How Many Gallons Are You?

1. Weigh yourself.  ____________  pounds.
2. Multiply your weight by 2. ______________
3. Divide your answer by 3. _____________
4. Divide your answer by 8. ______________
   1. This is the number of gallons of water in your body!
   2. Multiply that answer by 4 to get the number of quarts of water in your body.________

How Does Your Body Use Water?

We lose about 3 liters or 2 and 1⁄2 quarts of water a day through perspiration. During exercise, a body can lose 2-3 liters of water in an hour!

80% of heat loss is achieved through perspiration; without this, the body would overheat.
Water is in tears.

Water is in saliva that mixes with food you chew. (Imagine eating a cracker without it!)
Every cell in our body contains water.

Water helps deliver oxygen to our muscles.

Water is in inhaled and exhaled air.

Muscle is about 70% water.

Nasal mucus is 95% water, and necessary to protect against pollen, viruses, and bacteria.

Water acts as a solvent in our bodies- carrying nutrients to cells, and wastes away.

Water is a major player in the lymphatic system, the circulatory system, the digestive system, the excretory system, and the regulatory system.