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Lesson 6: Nutrition 101
A Word About Water
Question:
• What is the Best Beverage
You Can Drink to support
your body and your
health?
WATER
FOOD FACT:
About 60% of your body
is water weight. Water
makes up more than 75%
of your brain, 80% of
your blood and 70% of
lean tissue.
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Wonderful Water
What Does it Do?
Involved in all life’s processes
Carries nutrients around your body
Removes waste
Involved with chemical structures
Combines with vitamins, minerals, and
amino acids, so they can do their job
• Cushions joints, eyes, the spinal cord and
the amniotic sac in pregnancy
• Regulates blood temperature and controls
blood volume
• And many, many, many other uses!
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YOU CAN LOSE UP TO ½ OF A
LITER OF WATER A DAY, SO IT IS
IMPORTANT TO REPLENISH IT
How Much Do You Need?
1. Write down your weight in
pounds.
2. Divide that number by 2. This is
the number of ounces you need a
day.
3. Then divide this number by the
usual size of your water bottle or
glass (e.g., 8 ounces in a cup).
4. This will give you the number of
glasses you need a day.
EXAMPLE: WATER CALCULATION
• If you weigh 120 pounds.
• Divide that by 2 to get 60. This is
the number of ounces you need a
day.
• If you usually drink out of a 12ounce water bottle, then divide
60 by 12.
• You will need to drink about 5
water bottle containers of water a
day.
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