Water is an integral part of your body and its importance to your health cannot be underestimated.  In your body, water is a transporter for nutrients, acts as a solvent for minerals, amino acids, and some sugars, and helps to cleanse your tissues and blood of waste. Water participates in chemical reactions, serves as a shock absorber inside your eyes, spinal cord, and joints, and helps maintain our body temperature.  Water is critical to a healthy immune system.

When you have high blood pressure or bad cholesterol, drinking water can play an important role because:

• Water improves blood flow and keeps your blood clean, allowing your blood to move easier through arteries
• Some blood pressure medicines, especially diuretics, can cause dehydration and your body needs water to hydrate and maintain balanc