Water’s Effectiveness on the Body

Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by admin in Family Nutrition, How to Get Started
Drinking More Water Is Key To Alleviating Some Of Today’s Most Common Diseases and
Disorders
by Kelly Joyce Neff
Everyone knows we should drink water. This may seem obvious. But could you actually be chronically
dehydrated? water through urination, rather than retaining it.. The one is plump, full, and juicy,
containing all its natural water. The other is small, dry, and shriveled – its water gone. Although a grape
in dehydrated condition is still a valuable and nutritious fruit, the human body when dehydrated does not
function at its best and may be at risk for many ailments.many of its essential functions. Water is utilized
as a solvent and also provides the means to transport nutrients, hormones and other vital supplies. It’s
used to produce hydroelectric energy, especially in the brain. It’s essential for maintaining cell structure.
Water is also necessary to enable proteins and enzymes to function more efficiently.
Chronic dehydration can lead to a loss or decease in all these functions and may ultimately result in
disease or can worsen an existing condition.lungs, liver, kidneys, and glands, and then come the
muscles, bones, and skin. During periods of dehydration, histamine insures that these vital organs have
enough water to function properly. If enough water is not supplied, it must be taken from within the body.
Chronic dehydration can cause histamine to become excessively active. This may result in symptoms
that may be mistaken for other disorders such as allergies, asthma, dyspepsia, colitis, constipation,
rheumatoid arthritis, and chronic pains in various parts of the body, such asmigraine headaches. Here
are some details of why increasing one’s water intake can help:angina – is a sign of water shortage in
the heart-lung axis. It should be treated with increased water intake until the patient is free of pain and
independent of medications. Medical supervision is prudent; however, increased water intake is
angina’s cure.joint pain. The cartilage in your body, including your joints, is composed mainly of water.
As cartilage surfaces glide over one another, some exposed cells become worn and peel away. New
cartilage is normally produced to replace the damaged cells. But due to the lack of blood vessels in
cartilage, water is needed to transport the nutrients required for maintenance and repair. Dehydration
may increase the abrasive damage and delay its repair, resulting in joint pain.every year, is a
complication of dehydration in the body. It is caused by the body’s drought management programs. A
large amount of water is normally lost from the lungs as water vapor through expired air. Histamine,
which also controls bronchial muscle contractions, may attempt to restrict water loss through expiration
by constricting the bronchial muscles. Increased water intake will prevent asthma attacks. Asthmatics
need also to take more salt to break the mucus plugs in the lungs that obstruct the free flow of air in and
out of the air sacs.circulation. This can result in harder stools that are not only more difficult to pass, but
may also irritate and weaken the walls of the colon, resulting in small pockets known as diverticuli. Since
the water that the colon reabsorbs back into circulation is not filtered water, but wastewater that was
originally due to be excreted, the liver and the kidneys must then filter it. This may place additional strain
on these overworked organs.diabetes is brought on by severe dehydration of the human body. In order
to have adequate water in circulation and to meet the brain’s priority water needs, the release of insulin
is inhibited to prevent insulin from pushing water into all the body cells. In diabetes, only some cells get
survival rations of water. Water and salt will reverse adult-onset diabetes in its early stages before it
becomes an autoimmune disease with a destruction of insulin-producing cells. Not recognizing adult-
onset diabetes as a complication of dehydration will, in time, cause massive damage to the blood
vessels all over the body. It can cause eye damage and even blindness. It’s capable of causing loss of
the toes, feet and legs from gangrene. And the diabetes industry is a multi-billion dollar industry of
sickness treatment and prescription drugs. Why would that industry want to tell people that all they need
to do is drink more water, avoid soft drinks and cut down on caffeine in order to greatly improve their
health?hydration because it runs counter to their profitable paradigms of disease treatment. In other
words, an executive working at a pharmaceutical company, making millions of dollars a year from
pharmaceutical sales, is unlikely to accept, psychologically, the idea that diseases could be prevented
or reversed by drinking something freely available to the public. The thought will not penetrate that
person’s belief system.chronic dehydration. The amino acid tryptophan is required by the brain to
produce the neurotransmitter serotonin, which in turn is needed to make melatonin. An adequate
amount of water is required for tryptophan to be transported into the brain. Dehydration may limit the
amount of tryptophan available to the brain – and to worsen things, high histamine levels (also triggered
by dehydration) may actually stimulate tryptophan’s breakdown in the liver.Dyspepsia

Dyspeptic pain, which can range from simple heartburn to gastro-esophageal reflux disorder (GERD),
may be one of the early signs of dehydration. During the early digestive process when food enters the
stomach, hydrochloric acid (HCl) is secreted to activate the enzymes to breakdown the proteins found in
meat and dairy. The acidic contents of the stomach, called chyme, are then pumped into the small
intestine by passing through a valve, called the pyloric sphincter. This acidic chyme must be neutralized
before it damages the intestinal lining. The pancreas is responsible for secreting the bicarbonate ions,
which neutralize the acid. A large amount of water is required to produce this bicarbonate solution. If
sufficient water is not available, the digestive process may be delayed and food may remain in the
stomach longer than necessary. Over a period of time, the stomach acid may rise and if allowed to enter
the esophagus, will produce the sensation known as heartburn. Ideally, water should be drunk half an
hour before meals, during meals and again a couple of hours afterwards.High Blood Pressure

