How Much Water Do We Really Need to Drink?
Does the saying that you need eight glasses of water a day actually hold water? Trace looks at how much H2O you really need to drink to keep your body in prime shape. Read More: Born Wet,...
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In elementary school, most of us learn the human body is 75% water and we are supposed to drink eight glasses of water every single day. But that H2O knowledge, that's evaporated. Hey, hydraters. Trace here for D News. Babies are wet. Yeah, they are soaked in water. A recent NPR blog post talked about how hydrated babies are. They are 75% water when they're new. Just for comparison, potatoes are about 80% water and bananas, they're 74% water. As we grow older, we dry out. Adult men are only 60% water while women are 55% water. The reason being men tend to have higher amounts of muscle and women more fat, which means muscle stores more water and fat cells are bit drier on average. But the fluid is actually stored all over our body. Some...
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In elementary school, most of us learn the human body is 75% water and we are supposed to drink eight glasses of water every single day. But that H2O knowledge, that's evaporated. Hey, hydraters. Trace here for D News. Babies are wet. Yeah, they are soaked in water. A recent NPR blog post talked about how hydrated babies are. They are 75% water when they're new. Just for comparison, potatoes are about 80% water and bananas, they're 74% water. As we grow older, we dry out. Adult men are only 60% water while women are 55% water. The reason being men tend to have higher amounts of muscle and women more fat, which means muscle stores more water and fat cells are bit drier on average. But the fluid is actually stored all over our body. Some...
