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Importance Of Drinking Water!

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Dt. Ankita ChowdhuryDietitian/Nutritionist • 16 Years Exp.BSc-Food & Applied Nutrition, Msc in Clinical Dietetics & Food Service Management
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Water intake is an important part of having a healthy lifestyle. But not many of us give importance to it as we do to our diet. But do we know that water makes up for around 60-70% of the body weight? However, the amount of water contained in different body cells varies. Muscle cells comprise of 70-75% water whereas fat cells contain 10-15%water. It plays an important role in transportation of nutrients and oxygen to all cells, helps heart pump blood efficiently, controls blood viscosity, circulation and thereby the blood pressure, protects organs and tissues and helps in saliva production. Apart from these listed below are some more important health benefits of water.

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