Toward True Health: Water the key to good health

Posted: April 24, 2012 - 11:35pm

First, thank you readers for the wonderful reception. Thanks for the welcoming and congratulatory cards, letters and Facebook notes. Also, I thank you for the wonderful questions to start off this new assignment. I look forward to answering each one, and I ask you to continue to send in your questions.

The first question I received is from Alice, who took a line from the introduction asking: “What are some of the ailments and illnesses caused by lack of hydration?”

Alice, there are so many reasons water is important for the proper functioning and health of the body. We cannot live without water. It is required by every cell and every system in the body and every process depends on having adequate water for its best performance. Many times we try to live without water, opting for tastier treats, but only water can give the body what it needs to efficiently process the millions of actions and activities it is constantly attempting to perform perfectly.

To give you a glimpse of the overall importance, consider the composition of the body, which is 75 percent water, or the brain, which is 85 percent water. Every operation in the body is dependent on the ample supply of water. For digestion to take place, water must be present. For the transfer of nutrients to take place, water must be available. For the manufacture of hormones and other chemical messengers in the body and brain, and the brain-body connectors, there must be water.

Water is the solvent in which toxins from cellular activity are dissolved and removed from the body. Water is also the solution in which nutrients are retrieved from our food, and carried throughout the body for building and restoring. Water is required for cellular division, growth, and renewal to take place. Water regulates body temperature, along with blood pressure and blood sugar, and is the lubricant for our eyes, colon, joints and everything in-between.

When water is in short supply, the smart body starts to pull water to the body core, protecting the vital systems. As other areas start to starve for water they show unhappy symptoms such as dizziness, pain, high blood pressure, fatigue, sleepiness, indigestion, respiratory infections, constipation, headaches, cramps, weight gain, dry dull skin, hair, and nails, urinary tract infections, a grumpy disposition and more.

So then, what to do? The body needs water and there are no substitutes. None!

Only water can do for the body what the body needs. Drink only clean purified water. How much? What is your weight in pounds? Half that number equals the number of ounces of water you need to drink each day. For example, if you weigh 150 pounds you should be drinking 75 ounces of water, about two quarts and one cup, daily.

High water content foods such as grapes, melons, and the like also count toward your intake. Beer, coffee, soda, tea, and wine do not.

At the first sign of hunger have a glass of water, especially if you want to lose weight as you might just be thirsty. At home I use filtered water in a drink dispenser, adding fruit such as orange, lemon or ginger slices, and veggies like Swiss chard, spinach, celery, mint or other floating leaves, and adding a little sea salt for the minerals. It is beautiful to the eye, very tasty and very satisfying.

Now, Alice get the water your body is missing and experience the difference. Remember, when you feel thirsty, you are already dehydrated. After a month of drinking half your body weight in ounces of water daily, come back and share the difference it has made for you.

As we move toward true health together, I encourage you to share your concerns and questions that can be addressed in this column at I look forward to being your advocate and partner in health. Write to Health Restoration Consulting, Post Office Box 2814 , Savannah , GA 31402 or call me at 912-236-8987.

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