Drinking enough water every day is essential for your health and well being. Sadly and tragically most Australians do not drink nearly enough water to properly hydrate the body in order for it to perform all it’s functions correctly.

Evaporation of water as sweat is essential for cooling the body. However, failure to adequately replace water losses results in dehydration. Often with very detrimental health effects.

The simple sign of dehydration in feeling thirsty. But by that time damage has already been done. So it essential that we all get into the habit of drinking enough water each and every day. And the purer the water the more beneficial.

So how much water is enough? In general terms the body needs a minimum of one litre of water for every 25kg of weight - every day. Around 20% of water a day is provided by though the food we eat. The rest by what we drink.

So if you are not drinking at least 2 litres of water a day (eight glasses) your body will in all probability be suffering from dehydration.

Remember to drink water regularly throughout the day as the rate of replacement should not exceed the maximum absorption rate of around 800ml per hour.