| Yes, you don't need to drink 8 glasses of water | | | | get water from different sources and all of them |
| every day. That is based from the results of a | | | | add up to the water content in our bodies. |
| study of doctors done within a period of 2 years. | | | | Although there is no harm in drinking lots and lots |
| Almost every one believes that the more intake | | | | of water, we don't really need to always bring |
| of water, the better. Although water is very | | | | bottled water every where we go. Water |
| important to our health and the proper functioning | | | | refreshes us and moisturizes our skin. Water |
| of our body, we don't really need 8 glasses of | | | | gives us energy because 75% of our body is |
| water every day. We only need up to 1.2 liters or | | | | made of water. But we don't need to be too |
| around 5 glasses of water. | | | | strict with the 8 glasses of water per day rule. |
| Why is this so? The first reason is because we | | | | Drinking water is very important for us. We can |
| get water from the food that we eat. Vegetables | | | | live for more than a week without food but we |
| and fruits contain large quantities of water. An | | | | cannot survive for more than 3 days without |
| apple for example is made of 10g of water. We | | | | water. We need to constantly hydrate ourselves |
| also get water from soups and sauces of food | | | | but we don't really need to stick to the 8 glasses |
| that we eat. When we drink coffee or carbonated | | | | rule. It's a myth. |
| drinks, there is also water content in those. We | | | | |