Drinking more of water and less of other beverages may lower your risk of having a heart attack

One needs to take at least 8-9 glasses of water daily. For those living in hot climate and doing strenuous work require more.

 Drinking more water may also help patients of heartburn, arthritis, backache, migraine, colitis, asthma, high blood pressure, adult-onset diabetes, raised cholesterol, muscular dystrophy.

Decrease in water intake may cause increase of fat deposits and the an increase of water intake may have opposite effect.