Hydration – it’s not just for 🌱
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More than 50% of our body is made of 💧! We absolutely need #water to make sure our bodies can do the important things like regulate our body temperature🥵🥶, transport nutrients, & excrete waste (yup, pee).
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How much fluid do you need per day? ¹
🚹19+ yrs: about 1️⃣6️⃣ cups a day
🚺 19+ yrs: about 1️⃣2️⃣ cups a day
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H2O is one way to get your daily dose of #fluid but DYK that we eat about 20% of our fluids? 🍉 🍜 Fluid can come from foods, drinking water, and other beverages (like juices, #milk, ☕️, #tea, sports drinks and 🥤).
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¹ Institute of Medicine. Dietary Reference Intakes for Water, Potassium, Sodium, Chloride, and Sulfate. Institute of Medicine Panel on Dietary Reference Intakes for Electrolytes and Water, Standing Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes Washington, D.C. National Academies Press 2005.
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