Water in Life
Plants are made up of this percentage of water.
What is 80–95%?
Electrolytes are minerals that carry this.
What is an electrical charge?
The body loses about 1500 mL of water daily through this process.
What is urination?
This tropical drink naturally provides potassium, sodium, and magnesium.
What is coconut water?
The kidneys filter blood through more than this many nephrons each.
What is one million?
The three main reasons plants need water.
What are photosynthesis, cooling, and nutrient transport?
Name three key electrolytes.
What are sodium, potassium, and magnesium?
Recommended water intake during exercise.
What is 1.5 liters per hour?
This homemade electrolyte mix includes honey, lemon, and this kind of salt.
What is Celtic sea salt?
This hormone tells your body to retain water.
What is ADH (antidiuretic hormone)?
Humans are about this percent water (men vs. women).
What is 50–60% for men, 45–50% for women?
Electrolytes enable your heart to maintain this.
What is proper cardiac rate and rhythm?
Sodium replacement needed per liter of water.
What is about 1200 mg?
Name two foods rich in potassium.
What are bananas and avocados (or sweet potatoes/tomatoes)?
This vitamin is activated by the kidneys and helps absorb calcium.
What is vitamin D?
What happens when water lacks electrolytes?
What is it cannot transport nutrients effectively, causing tissues/organs to fail to thrive?
Electrolytes regulate both pH and this kind of balance.
What is fluid balance?
Two main reasons people today are often dehydrated.
What are low fruit/vegetable intake and poor-quality water?
This type of salt is mineral-rich compared to table salt.
What is Himalayan (or Celtic or Hawaiian Red) salt?
The parathyroid hormone (PTH) increases when this mineral is low.
What is calcium?
The term for how plants cool themselves using water.
What is transpiration?
Explain how electrolytes carry electricity in the body.
What is salts dissolve into ions that move charges across membranes?
Older adults are prone to dehydration because of this.
What is a reduced thirst drive and lower kidney efficiency?
“Can salt lose its saltiness?” refers to this teaching moment.
What is that processed salt can lose minerals and spiritual salt can lose meaning if not living rightly?
Magnesium is needed for these two vitamin D-related functions.
What are activating vitamin D and binding it to transport proteins?