Almost everyone can agree that there are so
many benefits that are provided by mineral water. Dieters believe that drinking
so much water will help them to loose weight. However, Dr. Beth Kitchin, nutrition
expert at the University of Alabama, denies that drinking water aids weight
loss. Other people believe that drinking so much water can lower blood
pressure. In fact, drinking too much water can caused the increase of blood
level (Times of India). Although drinking water is good, we have to be aware of
the unhealthy impact due to an excessive consumption of mineral water.
Firstly, drinking too much water causes the
disruption of blood-level volume. Norman Hord, Ph D, Mp H, RD, associate
professor in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at Michigan
State University, claims that an excessive nutrients including water that comes
to the body can be the major cause of body toxicities. Water that poisons the
body is the result of the combination between the excessive fluid intake and
increased secretion of vasopressin (Joseph Verbalis - Chairman of Medicine at
Georgetown University). Logically, when the excessive water comes up to our
body, it can go easily through our bloodstream. The time when the excessive
water go through the issue is the most peril stage because the water will not
be stored in the body. Moreover, our kidneys will keep on working relentlessly
in order to process the excessive water and it can result in kidney
disordering. Take for example we forced something to work unstoppably it also
will cause that thing does no longer working-well.
Secondly, the excessive consumption of water
may cause the disruption of blood viscosity. If our body accept the excessive
amount of water, it distracts the viscosity of blood and as the effect, it will
disrupt the system of blood circular (Times of India). The blood deliquesce
makes the cell expansion because of sodium level increasing in blood. Our body
trying so hard to absorb all nutrient, in this case water, efficiently; yet
when it is too much instead of making our kidney healthier, it makes blood
viscosity got thickened. Take here for instance a sponge, when we give a great
amount of water to sponge, it makes the sponge become bigger. Sponge is tend to
pervade the water given to it; yet again the more we give water to it, it
becomes heavier and water will settle on it for a long time. The same thing is
happen to our kidneys, water will be stored in our body and the sediments of
water are bad for kidneys performance.
Thirdly, consuming too much water causes water
toxicities. Water toxicities,as known as hyponatremia, is a condition of
dropping low sodium level in the body. Pennie Taylor, a Research Dietitian at
CSIRO, claims that the lower sodium level in the body may caused the body to
retain too much water. “Because of the retaining of too much water, the cells
continue to swell” he continues. Sodium is an electrolyte that controlled the
amount of water in body cells. Too much consuming water can drop the sodium
low. The low-sodium level in the body cannot work properly and cannot absorb
the water efficiently. The unabsorbed water will be swelling in the cells and
caused brain leisured. Research shows that the impact of the sodium lack in a
short-term period is that the sufferer gets sleepy easily; yet when it happens
for a long-term period it can cause death.
Drinking too much water is not good for our
body health. Firstly, it can disrupt the blood-level volume, increase the blood
viscosity and toxifies our body. Our body needs the enough consumption of
water; yet everything that consumed excessively is always bad. We should drink
enough but not too much water everyday. We are the one who knows well about how
much we need to drink. So, stay healthy by not drinking too much water.
By: LAILY ISNA NUR CAHYANI
Midterm Task
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