's motd Wed June 20, 2012 - Water

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WATER WORLD

Wednesday, 20 June 2012

Welcome to the first day of summer,

everybody! (Although, it seems like summer has

already been here a while for many of us, doesn't

it?) Well, since summer signals the beginning of the hottest

months of

the year, I thought today would be a good day to talk

about one thing in nature that really cools us off. WATER!

We live in a water

world!

You come in contact with it everyday. In fact, you

wouldn't live very long if you had no water at all to

drink. On top of that, we live in a water world!

Did you know that 70% of the earth's surface is

covered in water? But here's what I really found

interesting, over 60% of the human body is also composed of

water. Hey, I'd say that makes us closer to Mother

Earth than we even realized.

Now get this. Of all the water on planet earth, only

3% of it is fresh water. The rest is contained in the

world's oceans. That means only a very small portion

of the world's water is drinkable. In some parts of

the world, there are actually shortages of water fit to

drink. Meanwhile,

many of us here in America take good old H20 for

granted. And the really bad news is we don't

drink enough of

it.

Water is so

precious and so important for your body, you should

never take it for granted.

Oh, no. Instead, we're too busy drinking those giant

soft drinks the Mayor of New York City is trying to

ban. Or we've got a bottle of some "energy drink" in

our hands. Put

'em down! Look,

water is so precious and so important for your body,

you should never take it for

granted.

Water performs so many life-caring duties in our

bodies. It helps regulate everything from our body's

blood pressure, to its metabolism, kidney function

and water even helps wash harmful toxins from our

bodies. My goodness! Water does all that and we're

not drinking enough of it? Come on!

Planet Earth, as we know it today, wouldn't exist

without water. In fact, life

itself wouldn't

be possible without water. So during these hot summer

months and, for that matter, even during the cold winter months,

make sure your body is getting enough water, at least 8,

eight-ounce glasses a day.

Now, let's all raise our glasses in a toast to that

giver of life...water!

Love,