Water for summer
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- August
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When my children were very little, we used to keep their bottles filled with water. On the rare occasions any of the babes went to bed with a bottle, it was filled with water.
These days, all three of them — who range in age from 16 to 23 — still turn to water before anything else. Especially in the summer, water is the beverage of choice.
That’s a good thing. Water is essential to health, and people generally don’t drink enough of it.
According to Freedrinkingwater.com, water makes up 95 percent of the human brain, 82 percent of blood, 90 percent of lungs and a drop of 2 percent in the body’s water supply can trigger signs of dehydration: fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, fatigue and difficulty focusing on smaller print. An estimated 75 percent of Americans have mild, chronic dehydration, the site avows.
I recall a long time ago (before children at any event), I went on a canoeing trip out West and was told that, if I started finding myself getting cranky and my vacation wasn’t fun any more, that I was probably dehydrated and needed to drink some water.
So this is a little reminder that kids — and adults — should reach for water before any other beverage, especially in summer. Enjoy!
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on Monday, August 18th, 2008 at 4:59 pm by Randi Weiner.
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