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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/tip-for-today-do-you-drink-enough-water/">Tip for Today: Do You Drink Enough Water?</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted March 26, 2008 at 10:00 AM by Lindsay Hutton</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Did you know your muscles are made up of 70% water? Even more, did you know if your muscles are dehydrated by just 3%, they can lose up to 10% of their contractile strength? Although it varies from person to person, the average amount of water a woman should drink a day is 91 ounces, or 2.7 liters. This may sound like a lot, but this includes water from all sources, including food and other beverages. An easy way to track how much water you are drinking is to buy a sports bottle that measures out the fluid ounces for you. That way, you know if you’re getting enough water to keep your muscles healthy and strong!<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/tip-for-today-do-you-drink-enough-water/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/tip-for-today-do-you-drink-enough-water/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/tip-for-today-do-you-drink-enough-water/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/tip-for-today-do-you-drink-enough-water/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-fitness/">her-fitness</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-motivation/">her-motivation</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/tip-for-today/">tip for today</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-nutrition/">her-nutrition</a><br /><br /> </P>