water

WATER

75% of our body consist of water. Water plays many roles in our body.
a) It helps regulate the hormones and
b) helps maintain body temperature

Many of us do not favour drinking plain water. We tend to opt for carbonated, cordial and fruit juices as our daily liquid intake. Plain water has zero calories; where else a glass of syrup consists of 200 calories.If we were to drink syrup three times a day, we will consume 500- 600 extra calories a day.If we were to continue the daily consumption for a week, we will end up gaining � to 1 kg of weight! Therefore try to drink plain water as much as possible.

Children and pregnant women have problem in drinking plain water as it has no taste and causes vomiting sensation. To avoid the bland taste, cut a piece of lemon or lime and add into the plain water before drinking. This not only gives taste but also removes the vomiting sensation.

THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF WATER INTAKE
For every kilo of your weight, you should consume 30 ml of water. If your weight is 50 kg, you need to drink 1500ml of water everyday.

This calculation is only applicable to those who are healthy and do not have any health problems. If you are having heart problem or kidney failure, your daily water intake will be different as heart and kidney patients are not advised to drink lots of water.

Note: Do not drink coffee or tea after your meal as it will hinder the absorption of nutrients