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2012 Articles
- How safe is it to Refill your Plastic Water Bottle? Pt 2 – Chemical Concerns
- How safe is it to Refill your Plastic Water Bottle? Pt 1 – Bacterial Concerns
- 60% of Europe’s Spring Water is Found in Romania
- Dehydration in the Elderly
- Water Cooler Cannon
- Olympics a Welcome boost to Bottled Water Industry in 2012
- Classy Water
- Smart Water
- New Year’s Greetings
2011 Articles
- Curing the New Year's Party Hangover Pt 1 – Water the Ultimate Elixir
- Water Coolers for the Education System - Free Trial On Water Coolers To Keep Your Pupils Healthy
- What’s Coming Out of Your Tap
- What’s the Difference Between Spring Water and Mineral Water
- BWCA Recruits ‘Hydration Heroes’ as part of its Stay Cooler Campaign
- Top Tips for A Hygienic Water Cooler – Pt 2
- Top Tips for A Hygienic Water cooler – Pt 1
- Bottled Water Industry denies EFSA claims about hydration will affect them
- Drinking Water Helps Prevent Diabetes
- Swindon Named Most ‘Water Conscious’ Town in the UK by Thames Water
- FoodBev.com Awards 2011
- Plumbed In Vs Bottled Water Coolers (Part 2: Water Quality and Environmental Impact)
- Plumbed In Vs Bottled Water coolers (Part 1: Cost and Convenience)
- Keep It Light
- Why Do Ice Cubes Float in Water
- Why it's so important to keep our children hydrated?
- The Flavia Creation 400 Brewer – Bringing Café Culture into the Office
- A Call to Improve Kerbside Plastic Bottle Collection
- Introducing the Everest Office Water Cooler
- Where’s Cooler? – British Water Cooler Association Competition Aims to Raise Public Awareness
- Yate Water Cooler Company Welcomes Local MP in Bid For the UK to Stay Cooler!
- Water Cooler Test for Giant Octopus
- And Finally for Today
- European Commision Drinking Water Directive
- World Health Organisation Drinking Water Guidelines
2010 Articles
- What is the Drinking Water Inspectorate?
- Hydration and Health
- Dealing With Algae in Your Water Cooler
- Environmental and sustainable hot and cold beverage supply
- Low Cost Water Coolers
- The Supreme Stylish Water Cooler
- Introducing the Blizzard Fountain
- Introducing the Elite Water Cooler
- Introducing the Coolcask
- Case Study: Beverage Service Station
- Website Improvements
- Does the bottled water cooler industry recycle its water bottles?
- Bottled Water vs Tap Water - Carbon Footprint Compared
- Get a Free Flavia Coffee Machine!
- Which Water Cooler is Best to Install - Bottled or Plumbed-in (POU)?
- Bottled vs Plumbed-in Water Coolers - Carbon Footprint Compared
- Do Bottled Water, and Water Coolers, Contribute to Global Warming?
- Water Coolers and Purification
- Customer Testimonials Mars Flavia
- Getting a Water Cooler is Easy
- Water and the Environment - The Industry Speaks
- How Much Does a Water Cooler Cost
- How Does a Water Cooler Work?
- Bottled Water Vs Tap Water
- Drinking Water and Perpetual Youth!
- Office Water Coolers and the AWS Group
- The Office Group Expands its Product Range
- Water Coolers in Schools Evaluation
- Office Water Coolers Waste Policy
- Office Water Coolers and the Save A Cup Scheme
- Our Staff Are Now Criminal Record Bureau Checked
- Why Choose a Member of the British Water Cooler Association
- What are the Different Types of Water
- Fancy a Coffee?
- How to Choose a Water Cooler
- How to Choose a Water Cooler Supplier
- Essential Care of a Plumbed-in Water Cooler
- Essential Care of Your Water Cooler
- Autumn Promotion
- Water is Weird!
- Scientists Create Dry Water!
- Office Watercoolers are now live on Twitter
- The official Powwow Rescue Package
- Pow wow administration
2008 Articles
- The Dangers of Working Up a Sweat
- Office Watercoolers Carbon Offset Program
- Environmental Initiative 2009
- Office Health, Hydration And Now Hot Drinks
- Health and Hydration in the work place
- Workplace wellbeing: a water-based solution?
- Water Helps Prevent Cancer
- Campaign for hydrated meetings!
- Well Being Checks, On The Spot
Water Helps Prevent Cancer
10/11/2008 By Chris Cook
The benefits of drinking plenty of water are endless. Now preventing certain kinds of cancer can be added to the list. So by simply drinking your recommended intake of water a day, you are not only remaining hydrated but helping protect your body from two of the biggest killing cancers.
Cancer of the large bowel
Water has a major role in digestion; its cancer preventing role here is by diluting toxic compounds in the bowel and speeding up the passage of stools to shorten contact of carcinogens with the bowel lining.
Three studies in which the effect of water was considered, found that people who maintained good levels of hydration had reduced risk of large bowel cancer compared with people whose intake was low.
Breast cancer
It is thought that remaining hydrated may help in the prevention of breast cancer. Though evidence is based on a small pilot study, it is suggested that the cells need to be hydrated to function properly. When cells are dehydrated, their internal functions become impaired which included being less able to remove harmful substances which may cause cancer.
Drinking our recommended intake of water keeps our cells hydrated and therefore best set up for fighting harmful cancer causing substances.
More details on this article can be found on the Water UK website.
Hydration = Healthy Ageing
Most of us will be aware of the fact that water is vital to maintaining good health, however, it is often overlooked as an essential nutrient. Few of us would pay as much attention to gaining our daily dose of water as to making sure we get our recommended intake of Vitamin C for example, but research shows that by drinking less than we should we are hindering our bodies' ability to age in a happy and healthy way.
There is currently no agreed recommended daily water intake for adults, however, a conservative estimate for adults is 2.5 litres a day. Unfortunately, many older people do not drink adequate amounts of water; a recent survey in UK care homes found that their residents drank on average 2-4 glasses a day, less than half the suggested 2.5 litres.
Older people often have diminished appetites and may miss out on water intake through their food, in addition, thirst has been shown to be impaired in older people, in particular those who have had a stroke or who are suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
So, what is the point of all this research? Well it shows us that we are missing out on the many benefits drinking lots of water has as we grow older, some of which are listed below:
- If you are poorly hydrated you are twice as likely to develop pressure ulcers.
- Inadequate fluid intake is one of the most common causes of constipation.
- Water helps maintain a healthy urinary tract and kidneys.
- Good hydration reduces the risk of coronary heart disease by 46% in men and by 59% in women.
- Dehydration can worsen diabetic control.
- Symptoms of mild dehydration include light-headedness, dizziness, headaches and tiredness.
- Dehydration has been shown to increase two-fold the mortality of patients admitted to hospital with a stroke.
- You're beginning to get the idea... drink 8 glasses of water a day and allow your body to age in a happy and healthy way!
© 2012 Office Water Coolers
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