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Chart is from book: Water – The Shocking Truth, see back pages for booklist.Teeth.............................10% Lungs................. 80%
Bones.............................22% Brain.................. 75%
Cartilage........................ 55% Bile ....................86%
Red blood corpuscles...... 68.7% Plasma.............. 90%
Liver...............................71.5% Blood................. 83%
Muscle tissue.................. 75% Lymph............... 94%
Spleen............................75.5% Saliva................95.5%
This chart shows why 8 glasses of water daily is important.Water Percentage in Various Body Parts:
The amount of water in the human body, averaging 70%, varies considerably
and even from one part of the body to another area (illustration on right).
A lean man may hold 70% of his weight in body water, while a woman –
because of her larger proportion of water-poor fatty tissues – may be only
52% water. The lowering of the water content in the blood is what triggers
the hypothalamus, the brain’s thirst center, to send out its familiar urgent
demand for a drink of water.Blood
83%Muscle
75.6%Kidney
82.7%Brain
75%100%70%0%Bone
22%The 70% Watery Human