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- 1. 24/11/15 2 Week Challenge The Difference water can make is an interesting documentary that entails two people; Lorna and Tom who take on a challenge and you can join them along the way. ‘The Difference water can make will air on BBC 1 at 20:00. Have you ever wondered what the correct amount of water is to drink each day? Have you ever wondered the benefits of drinking water to your health or even the benefits of doing just 15 minutes of exercise a day? Then you’ve come to the right place. Water helps to keep us hydrated and energized everyday which would make you think that it is the worlds most popular drink as in wealthier countries such as the USA and the UK, it is easily accessible. However, Coca Cola wins the competition for the most popular drink with an average of 1.7 billion servings of Coca Cola products being consumed everyday by the population. “That’s always been a bit of a puzzle to me”
- 2. The difference water can make is a documentary which has two people, Lorna and Tom who set out on a two week challenge to find out the benefits of drinking the recommended daily intake of water and doing 15 minutes of exercise each day. They were determined to finish this challenge. They had filmed themselves at stages talking about how their experiences over time had changed through the challenge from their problems to their perks of doing the challenge. They both had anticipated that it would be difficult to do the challenge as they both enjoyed drinking a lot of other beverages such as Tea, Milkshake and Orange juice along with the odd fizzy drink here and there. They also didn’t do too much exercise before starting the challenge so predicted that they would find that quite tiring and boring over time but were committed and wanted to try and complete this task. They had done research into this topic before they had begun and here are a few statistics and facts about water which they had found out: 2 Litres of water should be consumed everyday in order to feel the full benefit and to keep you as hydrated as you should
- 3. be. By the time a person feels thirsty, his or her body has already lost over 1 percent of its total water amount. Also drinking water is very useful in weight control as it is a brilliant substitute for high calorie beverages, which is why a lot of healthy individuals drink a lot of water over fizzy drinks like Coca cola or Fanta. About 20% of your daily water intake comes from the food which you eat each day. Drinking water provides you with clearer, healthier skin and when you sweat your muscles begin to lose a lot more energy so drinking water can provide your muscles with more energy. Here are some of the facts and statistics they had found out about exercising before hand too: Doing exercise actually begins to lower your stress levels once you have began doing it. There has been research which has shown that doing exercise can help slow or even help prevent heart the odds of getting heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, arthritis and osteoporosis which is very beneficial to your health. People who suffer from depression could lessen their symptoms by 47% through aerobic
- 4. exercise after just 12 weeks! Exercising increases the functionality of your immune system. Exercise helps you sleep easier and better, reduce your risk of colon cancer, helps eliminate lower back pain and even helps relieve and prevent migraines and headaches. Diary Entry 4 Tom: I really need a cup of tea! I’ve gone from having a cup of tea everyday to having none a tall and I feel really drained and down because of it. I am finding it very difficult but I’m managing to carry on and the exercise is becoming easier but I am looking forward to the challenge being over. Here we were able to get an interview with Julie Maitland where we asked her some questions. How much would you say you should drink and why? Expert: Now that’s always been a puzzle to me because I hear different amounts.
- 5. Do you push the students to be active and healthy and In what ways? Expert: We have a health ambassadors group and they are there to promote health issues among the student population Conclusion Tom: Overall the challenge was quite difficult and I found it a bit troubling at times because I didn’t know if I would actually be able to complete it. But I believe that it did make me feel much better from the start to the end, but it hasn’t really changed my beliefs much. I think that to be truly healthy you are going to have to maintain a healthy diet because just drinking water and exercising is not going to be enough to keep you fit. If you eat too much of the wrong kind of food, no matter how much water you drink, no matter how much exercise you do; its still going to take a toll on you. I do think just drinking water and excising, just even a little bit ever single day, it does change and it does make you feel a lot better but just not to the full extent that you need.