True or False: Drinking plain water lowers your risk for heart disease.

True or False: Drinking plain water lowers your risk for heart disease.	1/16/2012


TRUE Why we need clean water: Plain water is powerful stuff. Medical experts say getting enough lowers your risk of a number of ailments and unpleasantries. Blood clots. Being properly hydrated makes clots less likely and offers some protection against stroke. Heart disease. Drinking five glasses of water a day halved the risk of fatal heart disease for men in one large study. Kidney stones. Keeping things diluted helps prevent kidney stones and wards off urinary tract infections. Cancer. If you get plenty of water, you're less apt to develop bladder cancer. All that water may flush out cancer-causing compounds before they do any harm. Mental fuzziness, crankiness, and fatigue. Mild dehydration can affect your thinking and mood. Excess weight. Down a couple of glasses before a meal and you'll consume fewer calories. Article by: David Freeman Reader's Digest - August 2011 edition visit www.readersdigest.com for more articles.