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Facts about Water

Water is the ultimate nutrient for our body's.  Do you know roughly 3/4's of your body weight is water.


Water's functions include
  • help digest food through salvia and stomach secretions
  • lubricate joints and cushion organs
  • tranport nutrients, hormones and oxygen through the blood to our working muscles
  • remove waste products such as lactic acid and carbon dioxide
  • through urine, water carries waste products out to the body
  • through sweat, helps to regulate body temperature during exercise