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Why Hydration is Important

Hey, you may not be sick, you may be just thirsty.

Water has three basic functions to perform in our bodies:

• 1.  To transport nutrients from our diet to our cells,

• 2.  To carry away toxic wastes from our cells after we have obtained the nutrients from our food,

• and  3.  To regulate our body temperature through increased hydration.

How important is water?  Your life depends on it.  Water is a huge part of the human experience and existence.  Wars have been fought over water rights.  And land lock countries don't thrive as well as countries along coastal areas.  So there are millions of people globally that don't have access to a healthy water source.  The human body contains 70 - 75% water.  To be well hydrated science is now saying it could be much higher.  With just a 10% loss of fluid from the body, dehydration sets in and a 20% loss can lead to death.  Water breaks down food, keeps your body temperature balanced, hydrates your internal organs and keeps your skin soft and elastic.  We can live for weeks without food as evidenced by those who fast, but we can only a few days without water.  READ MORE . . .

Dehydration - can grow into numerous serous conditions.  Dehydration is now being linked to cancers and many other catastrophic illnesses.  Dehydration is know to cause stress, in turn stress also causes dehydration.  It is a cycle that most people are unaware that they are caught up in.  It occurs when your body loses too much fluid and is not replaced with water, not beverages, but just water.  This can happen when you stop drinking "water" or lose large amounts of fluid through diarrhea, vomiting, urination, sweating through exercise or illness such as high fevers.  Not drinking enough fluids can cause muscle cramps, headaches and constipation among other things.  You may also feel faint. 

Usually your body can reabsorb fluid from your blood stream and other body tissues.  But by the time you become severely dehydrated, you no longer have enough fluid in your body to get blood to your organs, and you may go into shock, which is a life-threatening condition.  Many people walk around with feelings that they do not attribute to dehydration.  Headaches, dry chapped skin, dry mouth, thick saliva, decreased urine, dark yellow urine, dizziness made worse when you stand up, sleepy or irritability, flushed face, physical weakness.  These are just a few of the early to mild signs of dehydration. 

Keep Your Water Crystal Clear - Do you know what's in your drinking glass? Hundreds of years ago, drinking water could have caused you serious harm. Water supplies from wells and rivers once teemed with bacteria, including some pathogens that were downright deadly. Today, chlorine and other disinfectant substances help make our public water supplies much safer than they were a century ago. Most public water purification systems, however, are guilty of overkill when it comes to bacteria. After the dangerous microorganisms are gone, many neglect to remove the chlorine. That means that chlorine continues to kill all bacteria — even the "good guys" inside our bodies. While drinking impure water to reconstitute the bacteria in your body isn't a good idea, try filtering your tap water with a purification system to remove the extra chlorine.

Keeping It Pure - Getting the excess chlorine out of your drinking water doesn't have to be an expensive proposition. Although some water filtration systems need to be installed directly into your existing water pipes and can cost hundreds of dollars, there are many less expensive options.  Some inexpensive, high-quality water purifiers attach to your kitchen faucet.  Or look for pitchers that have a built-in filter.

There are many different types of water.  Distilled water, spring water, municipal tap water, filtered water, bottled water, well water, vitamin water, reverse osmosis water, ionized / alkaline water, carbonated water.  But not all water is created equal.

• Knowing about your water is the first step to improved hydration.  So which are the best waters to drink ?

1. Ionized / Alkaline Water - Is the best to drink.  Why! Because it helps your body to become and remain more alkaline and less acidic.  Most people's body fluid and tissues are very acidic due to their diets.  This creates a systemic environment for serious illness and disease.  That's why eating a diet high in raw fruits and vegetables (alkaline foods) and low in foods like breads, pastas, rice, potatoes and meats (acidic foods), will help you to fell better.  Alkaline water changes the bodies ph balance back to a more alkaline state, which then improves the overall health of the person who drinks alkaline water regularly.
2. Reverse Osmosis Water - Is the next best to drink.  It removes virtually all pollutants including fluoride from your drinking water.  You can purchase one of the best and most reliable Reverse Osmosis Water System on the market today and other water filtration systems right >> H E R E.
3. Penta Water - It is the purist "bottled" drinking water on the market today.  And it is bottled in non porous polycarbonate plastic containers.
4. Bottled Spring Water - Good because pollutants have been removed.  But it can get expense long term.  There are also bottled in plastic containers, not in the safer non toxic polycarbonate containers.
5. Carbon Filtered Water - OK, because it removes only pollutants from water, but not fluorine.

