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Water is the most valuable and necessary
'nutrient' for the proper operation of the human body. It's
very important to drink enough water daily as regular water
consumption is the only way that your body can eliminate concentrated
toxins from your cells. Whether cleansing or not, a deficiency
of water, dehydration, can have deleterious effects on your
body, possibly leading to failing health and in extreme circumstances
death. Few of us are close to that stage of water loss, but
if you are experiencing heartburn,
rheumatoid pain, back pain, heart or angina pain, headaches,
or leg pain from walking, you may be suffering from chronic
dehydration.
Through many studies it has been shown that joint movement is
greatly facilitated by water. The cartilage lining in your joints
need fluid to create a cushion between your bones. Without sufficient
water, an inflammatory process can develop to compensate for
the lack of water. It may appear that there is an infection
or arthritis in your joints, when in reality, there is only
dehydration. This occurs frequently in elderly persons as many
people of increasing years drink very little water daily due
to other concerns such as bloating, water retention, and kidney
problems.
Cutting back on water consumption is the wrong course of action
for these problems as other more serious complications can result
from a lack of water consumption. The correct course of action
would be to drink an appropriate amount of fluids a day (discussed
further later in this article) and to treat the causes of the
specific ailment in an appropriate way.
There are many other helpful effects on the body that occur
when adequate water is consumed daily. Present in your stomach
and duodenum (the first portion of your small intestines) lies
a mucous barrier that prevents acid penetration and damage to
your gastrointestinal lining. A well-hydrated mucous barrier
will retain bicarbonate and neutralize acid as it tries to pass
through the mucous. Drinking proper amounts of water will provide
a much better acid barrier to the mucosa than any medication
on the market.
Water consumption is very important for your overall metabolic
health. If your double-layer cell membranes lack sufficient
water, enzyme movement in and out of your cells will be obstructed.
Enzymes are
necessary to activate all the body's cell functions, and anything
that interferes with enzyme movement will have a negative effect
on all your body's systems.
Hypertension or high blood pressure can be helped by optimal
water consumption. When you have inadequate volume in your blood
stream, the vessels selectively decrease in diameter. The vascular
system adapts to volume loss by selectively closing the blood
vessel lumen. One major cause of blood volume loss is insufficient
body water. In chronic dehydration water is lost from the inside
of some cells, from the water volume held outside the cells,
and from water held in the blood vessels. The compensatory closing
of the lumen to compensate for water loss causes the rise in
tension recognized as hypertension.
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What's the Appropriate
Level of Water Consumption?
A good rule to follow is to
drink half your weight in 'ounces' of water every day. So,
if you weigh 160 pounds, you would benefit by drinking 80
ounces of water each day.
Examples: 200lbs=100 ounces of water daily
100 lbs=50 ounces of water daily
You can also get some water in fruit juices, teas, sparkling
water and sodas, but each of them have distinct disadvantages.
For instance, when you drink any juices, you are requiring
your digestive machinery and the pancreas to fire up and work.
Drinking pure water allows your body to flush
out toxins without having to mobilize and put stress on
your digestive
system. Caffeinated teas are actually a diuretic. By drinking
caffeinated teas, coffee, colas, and chocolate drinks, you
are actually depleting the supply of water available in your
body to dilute toxins and moisturize your system. Herbal teas
often have therapeutic effects, but they can also make your
body work, instead of giving it a well-deserved and needed
rest. Some herbal teas are also diuretic in action. Having
caffeinated drinks and herbal teas are fine, so long as it's
in moderation, but the bulk of our daily liquids should be
pure water.
Adequate water consumption is one of the single most important
tasks we must practice daily in order to live a long and healthy
life.
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