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Corpuz Andrae; Oviedo, Kayzee; Tawaken, Lopina;
Kiwang, Peter; Cac, Frances Isabel; Mata, Gerlyn
Ann; Ahmed Hani
WHY IS WATER AN ESSENTIAL
NUTRIENT?
• Water is classified as an essential nutrient since its
use exceeds the body's ability to generate it.
Water is the medium for all biological processes.
 FUNCTION
Water is required for the majority of bodily functions, including:
• Maintain the health and integrity of all of the body's
cells.
• Keep the circulation sufficiently liquid to allow it to
pass via blood vessels.
• Assist in the elimination of metabolic by-products,
excess electrolytes (for example, salt and potassium),
and urea, a waste product produced during the
digestion of ingested protein.
 FUNCTION
• Sweating helps to regulate bodytemperature.
• Mucous membranes, such as those in the lungs and mouth, should be
moistened.
• Joints should be lubricated and cushioned.
• Keep the bladder free of germs to reduce the chance of cystitis.
• To aid digestion and avoid constipation, use the following supplements.
• Moisturize your skin to keep its texture and look.
• Transport nutrients and oxygen tocells
• In pregnancy, it acts as a shock absorber inside the eyes, spinal cord,
and the amniotic sac enclosing the baby.
• Body water is divided into two basic compartments:
intracellular and extracellular. Intracellular fluid (ICF) is water
within the cells and accounts fore about 65%of total body
fluid. Extracellular fluid (ECF) is water outside the cells and
accounts for about 35% of total body fluid. Extracellular fluid
is found in the intravascular fluid (water in the bloodstream),
interstitial fluid, and glandular secretions.
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Sources of Water inNature:
• The main sources of water for drinking, washing,
agriculture and industry are surface water, groundwater
and collected rainwater. These come from the rain and
snow falling on the Earth’s surface.
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Sources of Water in ourdiet :

• Drinking liquids isn't the only way to stay hydrated.

• 20% of our water intake comes from food each day.
• Taking in water through food allows us to absorb it more
slowly
and get nutrients along the way.
• Cucumbers, carrots, zucchini, lettuce, spinach, celery,
cauliflower, soup, tomatoes, watermelon, strawberries,
yogurt, oatmeal are some of the foods in our diet that
contains great amount of water.
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Sources of Waterin our diet:
• Life cannot be sustained without water. That said, daily
water needs do not always need to be met through the
consumption of plain water. Many foods and beverages
possess hydrating properties that work to our benefit if
integrated into the daily diet. In fact, it is possible to
consume anywhere from 16 to 21 ounces of water if a
diet is balanced and containshydrating foods.
 RECOMMENDED INTAKE
How much water do we need to drink every day?
• The Adequate Intake (AI) for total water, which includes
water from liquids and solids, is based on the median
total water intake from U.S food consumption survey
data:
For men age 19 to older than 70 years, the AI is 3.7
L/day, which includes 3 L (13 cups) asfluids
For women of the same age, the AI is 2.7 L,
which includes approximately 2.2 L (9 cups)
from fluids.
 RECOMMENDED INTAKE
Like adults, how much water children need depends
on many things, like their age, how much they
weigh, and their gender. Other things that play a
role include
how healthy and active they are, and what the
climate is
like where they live.
• Most healthy people can stay hydrated by drinking water
and other fluids whenever they feel thirsty. For some
people, fewer than eight glasses a day might be enough.
But other people might need more.
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• We might need to modify our total fluid intake based
on several factors:
• Exercise
• Environment
• Overall health
• Pregnancy and breastfeeding
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Inadequate Fluid Intake
• Inadequate intake of water can lead to dehydration,
characterized by impaired mental function, impaired
motor control, increased body temperature during
exercises, increased resting heart rate when standing or
lying down, and an increased risk of life-threatening heat
stroke.
 ENERGY PROVIDED
• Even though it contains no calorie content, water is the
medium for most chemical reactions in the body, especially
those metabolic reactions involved in energy production.
The body uses water as a coolant, helping to regulate
body temperature during exercise, fever and in hot
environments.
 ENERGY PROVIDED
How does water provide us with energy?
• Dehydration leads to fatigue, by staying hydrated you
stay energized
• Dehydration leads to fatigue because it impacts the flow
of oxygen to the brain and causes your heart to work
harder to pump oxygen to all your bodily organs, making
you more tired and lessalert.
 ENERGY PROVIDED
• Our body loses water through breathing, sweating, and
digestion, it's important to rehydrate by drinking fluids and
eating foods that contain water. Our body uses water in all
its cells, organs, and tissues to help regulate temperature
and maintain other bodily functions.
 TOXICITY
• An excessive water intake may cause hyponatremia, but it is rare in healthy
people who consume a typical diet. If you drink more water than your
kidneys can flush out, it’ll dilute the sodium in your bloodstream, causing
cells to swell.
• People most at risk include:
*infants;
*psychiatric patients with excessive thirst;
*women who have undergone surgery using a uterine distention medium;
*athletes in endurance events who drink too much water, fail to replace
lost
sodium, or both.
 TOXICITY
• Symptoms of hyponatremia include
A. lung congestion
B. muscle weakness
C. lethargy
D. confusion.
• Hyponatremia can progress to convulsions and prolonged coma. Death
can result.
 ACID-BASE BALANCE
• Maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance, the body must
also maintain acid-base balance. This is the regulation of
hydrogen ions in body fluids.
• The kidneys play the primary role in maintaining the acid-
base balance by selecting which ions to retain and which
to excrete. For the most part, what a person eats affects
the acidity not of the body but of the urine.
 ACIDOSIS AND ALKALOSIS
• Renal failure, uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, starvation, or severe
diarrhea
• Loss of hydrochloric acid from severe vomiting or has ingested too
much alkali, such as too many antacid tablets
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