We Are Not Drinking Enough Water

Seems simple enough ... and we've heard it a thousand times. Eight glasses a day is the recommendation we hear most commonly.

So why is this so important and why is something so straight-forward so often forgotten? And why is the magic number "eight" ... all genders, all sizes, all climates, all metabolisms?

Well, for starters us humans are mostly water. Lean muscle tissue is about 75% water, while fat is only around 14%. This accounts for the reason why men are more full of it ... water ... than ladies!

Interestingly enough, this also means that water can account for anywhere from less than half, to more than three-quarters, of our body weight, depending of course on how much lard we are carrying. Sobering thought! But definitely no justification to drink less.

Most adults are somewhere around 50 - 65 percent water ... and that fraction also varies depending on hormones, consumption habits and a whole host of inter-related factors.

And because H2O is so fundamentally important to our physiology, you'd think we'd take our hydration levels a little more seriously?

Well ... we don't (even when we think we do, we forget). Most of us are in a state of chronic dehydration. And most of us have no idea just how serious this is.

In my next post, I'll tell you what this is doing to our bodies. This is one you won't want to miss!