and scrap toxic elements for the body.
• It promotes the functions of liver, the waist, the digestive system e immunological.
• Stop and promotes the elimination of calculations or "stones" in the the kidney and the incidence of Urinary tract infections
• It promotes the normal intestinal transit and improves the images of constipation.
• Helps maintain the health of the skin, hair and nails.
• Help to lubricate the joints, thus improving the resistance of ligaments and muscles.
• Regulate the body temperature
• This is essential for those who want losing weight because it has effects on the metabolism, helping to speed it up.
• Reduces the risk of colon and bladder cancer.
• Help control the blood pressure and improves blood circulation.

As can be seen, good hydration has many advantages. we must evaluate the availability of water that we have in our area. Regarding the amount of water we need to consume per day, although the needs are different for each person, we should generally consume more than 1.5 liters. Let's start every day to increase your consumption if it is difficult to comply with the recommendations, using fresh water, drinking water or low-sodium mineral water, flavored with drops of lemon, ginger or a herb like mint, to facilitate our consumption.

License Romina Krauss – Nutritionist

M.P. No. 147

World Water Day, Water, Health