What's in your water?  And how do you buy water? 

Water is one of the most important beverages that you can and will ever drink.  Drinking water daily is one of the greatest heath improvement options that you can do on your own.  The human body is like one big filter, what goes in must eventually come out.  And what goes in is filtered through ever cell within the body before it comes out.  So water is the transport system that moves all nutrients around the body as well as carries waste out of the body.  Water, H2O not soda, tea, milk, beer, alcohol, juice or other fluid beverages.

But what happens to the food in your body between entry (eating) to exit (elimination) is very important.  When your body filters your food (through your tissues, cells and internal organs > liver, kidney's, heart, brain etc.) they get clogged with toxins, cellular debris and waste.  This is due to inadequate daily water intake.  When inadequate elimination occurs, toxins and cellular debris begins to back up in your body day after day year after year.  The body begins to get sick from holding in toxins from un-eliminated foods.  And if you don't have good nutrition you will begin to feel the affects and show the signs more quickly.  If you don't drink enough water daily, you begin to age more quickly, your skin begins to dry, crack and peel (especially in winter months), your body doesn't function as well, you feel tired, your legs feel heavier and your thinking begins to get cloudy.  Many people think this is normal due to aging, but it isn't.  These are obvious signs of dehydration. 

What you take into your body all passes through every cell within your body before it exits.  Here is why water is so important.  The shorter the entry to exit time of the food taken in, the healthier your body will be.  The amount of water taken in helps this process to happen most effectively.  The human digestive system is not designed to hold food internally for long periods of time.  Water is a natural laxative when taken in adequate amounts.  The human body stays healthier with good regular eliminations.  Click > HERE to read about the importance of bowel health as it relates to good hydration. 

So how much water should you drink?

So how much water should you drink daily?  The basic rule is 1/2 of your body weight in ounces of water daily.  Hey, I hear you, that's a lot of water ;o).  But you don't drink it all at once.  Drinking about 8 oz per hour is the best way to hydrate the body.  That is only a cup of water an hour.  Set a goal, pour an 8 oz. glass of water and just take small sips for one hour until you are done.  Any more than that will increase urination.  The bottom line is increase your water intake (NOT FLUID INTAKE > milk, juice, soda, tea etc.), and you will gradually feel the difference.  In just a short period of time you will absolutely feel much better. 

So what does that 1/2 rule mean?  It means, if you weigh 150 pounds you will need 75 ounces of water within a 24 hour period to keep your body adequately hydrated.  150 lb's divides by 2 = 75.  So what ever your weight is just divide it by 2 and that will be the number of ounces of water that you will need to drink a day.  Click >> H E R E to use the hydration calculator.

More Questions about Water?

What about distilled water?  Is it safe? 

• The EPA does not regulate distilled water.  It is regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a food product. 

I want the safest possible water.  Is bottled water safer than tap water? 

• Bottled water is not necessarily any safer than your local drinking water.  In the United States the EPA regulates public water systems to ensure that they are in compliance with national standards; bottled water is regulated by the Food and Drug Administration as a food product.  Both agencies use equivalent health standards to ensure water safety. 

Click HERE to read about the miracle cures of water and the common affects of dehydration.

Dr. Batmanghelidj, the author of the book "Your Body's Many Cries for Water," discovered the healing powers of water 20 + years ago when he served time as a political prisoner in an Iranian jail.  He successfully treated 3,000 fellow prisoners suffering from stress-induced peptic ulcer disease with the only medication he possessed -water.  This is when he understood for the first time in medical history that the body indicates its water shortage by producing pain.  Visit >> http://watercure.com

• A Little More About H2O

		75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.  (Likely applies to half the world population.)
		In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is mistaken for hunger.
		Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's metabolism as much as 3%.
		One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University of Washington study.
		Lack of water is the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
		Preliminary research studies indicate that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.
		A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory loss, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or a printed page.
		Drinking just 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and one is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer.  Are you drinking the amount of water you should drink every day?