Water for Healthy

Why do we really need to drink 1.5 L/8 glasses (*) a day ?

Water is essential and vital to human life and involved in practically all functions of the human body. Water inputs should match water outputs. Plain water should be THE choice for daily hydration as part of a healthy lifestyle.

Glass of 200ml for a healthy sedentary adult living in a temperate climate.

Foods and beverages both contribute to total water intake. Nevertheless, the water that we get from food is not sufficient to maintain the water balance (Jequier, 2010). The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) states that intake of water is predominantly through consumption of drinking water and beverages (80%) plus water contained in food (20%) - EFSA, 2010.

On average, a healthy sedentary adult living in a temperate climate needs to drink 1.5L a day (Jequier, 2010)^(**).

Recommendations such as drink 8 glasses^(*)/times of water a day, aim at providing easy guidance for consumers to follow in order to reach the daily recommended intake of water.

Juices or sugar-sweetened beverages can be drunk occasionally but not all day long for daily hydration purposes as they add calories, which may impact health when over consumed. As water has zero sugar and no calories, water should be THE choice for healthier hydration.

From : http://www.nestle-waters.com