Water Facts

 
During our lifetime one in three of us will be diagnosed with cancer and one in four will die from cancer.
 
The four most common cancers are breast, lung, large bowel and prostate and account for over half the cases diagnosed.
 
Large bowel cancer or colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in men and second most common cancer in women.
 
Every year there are over 34,000 cases of colorectal cancer.
 
In once study the risk of colon cancer was reduced by 45 percent in women and 32 percent in men who drank four or five glasses of water a day over those who drank only two or less.
 
In another study the protective effect was found to be greater for men, with risk reductions for rectal cancer of 92 percent and for colorectal cancer 42 percent.
 
Breast cancer claims the lives of over 13,000 women a year – 8,000 pre-menopausal women are diagnosed, of which 15 percent are from the 20-30 age group.
 
Good hydration can reduce the risk of breast cancer by 33 percent for premenopausal women and 79 percent for postmenopausal women.
 
Maintaining good hydration can reduce the risk of bladder cancer in men. In one study the consumption of more than 2.5 litres of water a day was associated with a 51 percent reduction in bladder cancer risk compared to the consumption of other fluids which were associated with only 37 percent risk reduction.