How do you know if you’re properly hydrated?

Many of us know we should drink more water, but do you know if you are drinking enough each day? Well the good news is, there’s a few simple things you can do to make sure you are keeping your body properly hydrated. #1 – Calculate your daily water requirement It is generally agreed among [...]

What Teachers should know about Water

Scientists, doctors and health professionals know that dehydration can be linked as the cause of many major behavioral conditions and illnesses.  Poor nutrition & dehydration has shown to affect school performance by: Increasing fatigue Reducing memory Making concentration difficult Increasing behaviours that mimic ADD/ADHD The biggest trigger of daytime fatigue is lack of water.     A [...]

The Water Cycle … our most precious resource

The water we drink has been around for hundreds of millions of years.  It travels in a continuous cycle between the oceans, the air, the earth’s surface and underground storage (acquifiers), undergoing natural cleansing as it makes this journey, but also potentially becoming contaminated.  Water vapour condenses to form clouds, which release water as rain, hail or [...]

What our Body does with the Water we drink

We are about 72% water.  % It circulates as blood around all your body – most of your blood is water.  And the water is also in ‘lymph’ which travels around your body through your lymphatic system.    Blood and lymph are the main ways the body gets food and oxygen to your cells and [...]