You could spend hours and hours on the internet reading about water and your health. Believe me, I’ve done it and you still won’t find agreement as to how much is too much, how much is too little and do you count fruits and vegetables. Please tell me how you could possibly calculate how much water is in your 9 servings of fruits and vegetables? Please don’t; this is not what’s important.
What you do need to know: Water makes up approximately 70% of the body’s tissues and plays a role in nearly every bodily function from regulating temperature and cushioning joints to bringing oxygen to the cells and removing waste from the body. Dehydration can affect blood pressure, circulation, digestion and kidney function and even slight dehydration on a daily basis can cause fatigue, dry skin, headaches and constipation. Even a slight imbalance in water may cause confused electrical messages to misdirect the muscles of the body.
An average of 2.7 quarts of water is lost every day and must be replaced to maintain homeostasis (the maintenance of normal, internal stability). The water you drink goes into every cell so the quantity and quality of the water you drink is critical to good health.
Water is my medicine of choice. While water is not an absolute cure-all, it must be recognized as the base and primary ingredient to every preventive and healing process within our body.
For me, 64 oz is my daily minimum. When I exercise, it’s more. And if you’re not a big water drinker, take note: your wrinkles look deeper if you’re dehydrated!
Our water quality is the only part of our environment that we can easily obtain total control over. With an abundant intake of clean healthy water we allow our body to perform all the healing processes it is naturally capable of.
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