With two thirds of the earth's surface covered by water and the human body consisting of 75 percent of it, it is evidently clear that water is one of the prime elements responsible for life on earth. Water circulates through the land just as it does through the human body, transporting, dissolving, replenishing nutrients and organic matter, while carrying away waste material. Further in the body, it regulates the activities of fluids, tissues, cells, lymph, blood and glandular secretions.
An average adult body contains 42 litres of water and with just a small loss of 2.7 litres he or she can suffer from dehydration, displaying symptoms of irritability, fatigue, nervousness, dizziness, weakness, headaches and consequently reach a state of pathology. This means that in addition to the daily maintenance of our bodies, water also plays a key role in the prevention of disease.
Since water is such an important component to our physiology, it would make sense that the quality of the water should be just as important as the quantity. Drinking water in my opinion should always be clean and free of contaminants to ensure proper health and wellness. This is not to say that we can not survive without drinking any pure water at all. The evidence is out there, there are many people that drink solely tea and coffee and will tell you that they don't see what all the fuss is all about. However if we look closer at their state of health, what are their bowel movements like? What is their immune system like? We might see evidence that it could be better.
Since water is such an important component to our physiology, it would make sense that the quality of the water should be just as important as the quantity. Drinking water in my opinion should always be clean and free of contaminants to ensure proper health and wellness. This is not to say that we can not survive without drinking any pure water at all. The evidence is out there, there are many people that drink solely tea and coffee and will tell you that they don't see what all the fuss is all about. However if we look closer at their state of health, what are their bowel movements like? What is their immune system like? We might see evidence that it could be better.
I believe it is time we took responsibility for our own health and acknowledged that what we do to our bodies has a direct impact on our health, instead of hiding behind the belief that illness is somehow something that just happens and we are the unfortunate victims.