Water is essential for survival. It is important to understand the factors that affect water balance and the best sources to help an individual meet daily water requirements.

Select all the sentences below that correctly describe water.
Select all that apply.

1-Sweating during exercise is considered insensible water loss.
2-Water helps maintain body temperature.
3-Diuretics like alcohol and some medications can cause the body to lose water.
4-Caffeinated drinks like coffee or tea cannot count toward an individualâ€™s daily fluid needs.
5-Foods like bread or crackers do not contribute to total water intake

Dehydration occurs when the amount of what loss is more than the amount taken. And we lose water in many ways therefore taking water on a regular basis is important to replace the fluids lost and keep the body functioning.

Water Maintains the Body Temperature

During high temperature, the body cools itself naturally by sweating and by sweating a large amount of water is lost. So when enough water is not taken, there will be less production of sweating thereby causing the body's temperature to rise.

Alcohol Causes Water Loss

Taking excess alcohol can result to dehydration because the hormone called anti-diuretic (while alcohol is diuretic) is used to reabsorb water by the body and alcohol in the body depletes the production of this hormone. The body loses more water than normal with a reduced amount of anti-diuretic in the body. Excessive intake of alcohol can also cause vomiting, which depletes the body of fluids and can cause further dehydration.

ayfat23 ayfat23 · Answer 2 · 2021-10-28T14:18:30+02:00

The statement that describes water as an essential for survival and the factors that affects its balance in our body and as a best source in meeting daily target are:

2-Water helps maintain body temperature.

3-Diuretics like alcohol and some medications can cause the body to lose water.

Water can be regarded as the best substance that can keep our body hydrated.

Water helps in maintaining our Body Temperature, when our temperature is high, we loose water through sweating and our body becomes cool.

However we do loose some water during rigorous exercise as well as other human activities which is considered Dehydration.

Diuretics such alcohol can make our body to become dehydrated because drinking of alcohol usually limit the production of anti-diuretic hormones in our body.

Therefore, option 2 and 3 are correct.

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