Why drinking water isn’t enough to keep your cells hydrated. Staying hydrated, having enough fluid in the body, takes more than just drinking the standard 6-8 glasses daily. Our bodies have both extracellular fluid, which includes water in the veins, arteries, lymphatic system and abdominal area, etc., and intracellular fluid, which refers to fluid within cells. The water you ingest must be able to optimally hydrate both areas and to combat the dehydration which almost everyone suffers from due to the low level of minerals in our food. In order to pass through the cell membrane into the cell water must have a crystalline structure, and salts (minerals) are an integral…