It's another Q&A edition of Optimal Health Daily, episode 2660, and I'm Dr. Neal, your host of the show.

Hey there, welcome back to another Friday show where I answer your questions. On all the other days,

I read health and fitness blogs to you, like an audiobook, but with permission from the authors,

of course. Now, I'll let you know how you can send in your own

question at the end of the show and get a copy of our workbook for free, but for now, let's hear

today's question and start optimizing your life. Today's question came via email. Jessica writes,

I just got a smart scale,

which measures body water percentage.

Why is body water percentage important to know,

and what's a good percentage?

Thanks.

Hi, Jessica, thank you so much for your question.

So many of these newfangled scales

provide us with so much more information than just our body weight.

These scales are so advanced that, in addition to telling us how much we weigh,

it will calculate our body mass index or BMI, tell us our body fat percentage,

how much lean mass we're carrying on our bodies,

and, Jessica, as you mentioned,

our body water percentage. So do we really need all of this information? When it comes to body

water percentage, I would file this in the good to know section, but knowing your body water

percentage doesn't provide us with information that's all

that useful. It's just FYI. We might initially believe that knowing our body water percentage

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