What is Drinking Water? Think back to when you were in high school chemistry class. Remember the formula for water? H2O. Two parts of hydrogen and one part of oxygen. Water is supposedly colorless, tasteless, and odorless. 

Water is your body's principal chemical component and makes up about 60% to 70% of your body weight. Your body depends on water to survive. Every cell, tissue and organ in your body needs water to work properly.

 Health experts commonly recommend eight 8-ounce glasses, which equals about 2 liters, or half a gallon a day. Everyone should try to drink about 3 liters of water daily.

There are some points which tell you how water is essential for our body growth and why doctors and parents recommend drinking water.

1. Muscles: Muscle cells with a ready supply of drinking water are able to work longer without tiring. Water delivers a continuing supply of oxygen to muscles. If you are exercising in warm weather, your muscle will need more drinking water every 15 minutes to remain strong.

2. Brain:  Brain cells that have plenty of drinking water are able to circulate fresh, oxygen-laden blood more readily. brain is mostly water, drinking it helps you think, focus and concentrate better and be more alert. your energy levels are also boosted. Even a small drop in drinking water levels can make your brain performance level drop as much as 20 to 30 percent

3.Water helps the digestive system: bodies use drinking water to digest food in the gastrointestinal tract. Insufficient drinking water will slow the process, resulting in constipation and other medical concerns

4. Eye and Mouth Protection: Water keeps your eyes and mouth moist. It washes dirt and dust away from your eyes.

5.skin:Drinking lots of water improves skin tone, keeps it fresh, soft, glowing and smooth.  water gives us a glowing skin.

-Water helps in reducing weight: 

Some studies suggest that increasing your water may help in the weight loss process, especially when consumed instead of other high-calorie beverages. If we drink water before eating food, it will make us less hungry.

• Exercise. If you do any activity that makes you sweat, you need to drink extra water to cover the fluid loss. It's important to drink water before, during and after a workout.

One of the most important benefits to drinking a lot of water is the benefit realized in the kidneys. Urine, which is almost entirely water, removes waste products from the body. Drinking more water reduces the risk of kidney stones.