Water’s high boiling point and surface tension are just the beginning, as far as biology is concerned. Water’s polar nature doesn’t only allow the formation of hydrogen bonds between water molecules, it also allows it to break up other weakly bonded molecular structures and disperse them. In other words, it is a superb solvent, able to dissolve salts and other nutrients which in turn allows them to be dispersed around the body and made available for chemical reactions to take place.
