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WATER: Water is the important constituent of our diet.Its
importance is obvious from the fact that 75% of an infant's body weight and 60%
of an adult body weight isnothing but water.From this amount of water a loss of
15%-20% may prove to be fatal.Water is present in our body in 2 forms-
1. Intra-Cellular Fluids
2. Extracellular Fluids
Water is the major structural
constituent of our body.All the tissues of our body,including teeth and
bones,contain water.Water acts as a medium for a number of physiochemical
changes going on in the body.The waste products from our body are excreted from
our body in the form of urine and perspiration.Water is also the carrier for
products of digestion helping in transporting then to various cells of the
body.Water also helps in maintaining the body temperature by distributing the
heat in the body.It is a important lubricant for various organs.
Our body suffers loss of water due
to various activities so to make up for that loss we have to include water in
our diet.Fats,carbohydrates,proteins all contain water in some form or the
other.Besides this,the various chemical reactions that are going on in our body
also release some water which can be used.About 1.5 litres of water is needed
per day to cover the losses from the body and to meet its requirements.
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