Water: The essential health ingredient
This chapter was interesting to read. I had no idea just HOW important is is to drink water. It really is one of the simplest things we can start doing to live a healthy life. Don emphasized over and over again how many patients he helped cure of a wide variety of ailments and sicknesses just by having them drink more water!
He recommends drinking 2-3 quarts of filtered water each day for most people.
The big takeaway I got was that he explained most Americans live in a mildly dehydrated state and have negative health effects as result. Just like the warning lights on the dashboard of a car, our bodies warn us of danger as well. Don often tells his patients, “when they have a headache, they don’t have a Tylenol deficiency… When they have heartburn, they don’t have a Pepcid deficiency…” Often times just turning to pills, is just like ignoring the warning lights on our car’s dashboard.
Ailments that he saw cured by drinking the proper amount of water…
- Migraine Headaches
- Back Pain
- Arthritis
- Skin Problems
- Digestion Problems
- Depression
- Joint Pain
- Weight Loss
- High blood pressure
Fun facts about water and our bodies:
- The average adult can only live 5 days without water
- Our bodies are made up of 70% water
- Our brain cells are 85% water
- Our bodies lose 2 quarts of water each day through perspiration, urination, and exhalation.
This article is part of the 50 Day Health Challenge from Don Colbert’s Seven Pillars of Health.
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Water is HUGELY important to your health, more than anything else may even be. It was studied, and they said you can actually get rid of most serious issues if you are not in a dehydrated state. If you feel tired, drink water, you may just be thirsty, if you have a RAGING headache…drink water, it may just be dehydration. Your body has an amazing ability to heal itself, but it needs certain things…and water is TOP on that list! It is used by every area of your body….EVERY ONE!
Be sure to drink filtered water too to get out all the chemicals. No good to pump your body full of mercury, and fluoride, and chlorene…ugh!
Sheila
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