chhattisgarhvidhansabha.org – The Importance of nutrition and food in the formed of healthy human, intelligent and powerful have no need to doubt even the World Bank considers nutritional factors are the construction investment. When the construction of food, nutrition and health is going well, surely it would be easier to achieve other development goals.
In the balanced nutrition, water is a nutrient essential for healthy living and active, so the water is a major component. In a day the body needs more than 2 liters of water to perform its function, especially to regulate life processes in addition water is also a nutrient that has many important roles for the human body. Water serves as a builder substance, as a solvent, as transporters of nutrients and wastes, regulating body temperature, as a lubricant and shock barrier. Therefore, in order the body can function optimally it takes a good hydration.
Conversely lack of water intake into the human body can cause the body to become dehydrated, wherein the amount of fluid expelled more than they consume. Dehydration can disrupt all metabolic processes. Research shows that lack of water about 1% body weight (equivalent to 2 cups) for teens and adults can lead to mood disturbances, dry mouth, headache, and body temperature increase. On further condition, dehydration can decrease the concentration of thought, stamina and reduce other health problems.
In addition to maintaining water balance in the body, people also need to pay attention to cleanliness of the water that consumed. This becomes very important when people are still having difficulty in getting clean water and not suitable for consumption. Based on a study, found that 80% of the population consuming water that is unfit for the health and WHO noted that 3800 children die every day from lack of clean water supply.
Therefore, people are encouraged to be aware of diseases that are transmitted directly through drinking water (water borne disease), a condition when the water drink, which contains pathogenic bacteria, and swallowed by man then can lead to disease. Among these diseases are cholera, typhoid, hepatitis, dysentery and gastroenteritis diseases.
The characteristics of safe water are a colorless, odorless, tasteless, do not contain harmful substances, and no contains pesticide contamination, mold and other substances that harm the body (derived from non-contaminated water sources).
