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Show i I Body Needs Plenty of Wafer By DR. JAMES W. BARTON 6 Bell Syndicate. WXU Service. I . I GENERALLY speaking most of us should drink about four to. six glasses of water daily, in addition to the water in foods and in beverages bever-ages such as tea and coffee. Some idea of the great need of water in the body can be gathered if we remember that ji'iiiii imp 1 .Jul every cell is really fTv ; 1 like a tiny fish and I J must have water to I nourish it, and to I k I receive and 'carry : ." 1 away its wastes. , I Fortunately Na- s a ture had this in f " T- d mind because every I - ' - S foodstuff, no matter k, Lj' j' how dry in appear-Lit. appear-Lit. , jS& ance or taste, con- . tains some water Dr. Barton panuts as iow as 8 per cet and lettuce as high as 90 per cent. Thus even if one drank no water whatever he could get sufficient suf-ficient in foods such as tomatoes, string beans, cabbage, carrots, apples, ap-ples, oranges and other fruits. Lean beef contains almost 80 per cent of water. Why It Is Necessary. "Water is necessary to life for two main reasons (1) because the chemical changes required to sustain sus-tain life can take place only when the reacting substances are dissolved dis-solved in water, and (2) because water wa-ter is needed for flushing away the waste products formed from the various va-rious processes going on in the body." Thus the cells from a chick which Dr. Alexis Carrel has kept alive for nearly 20 years are enabled en-abled to grow and multiply only because be-cause they are kept in a tank of water wa-ter containing a little salt which nourishes the tissues and allows the waste products to escape into it. The water is of course changed periodically. pe-riodically. Water also regulates the body temperature, retaining heat in cold weather and carrying the heat out of the body in the form of perspiration perspira-tion during hot weather. There is no hard and fast rule as to how much water or liquid an individual should drink daily. If there is a tendency to cold, a rise in temperature, an attack of diarrhoea diar-rhoea or vomiting, severe bleeding or other condition causing a loss of water from the body, more water should be taken to replace it. Water Wa-ter is also very helpful at the beginning be-ginning and during an illness in carrying wastes from the body more rapidly. A little salt added to the water enables the tissues to hold more water. Overweight individuals do not need as much water as those of average weight as fat tissue holds more water within it than do other tissues. Leave the Normal Fat. One of the leading heavyweight wrestlers has a beautiful physique and is a fast, strong, intelligent, good-looking fellow. Although his weight is announced as 202 to 205, it is likely that his real weight is 10 to 15 pounds less. His muscles stand out on all parts of the body the abdomen like a "washboard," the upper back like a rectangle, and the arms and legs like whipcord. And he knows how to wrestle. However as his wrestling engagements engage-ments take him to all parts of the country, with a great amount of fast traveling motor, train, and airplane it is just a question how long his "nerves" will stand up under un-der the strain. Why? Simply because he may not have enough fat on and in his body. If he were a boxer, getting ready for an important bout, to be down as "fine" as he is at present would be wise because the boxer has to make a certain weight at a definite time. Also a boxer allows himself to accumulate a little fat between bouts. Practically all the heavyweight wrestlers keep themselves comfortably comfort-ably overweight a little layer of fat covering their muscles. They lose 5 to 10 pounds during a 30 to 60 minute bout, but have that 5 to 10 pounds back on the body for their bout the following night. Of course much of this 5 to 10 pounds that comes and goes is made up of liq- j uids as wrestlers drink a great deal of water and sometimes beer; very few if any indulge in hard liquor. But to enable them to get rid of j this weight, perspire properly dur- ! ing the bout, and have the weight back the next evening, there must be a comfortable layer of fat under the skin and throughout the body to hold this water. Every pound of fat can hold three pounds of water. Another benefit to the athlete of a little fat on and in the body and also the use of a little fat daily in the diet, is that fat "spares" to some extent the muscle tissue which is burned up during the exercise. That is, fat on or' in the body supplies sup-plies the heat and energy during work or exercise and thus preserves the muscle tissue the strength giv- ' ing or strength part of the body. Of course when all the fat is used up and work continues then the muscles of the body have to supply the fuel for energy |