Pros and cons of drinking water

When a specialist visits a specific disease, there is a strong possibility that they will often investigate one's actions on the basis of water consumption in terms of both the volume of drinking per day and regularity. They show that water use has tremendous social, economic and health benefits (Hulton, 91). However, the person is often driven by the quantity of intake due to the variation in body characteristics that the intake is never the same. For this cause, the purpose of this paper is to discuss the health benefits of drinking water and the adverse effects of taking too much water.
Water as a solvent helps preserve the equilibrium of fluids in the body. With such a balance they body can adequately perform its function such as digestion, absorption as well as circulation. With little fluid balance, the brain triggers the body’s thirst process, which unless one adheres to the request the body suffers from dehydration (Havelaar et al. 315). Water is a vital fluid that assists in controlling calories in the body. It does this when it’s substitution to drinks that have high calories. Directly the water also works in breaking, the calories present in the body hence weight loss. The kidney does an extraordinary job of cleansing the body and removing body toxins. Taking water dissolves the toxins that pass through the kidney such as urea hence reducing the possibilities of kidney failure. Nevertheless, taking too much water can also have adverse effects on the body. Drinking too much water dilutes the amount of sodium present in the blood, which the body need for proper functionality (De França Doria et al. 5457). The body, therefore, will have to circulate the body for more times to supply all the cells with the required amount of sodium. Therefore, apart from diluting the blood itself sodium also suffers the effects. From the above statement, it is important to understand the right amount of water that one needs to drink to maximize the benefits and minimize the adverse effects that comes along with too much water drinking. References De França Doria, Miguel, Nick Pidgeon, and Paul R. Hunter. "Perceptions of drinking water quality and risk and its effect on behavior: A cross-national study." The Science of the Total Environment 407.21 (2009): 5455-5464.Havelaar, Arie H., et al. "Balancing the risks and benefits of drinking water disinfection: disability adjusted life-years on the scale." Environmental health perspectives 108.4 (2000): 315.Hulton, Guy, and World Health Organization. "Global costs and benefits of drinking-water supply and sanitation interventions to reach the MDG target and universal coverage." (2012): 91.