My New Best Friend

Yes, my new best friend is this water container and the water that goes in it!! It goes everywhere I go. It starts out cold and full in the morning and is warm and empty by the end of the day.
Why you may ask, is this my new best friend? Well, when the doctor diagnosed me with kidney stones, he suggested that I drink 8- 8oz. glasses of water(or more) a day in the prevention of getting more stones. So, I am trying really hard to be diligent about it!! I actually have felt better and really do have more energy. It was wierd though because the first week of drinking so much water, my face broke out with acne like I was a teen-ager. I think a lot of toxins were leaving my body through my face.

I found some interesting facts about water:

* A human is about 67% water.

* A chicken is about 75% water.

* A pineapple is about 80% water.

* The human brain is about 85% water.

* Human blood is about 79% water.

* Human teeth contain about 10% water.

* Every cell needs water.

* Adults need 8 to 12 glasses of drinking water daily.

* In the U.S., 75% of us are chronically dehydrated.

* A 2 percent drop in body water can cause fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and trouble focusing on your computer screen or a printed page.

* Losing 4 to 5 percent of your body’s water makes your work performance drop by 20 to 30 percent.

* Lack of water is the #1 cause of daytime tiredness.

* Dehydration can occur in any season.

* Older bodies have proportionately less water than younger bodies.

* Children lose proportionately more water sweating than do adults.

* Athletes can lose 4 or 5 quarts of water in one practice session.

* Drinking water is non-fattening.

* Small sips of water over your day are better than drinking down a whole glass or two at one time.

* Too much water in too short a time can cause illness or death.

* Water absorbs shock to vital organs in the human body.

* Water protects human eyes.

* Travel increases your need for drinking water

.* Exercise increases your need for drinking water.

* Your food can provide about 3 cups of water daily.

* Over an average lifespan, a human takes in more than 16,000 gallons of water.

* If you are dieting, you can stop midnight hunger pangs with one glass of water instead of food.

Hope you enjoyed meeting my new best friend. Hope water is a friend to you, too :)!! Guess I better go have a swig...

Be Nice to People,

Julie