Make Water Your Best Friend

Water May Be Your Best Friend

Q.    Carolyn, thanks for the opportunity to ask my question. You said recently that if we’re not drinking water, we’re poisoning ourselves. What exactly does that mean?

A.    Really Great Question!. Thanks.

Drinking water is central to our health and wellbeing. Well hydrated for a body that is about Sixty % water can mean the difference between feeling well, sleeping well, thinking well, and living optimally, as opposed to living in chronic illness and pain.

I hear lots of folk say – ‘they don’t like water, don’t need water and won’t drink the water’. We all need water. Water, as the universal solvent is needed to cleanse and purify, and to keep our systems in excellent condition.

Many of the liquids we choose as substitutes can cause harm by creating dehydration, and by leaving deposits in the systems, which affect the health of joints, the liver and kidneys. 

Water quenches thirst better than any other liquid, regulates our body’s temperature and blood volume, and keeps our eyes, nose and mouth tissues from being dry. 

We lose lots of water in breathing, sweating, exercising and in the process of digestion. Each system of the body needs an ample supply of water for the efficiency of the whole. Here are some ways the body systems use water.

Beautiful, soft, radiant skin and bright eyes are a by-product of good water intake. Low hydration equals dry, brittle hair, tight dry skin, premature aging of the skin on the face, hands and body.

The heart beats over 4800 times each hour. With poor hydration the heart pumps harder and becomes weaker in its attempt to adequately pump blood through the brain, the body, and down our legs to nourish and oxygenate our feet and toes. Without sufficient water, this job becomes a struggle, causing high blood pressure. I wouldn’t want my heart to take an hour off to rest!. 

Part of the liver’s function is to act as a storage unit for some essential nutrients, a production plant of certain blood components, and the main immune system regulator. One very important job the liver does is to vacuum and remove worn out cells, bacteria, fungus and other debris from the body. In the absence of sufficient water, this system can malfunction and allow or cause whole system failure. Liver failure untreated is deadly.

Water helps to remove waste from our body by way of the kidneys, and colon while also helping to prevent infections, stones and constipation. 

Water acts as protection and cushioning for all our tissues, the spinal cord, and is the primary lubricant for our joints.

Water maintains the correct fluidity of the blood, as we moves easily though-out the arteries, veins, heart and other organs, carrying nutrients and oxygen.

Connective tissues keep all our many parts and pieces attached, providing the bodies’ structural support and performs certain metabolic functions. Without sufficient water these tissues suffer stress, strain, and could even tear (a loose) due to a lack of vital nutrients which only flow through very tiny capillaries and cells.

Headaches, poor memory and focus, and the inability to make good decisions also come from poor hydration. Need more reasons to drink water: brain fatigue, sleep deprivation, depression, and anger, too, all due to poor hydration. This also maybe lay the ground work for plaques and tangles. Some research shows a link between dehydration and certain types of dementia. 

Constipation creates a toxic body. When the colon cannot empty properly and timely, toxins in the colon re-circulate through the body. Waste from the digestive track, waste from normal metabolism, waste the immune system attempts to eliminate, all runs back through the heart, liver, kidneys and the brain, waiting, hoping to find its way out. This is how not drinking water and not drinking enough water poisons’ the body, makes us sick, and keeps us sick.

Un-pleasant, unnecessary, and certainly an easy fix. I know we think we have all the reasons for not drinking water, but really none are valid. Good Food and Clean Water is the Key. 

The general rule is to drink one half your bodies’ weight, in ounces of water per day, is a good place to start. If you are active you’ll need more, if you eat lots of veggies and fruit, you may need less. Check your urine, if it’s clear, good. If your urine is dark with a strong odor, you’re probably dehydrated.

Some easy ways to intake more water include, drink water when you wake. Once, an eighty year old gentleman told me he drinks a glass of water every morning when he wakes up. Today, he is still waking up – drinking the water, thirteen years later. Carry water with you. Drink between meals, sometimes thirst is interpreted as hunger. Drink water after using the restroom. 

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