HOW IMPORTANT IS WATER FOR YOUR HEALTH?

 People rarely follow their physician's ad­vice when it comes to drinking their 8 glasses of water a day. As a result, many people do not drink enough water throughout the day while others quench their thirst with soft drinks, coffee, or beer. Most of these, in fact, have the exact opposite effect - they make you even more thirsty.

It is a medical fact that when we are thirsty for a soft drink, our body is in fact liter­ally begging us to give it some water. If you have such urges for soft drinks and the like, it’s a signal your body is sending out that it is severely dehydrated. According to Dr. Klatz and Dr. Goldman, world-renowned authori­ties on disease prevention & longevity and authors of a many books, most people do not get the necessary amount of water:

"You cannot replace the health benefits of drinking water by substituting bever­ages such as soft drinks, coffee, alcohol etc. Alcoholic and caffeinated drinks can act as diuretics, causing us to urinate more frequently than normal. This can cause a general state of dehydration resulting in urinary tract infections and cellular damage."

 Thus, water should be considered the kind of nutrient that can’t be neglected. Dr. Andrew Weil, M.D. is, no doubt, the most famous of U.S. physicians promoting natural healing methods. Almost all of the health magazines in America have published at least one of his articles or had his famous bushy white beard adorn their cover. In print are millions of his books. One of his articles clearly states:

“Water is a great medicine, needed to maintain a healthy body, a clear mind and good balance within your tissues. There’s more water in your body than anything else, with every cell containing mostly water. Over 60% of your body is water and you must constantly replenish the supply, as it is used up in the proc­esses of life. Many people fall to drink enough of it. When you don’t have enough water in your body, cells start to draw water from the bloodstream. The blood gets sludgy, your heart has to work harder and your body starts to re­direct blood away from less vital areas. Dehydration can set in even before you start to feel thirsty. This is a great strain on the body because it impairs the kid­neys in their vital function of purifying the blood and helping the body get rid of toxins...The standard recommenda­tion is to drink at least eight 8 ounce glasses [that's 2 quarts or liters] a day.”

Water is an important vehicle that regu­lates your body temperature in accordance with that of your environment. It plays a tre­mendous role in the fats exchange, eliminat­ing fat through our sweat thus maintaining steady fat metabolism. Drinking enough wa­ter helps to reduce harmful bacteria in your intestines, frees your body of dead and decom­posed matter, and washes out toxins and de­bris when you go through a clearing process.

The great Dr. Paul Bragg, the originator of health food stores in America and a pio­neer of alternative and preventative medi­cine, in his long career as an advisor on nu­trition and wellness to the Hollywood movie stars, showed that those of his star clients who were consuming the right amount of water, enjoyed good health, a youthful ap­pearance and a slim figure much longer than those who didn’t drink enough water.

 An eminent German doctor, T. Hoffman, writes:

 “The only thing in the world that can truly be considered a panacea is water. It serves as a perfect means of clearing various orifices, canals and passages in the complicated mechanism of the hu­man body. Water promotes regularity, softens and dissolves hard particles in the intestinal tract while clearing your body of harmful debris and additives. It also serves as a conductor of nutrients Into different parts of our body.”

Water is the most plentiful - and the least understood - substance on our planet. Water is the basis for all living things; without water, our Earth would become a huge dead desert. Therefore there is no wonder that 65% of the human body is composed of wa­ter and our brain is over 80% water!

The above mentioned Dr. Ronald Klatz and Dr. Robert Goldman state in their book on anti-aging strategies Stopping the Clock -

“Water... is present in every cell and tis­sue of the body and plays a vital role in almost every biological process including almost every biological process includ­ing digestion, absorption, circulation and excretion. Water is also the foun­dation of blood and lymph. It regulates body temperature, helps maintain youthful skin and strong muscles and lubricates our joints and organs to keep them in good working order. Yet, de­spite our need for a constant fresh sup­ply of water, many people... do not con­sume and maintain enough of it for good health and long life. In those older than 50, the most consistent bio­marker of aging is intercellular dehy­dration and one contributing factor may be a loss of thirst sensitivity with age.”