Water Gives Cell Structure

If you've ever tried to build a sand castle at the beach, you know that the sand has to be wet so it will clump together enough that you can mold it into various shapes. Sand that start to dry, crumbles. Sand that is completely dry is just a handful of individual grains. On the other hand, when you pour too much water onto sand, it becomes overwhelmed by the liquid and washes away. Our cells are designed to handle an optimum amount of water to maintain their structure and carry out the hydrolytic and hydroelectric cellular processes necessary to keep us alive. Water carries oxygen, nutrients, hormones, and other chemical messengers to every part of the body. If we put too much water into our body, it cannot hurt us; the excess water just washes through our system.