Fascinating facts about water

Did you know?

• Water is the only substance on earth found naturally in three forms – solid, liquid and gas.
• You can survive about a month without food, but only 5-7 days without water.
• A dairy cow has to drink 4 gallons of water to produce 1 gallon of milk.
• Cold water is absorbed into the body faster than warm water.
• Driving a car in the city typically results in the loss of as much as half a litre of water an hour which can trigger emotional changes that can lead to road rage. (Source: the National Mineral Water Information Service)
• Even at rest skin your skin can lose up to half a litre of water into the atmosphere every day, and during hot weather it will lose even more.
• Your brain tissue is 85% water. Messages from your brain to everywhere else in your body are transported on ‘waterways’.
• The air that we breathe out is saturated with water, through this alone we can each lose about one third of a litre of water every day.

Food facts

All foods contain water, which can help you to top up your daily intake – but this should be in addition to the 1.8 –2 litres of water that is your average recommended daily intake.

Here are some fascinating facts about water content in some everyday foods:

•  Baked potato - 70% water
•  Mushrooms - 90% water
•  Tofu - 85% water
•  Bagel - 35% water
• Pineapple - 80% water
• Tomato - 95% water
• Apple - more than 80% water, about 4% of an apple is made up of vitamins and minerals
• Chicken - 75% water