Water is thought to be crucial for life because it provides a medium for nutrients to diffuse into cells and wastes to drift out, and a solvent for critical metabolic reactions.

水被认为对生命是至关重要的，因为水是营养物渗入细胞以及废物排出的媒介，也是关键新陈代谢反应的溶剂。

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German researchers found that six cups of cold water a day could prompt a metabolic boost that incinerates 50 daily calories.

德国研究者发现每天饮6杯冰水将提升你的新陈代谢水平，每天多消耗掉50卡路里。

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Water flow can affect structure of the community and species distribution, as well as the production, metabolic processes and morphological characteristics of macrophytes.

水流不仅能影响水生植物群落结构和物种分布，还能影响其繁殖传播、新陈代谢过程和形态特征。

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It is no longer a luxury or a vice but a metabolic necessity, like water on the plains.

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The treatment "draws out metabolic waste and impurities from the body that lets water flow through better, " Tracey says.

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Drinking ice-cold water may also help to boost your overall metabolic rate as well.

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