Wellness Wednesday tip from the Heskett Center
Studies show that the majority of healthy people meet their daily needs of water intake. In order to determine how much water you should be drinking daily you must take your weight, and divide it by two. If you weigh 200 pounds than you should be drinking 100 ounces of water on average per day. The rule is the more you weigh, the more water you should be drinking.
Also, it is important to drink more water if you are exercising. When you exercise, you perspire twice as much water as you drink; therefore it is very important to keep hydrated.
Water should also be taken warm. Warm water is known to absorb more quickly into the system than cold water. Another way of knowing if you are drinking the right amount of water is to check the color of your urine. The lighter the color the better.
Cousins, Jaclyn. "The Importance of Water Consumption." Fitness.com. http://www.fitness.com/articles/118/the_importance_of_water_consumption.php