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    The Water in You

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    Water makes up a large percentage of the human body and is essential for survival. The brain and heart are composed of 73% water, while the lungs are 83% water. Adults need around 3 liters of water per day, with the amount varying depending on age, gender, and location. Water serves many vital functions in the body including acting as a building material for cells, regulating temperature, transporting nutrients and waste, cushioning organs, and forming saliva and lubricating joints. The percentage of water in the body decreases with age from 78% for babies to around 60% for adult men and 55% for adult women, with more fatty tissue associated with less water. Water is critical for life due to its ability

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    Water makes up a large percentage of the human body and is essential for survival. The brain and heart are composed of 73% water, while the lungs are 83% water. Adults need around 3 liters of water per day, with the amount varying depending on age, gender, and location. Water serves many vital functions in the body including acting as a building material for cells, regulating temperature, transporting nutrients and waste, cushioning organs, and forming saliva and lubricating joints. The percentage of water in the body decreases with age from 78% for babies to around 60% for adult men and 55% for adult women, with more fatty tissue associated with less water. Water is critical for life due to its ability

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    Water makes up a large percentage of the human body and is essential for survival. The brain and heart are composed of 73% water, while the lungs are 83% water. Adults need around 3 liters of water per day, with the amount varying depending on age, gender, and location. Water serves many vital functions in the body including acting as a building material for cells, regulating temperature, transporting nutrients and waste, cushioning organs, and forming saliva and lubricating joints. The percentage of water in the body decreases with age from 78% for babies to around 60% for adult men and 55% for adult women, with more fatty tissue associated with less water. Water is critical for life due to its ability

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    Water makes up a large percentage of the human body and is essential for survival. The brain and heart are composed of 73% water, while the lungs are 83% water. Adults need around 3 liters of water per day, with the amount varying depending on age, gender, and location. Water serves many vital functions in the body including acting as a building material for cells, regulating temperature, transporting nutrients and waste, cushioning organs, and forming saliva and lubricating joints. The percentage of water in the body decreases with age from 78% for babies to around 60% for adult men and 55% for adult women, with more fatty tissue associated with less water. Water is critical for life due to its ability

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    THE WATER IN YOU

    Think of what you need to survive, really just survive. Food? Water? Air? Facebook? Naturally,
    I'm going to concentrate on water here. Water is of major importance to all living things; in
    some organisms, up to 90% of their body weight comes from water. Up to 60% of the human
    adult body is water.
    According to H.H. Mitchell, Journal of Biological Chemistry 158, the brain and heart are
    composed of 73% water, and the lungs are about 83% water. The skin contains 64% water,
    muscles and kidneys are 79%, and even the bones are watery: 31%.
    Each day humans must consume a certain amount of water to survive. Of course, this varies
    according to age and gender, and also by where someone lives. Generally, an adult male
    needs about 3 liters per day while an adult female needs about 2.2 liters per day. Some of this
    water is gotten in food.
    Water serves a number of essential functions to keep us all going:
    A vital nutrient to the life of every cell, acts first as a building material.
    It regulates our internal body temperature by sweating and respiration
    The carbohydrates and proteins that our bodies use as food are metabolized and
    transported by water in the bloodstream;
    It assists in flushing waste mainly through urination
    acts as a shock absorber for brain, spinal cord, and fetus
    forms saliva
    lubricates joints
    According to Dr. Jeffrey Utz, Neuroscience, pediatrics, Allegheny University, different people
    have different percentages of their bodies made up of water. Babies have the most, being
    born at about 78%. By one year of age, that amount drops to about 65%. In adult men, about
    60% of their bodies are water. However, fat tissue does not have as much water as lean tissue.
    In adult women, fat makes up more of the body than men, so they have about 55% of their
    bodies made of water. Thus:
    Babies and kids have more water (as a percentage) than adults.
    Women have less water than men (as a percentage).
    People with more fatty tissue have less water than people with less fatty tissue (as a
    percentage).
    There just wouldn't be any you, me, or Fido the dog without the existence of an ample liquid
    water supply on Earth. The unique qualities and properties of water are what make it so
    important and basic to life. The cells in our bodies are full of water. The excellent ability of
    water to dissolve so many substances allows our cells to use valuable nutrients, minerals, and
    chemicals in biological processes.
    Water's "stickiness" (from surface tension) plays a part in our body's ability to transport these
    materials all through ourselves. The carbohydrates and proteins that our bodies use as food
    are metabolized and transported by water in the bloodstream. No less important is the ability
    of water to transport waste material out of our bodies.

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