If you are contemplating a diet — if you are considering a health eating plan for your life — you need to make certain that you include drinking the proper amount each and every day in the calculation. Without ingesting an appropriate amount of water on a daily basis you will never be able to obtain the full benefits of any sort of diet. Indeed, in the absence of the right quantity of water each day, you really will not have established a solid healthy eating program for your life.

In the final analysis if you truly are interested in not only losing weight and keeping weight off but also in living a long, enjoyable and healthy life, you need to pay attention to what and how you eat — and drink.

The Essentials of Water

In considering the makeup of the typical human body, most scientists agree that it is comprised of upwards to ninety percent water. Indeed, water is the most significant component making up the body of every human being living and breathing on planet Earth.

Every organ and other structure within the human body from bones to muscles depend upon a plentiful supply of water to function appropriately. Sadly, in this day and age, most people in most countries around the world simply do not drink enough water each day to properly hydrate the body. The lack of proper hydration — the failure to ingest enough water — actually can have dire and lasting consequences for a typical human being.

How Much is Just Enough Water

Many people bandy around the suggestion that a person should drink eight 8-ounce glasses of water each and every day. On some level this truly is a useful suggestion. Indeed, if a person actually did drink eight 8-ounce glasses of water each and every day, he or she likely would see an improvement in his or her health. (Most people simply do not consume this much water on a daily basis.)
In reality, when it comes to the proper amount of water to drink on a daily basis, a person would be wise to think of the eight 8-ounce glass goal to be the baseline for healthy consumption. In other words, every adult (and teenage children) should ingest eight glasses of water daily.

However, for many people the eight 8-ounce glasses of water daily goal simply is not enough. For example, if a person weighs more than 160 pounds, he or she will need to consume more water on a daily basis to satisfy the operational needs of his or her body. Logically and scientifically, a larger body needs more water to operate and run in an efficient and healthy manner.

Many experts suggest that beyond the base amount of eight 8-ounce glasses a day, a person who weighs in at over 160 pounds should divide his or her gross weight in half and drink that many ounces of water each and every day. For example, if a person weighs in at 200 pounds, he or she should drink 100 ounces of water a day. That would equate to about twelve and half standard glasses of water in day rather than the eight glasses which should be considered a consumption threshold for all healthy people.

In addition, if a person is physically active, he or she will need to consume an extra amount of water to make up for what is lost through rigorous exercise.

如果你在考虑节食－如果在考虑一种健康的饮食计划－你应当明确把一天要饮用多少水也考虑进去。如果每天摄入的日常所需的水量不足，你就无法从任何健康节食计划中受益。事实上，由于每天摄入的水量不足，你就无法建立一种健康稳固的饮食计划。

最终的分析是，如果你确实不仅对减肥并还要保持不反弹感兴趣，而且还对一种长久的，快乐的，健康的生活感兴趣的话，你应当注意吃什么，喝什么以及如何吃、喝。

必不可少的水

说到人体的组成，许多科学家都认同，人体中水能占到90％。事实上，水是地球上任何生物的最重要的组成部分。

人体的器官和组织，从骨骼到肌肉，都依靠水来发挥正常功能。遗憾的是，现在，世界上许多国家的人们每天摄入的水量达不到身体吸收需要的量。缺少适当的水化合物－每天摄取的水不足－就会对人体造成可怕的长期的影响。

多少水算够

许多人都知道这个建议，一个人每天应饮用8杯水（8盎司容量的玻璃杯，下同）。从某种程度上来看，这个建议还是有用的。事实上，如果一个人真的每天饮水8杯，就能够看到他（她）的健康得到了改善。（实际上多数人并没有达到这个日常基本量）。

现实生活中，当人们每天饮用适量的水时，人们就知道8杯水的量是保持健康的基本量。换句话说，每个成年人（和十几岁的青少年）每天应当摄入8杯水。

然而，对很多人来说，每天8杯水的量似乎还不够。例如，如果一个人体重超过160磅，他（她）就需要饮用更多的水来维持身体的正常运作。从逻辑上和科学上来说，大块头需要更多的水来维持身体以有效的、健康的方式运转。

许多专家都建议，除了每天8杯水基本量之外，体重超过160磅的人，每天摄取的水量应为他（她）体重的一半。如，体重200磅的人，他（她）每天应摄入100盎司的水。这就等于是每天12杯半标准杯的水量，而不是通常认为的一个健康人8杯的量。

另外，如果一个人经常运动，他（她）就需要摄入更多的水来补充在运动中失掉那部分