Brainspace – July 2019

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After a busy, sweaty, active day do you ever feel tired or a bit dizzy, and your mouth

is dry or gross? Maybe you haven’t used the washroom for a while? You may be

dehydrated. Dehydration happens when your body loses a lot of fluids. On average

the human body is made up of 60 percent water and you need to drink more than you

lose to stay hydrated. But if you don’t have clean drinking water, then what?

Say you’re out camping with your friends and you run out of clean drinking water.

You could go to the store and buy drinking water, or you could make a water purifier

from things found at your campsite. The water from lakes, rivers and oceans are not

safe to drink, so make sure you treat it before you drink it.

Children should try to drink around six

cups of water each day, but increase the

amount if you are playing sports or being

really active, especially if it’s hot.

FACT 1 in 9 people do not have access to safe drinking water.

FACT Every minute a child dies of a water-related disease.

Potable Water

written by Olivia at age 11, Oakville, ON CAGIS member

How much water should you

drink each day?

With more than half your body weight being

water, you need to replace it often, especially

when you are being active. You can get some

of the water from the foods you eat, like meat,

vegetables and especially fruit, but you still need

to drink water.

FACT Humans can only survive 2-3 days without water.

Remember to try to avoid drinks with lots of sugar or

caffeine. You can drink soft drinks, but not too many

because caffeine is a diuretic, which causes you to go to

the washroom and lose that water you were storing!

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