Facts about Water as a Nutrient (Page 2 of 3)

1. Fresh tap water does not need to be filtered or treated in any way.
2. Water is one of the six basic nutrients. It is widely seen as the most important because the body requires it constantly and all the important chemical reactions – such as the production of energy – take place in water.
3. A hospital patient could drink two litres of tap water a day for nearly five months, and cost the NHS just the price of a first class stamp.
4. 10 litres of tap water costs around one penny – that can be as much as 1,000 times cheaper than soft drinks, caffeinated drinks and bottled water.
5. Simply breathing in and out uses more than a pint of water a day. Without water, you would only expect to live for around one week.
6. Tap water quality in the UK is among the highest in the world.
7. Drinking water helps keep the body flushed of waste products.
8. Strange as it sounds, drinking more water actually helps to reduce water retention.
9. We each use around 150 litres of water a day, but national surveys show us that we currently drink as little as one litre – that’s around half the amount we need.
10. We lose lots of water when we suffer from diarrhoea, sickness or infections that cause a fever. It is vital to drink more water at these times.

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