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| Why Drinking Water Is the Way to Go |
kidshealth > kids > staying healthy > fabulous food > why drinking water is the way to go what do you, the trees, and a hamster have in common? give up? you all need water. all livingremaining pounds are water. so let's see what water does for our bodies . . . jump in and get wet! you're so waterfuljust like peanuts are the main ingredient in peanut butter, water is the maintem, which is sort of like a second circulatory system. water is also the basis of the juices in your digestive system, so you can digest food properly. and it's the main ingredient in urine (pee),ally put a little oil on the rubbing parts so they move more easily. but in the case of your body, it isn't anything in a hardware store that does the job: it's water! water is in charge when it comesve a cold and your nose is running everywhere, you might wish you never even heard of mucus. but the truth is, you need it to keep things lubricated and running right in your body. the same goes forve a tube stuffed with pieces of bread and you're trying to use your fingers to push the bread through to the other end of the tube. now imagine that same tube, with those same pieces of bread - only the tube in your body that's your large intestine. that's why water can help prevent constipation, by adding more liquid and keeping things moving on through. printer-friendly versionemail this
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