As summer rolls around again, good old water spouts from the sky and from our lawn sprinklers. It fills our swimming pools, ice tea pitchers, and our Super Sippers. Drinking plenty of water is important all year, but especially during the summer. Muscle tissue is 70 to 75 percent water. Fat is 10 to 15 percent water.
Body fluids help to lubricate the joints and cushion organs.
Blood transports nutrients and oxygen to muscles. Blood carries carbon dioxide, lactic acid, and other waste products away. Water helps excrete waste products from your body. Water transports heat from the muscles to the skin. Sweat cools the body.