High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is a state of adaptation of the body to a generalized
drought – when there’s just not enough water to fill all the blood vessels that diffuse water into vital cells.
As part of the mechanism of reverse osmosis, when water from the blood serum is filtered and injected
into important cells through minute holes in their membranes, extra pressure is needed for the “injection
process.” Just as we inject intravenous “water” in hospitals, so the body injects water into tens of trillions
of cells all at the same time. Water, with balanced, unrefined salt intake, will often bring high blood
pressure back to normal. Not recognizing hypertension as one of the major indicators of dehydration in
the human body, and treating it with diuretics that further dehydrate the body, will in time cause
blockage by cholesterol of the heart arteries and the arteries that go to the brain. It will cause heart
attacks and small or massive strokes that paralyze. It will eventually cause kidney disease. It will cause
brain damage and may give rise to neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease.Migraine
headache is a sign of water need by the brain and the eyes. It will totally clear up if dehydration is
prevented from becoming established in the body. The type of dehydration that brings
on migraines might eventually cause inflammation of the back of the eye and possibly loss of
eyesight.weight loss that’s worth mentioning here: Many people who are attempting to lose weight end
up in a state of chronic dehydration because they don’t want to drink water for fear that it will add “water
weight” to their bodies. Consequently, they actually impair their body’s ability to metabolize fat because
they’re afraid to drink enough water on a regular basis. In reality, being fully hydrated is a prerequisite to
weight loss. If you want to lose weight, you have to give your body enough water so that it’s no longer in
a state of emergency. When the body is in a state of chronic dehydration, it will not let go of fat supplies
easily: It wants to hold on to everything it can eat or drink. The only way to convince your body to let go
of and start metabolizing body fat is to drink a lot of water – enough water so that your body feels safe in
letting go of unneeded calories. Remember: Water has zero calories, is low-carb and has zero grams of
fat, so drink up!
Are You Chronically Dehydrated?
Many people are and never realize it. Contrary to popular belief, a dry mouth – or feeling thirsty – is by
no means the first sign of dehydration. Our bodies require at least eight glasses of water per day – more
during exercise, illness, and hot weather. People often think that even if they don’t actually drink water,
they’re getting enough by drinking coffee, tea, soft drinks, juice, or beer. The truth is that many of these
drinks have a diuretic effect, encouraging the body to excrete
Your Body, a Grape or a Raisin?
Think about a grape versus a raisin
Bodies are 70% Water
The body is composed of about 70 percent water, and water is required for
Most of the body’s water is found within the cells, and the next largest amount is in the fluid surrounding
the cells. If water is not replaced frequently, this surrounding fluid may continue to accumulate waste
material and other contaminants. The pumps in your cell membranes may not work as efficiently
because allowing dirty water into the cell can cause cellular damage or cell death. You wouldn’t bathe in
the same bath water without first cleaning the tub and adding fresh water. Why would you allow your
cells to be surrounded by an accumulation of waste material?
Begin the Begun – Water!
Life on this planet began in water; even the developing fetus is surrounded by water. When the body is
deprived of water, a water rationing system takes effect. Histamine, a neurotransmitter, becomes active
and redistributes water throughout the body. The order of circulatory priority is the brain,
Angina
Heart pain –
Arthritis
Another possible complication of dehydration is
Asthma and Allergies
Asthma and allergies can be other indications that the body has increased its production of histamine.
Asthma, which affects tens of millions of children in the Western world and kills several thousand of
them
Not recognizing asthma as an indicator of dehydration in the body of a growing child not only will
sentence many thousands of children to die every year, but also will permit irreversible genetic damage
to establish in the remaining millions of asthmatic children.
Cholesterol
High cholesterol levels are an early indicator of drought management by the body. Cholesterol is a clay-
like material that’s poured in the gaps of some cell membranes to safeguard them against losing their
vital water content to the osmotically more powerful blood circulating in their vicinity. Cholesterol, apart
from being used to manufacture nerve cell membranes and hormones, is also used as a “shield” against
water depletion of other vital cells that would normally exchange water through their cell membranes.
Colitis
Colitis pain is a sign of water shortage in the large intestine. It’s associated with constipation because
the large intestine constricts to try to squeeze the last drop of water from the excrements – thus the lack
of water lubrication.
Not recognizing colitis pain as a sign of dehydration will cause persistent constipation. Later in life, it will
cause fecal impacting. It also can cause diverticulitis, hemorrhoids, and polyps and appreciably
increases the possibility of developing cancer of the colon and rectum.
Constipation
Dehydration causes constipation. When water is in short supply in the body, the colon will act to restrict
unnecessary water loss through the stools. Colon muscles will contract to squeeze out and
subsequently reabsorb water back into
Diabetes
Diabetes is also another disease that’s strongly influenced by water consumption. Adult-onset
The answer is that there’s no motivation whatsoever for any medical industry or group or drug company
to educate people with the truth about water and human health. They’re not only unwilling to tell the
truth, they’re also intellectually unwilling to accept the truth about the importance of adequate
Depression
Depression can be another symptom of
Migraines
Weight Gain and Loss
There’s another fascinating point about chronic dehydration and
It’s also interesting to note that many people who go on short term diets and who think they’re losing five
or 10 pounds over a couple of days are really only losing water weight. They haven’t lost any body fat at
all but they’ve managed to put themselves in a state of chronic dehydration that will inevitably lead to
weight gain once they return to normal habits of eating and drinking.