Health & Healing
Water for Health and Life By Sharon Rosenblum (March, 2017)
Did you know that the adult human body is made up of 50-65% water? According to Water Science School 60 % of your body is water. Clearly this tells us just how important water is to our body. Water is one of those things we take for granted. Doctors will tell us we need to drink eight glasses of water a day to maintain proper hydration. What we may not realize is what that water does for us in our bodies.
Credit: Sharon Rosenblum
Mayo Clinic’s online website, Mayo.org, has a very good graphic that shows all the areas of the body that need water. We need water to keep the tissues in the mouth, eyes and nose moist. Water regulates the body’s temperature, protects the body organs and tissues, lubricates joints, helps prevent constipation, carries nutrients and oxygen to cells, lessens the burden on the kidneys and liver by flushing out waste products and helps to dissolve minerals and other nutrients to make them easily accessible to the body. Whew! That’s a lot! It is easy to see how humans need water to live. It seems to be necessary for our body to function properly just
as it is important for plants and animals to have water as well. It is what I like to call the keystone to life. We, as a society, do not drink enough water. I am guilty of this too! I much prefer tea though for many of us drink to excess coffee and lots of soda (Coke, Pepsi etc.). Our bodies are dehydrated! Many of our illnesses or dis-eases are a result of dehydration. Dr. Fereydoon Batmanghelidj, M.D. has written a book titled: Our Body’s many Cries for Water. In his book he explains how dehydration can cause a multitude of symptoms and illnesses, from “headaches to diabetes, arthritis and muscle cramps to
Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease”. That’s quite a range of diseases. He further states that caffeine and Aspartame (artificial sweetener) are poisons. His studies and their results are quite impressive. In a lecture given at “The Governmental Health Forum” in Washington, D.C., Dr. Batmanghelidj talks of dehydration as being “the underlying cause of many chronic diseases”. I could write pages listing all about these diseases but I will give you the link to the article for you to read yourself. Better yet—buy the book or get it on loan from your library. It is a truly fascinating way to look at our health and the needs of our body.
(www.naturalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/wfns_special_report_water_03-03_english.pdf)
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