Water
Dangers of Chronic Dehydration
By Albert Grazia, M.S., N.D.
http://nutritioninfo.tripod.com/id19.html
Could you be chronically dehydrated ?
Many people are and never realize it.
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 are getting enough by drinking coffee, tea, soft drinks, juice or beer.
The truth is that many of these beverages have a diuretic effect, encouraging the body to excrete water through urination, rather than retaining it. Think about a grape versus a raisin. The one is plump and full and juicy, containing all its natural water. The other is small, dry, shriveled, its water gone. Although a grape in dehydrated condition is still a good and useful fruit, the human body when dehydrated does not function at its best and may be at risk for many ailments.
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Focus on drinking 2-3 quarts of water each day. Don’t get hung up on finding the perfect source right now just don’t drink tap water!
Two of the better local sources of bottled water are Ice Mountain or Crystal Geyser Spring Water.
Charcoal filters work well. These include Britta, Pur and GE Smartwater filters.
If money were no object it seems that reverse osmosis provides the best water.
As we increase our intake of filtered water we need to also look at the other beverages we like to consume.
Juice: Fruit juice has 8 tsp of sugar per 8 oz. A better alternative is to eat whole fruit. The fiber in the fruit will moderate the release of fructose into your bloodstream.
Milk: The milk available to us today is not healthy for our bodies. Pasteurized milk has lost all of the valuable enzymes. Cows are given Bovine Growth Hormone and antibiotics which pass through to the milk. Read the article “Don’t Drink Your Milk” by Dr. Joseph Mercola for more on milk:
http://www.mercola.com/article/milk/no_milk.htmSoft Drinks:
A regular soda has 10 tsp of sugar and may contain 30-55 mg of caffeine. Phosphorus in soda can deplete bones of calcium. Diet soda with artificial sweeteners is deadly. Aspartame stimulates appetite and cravings for carbohydrates. If you are wanting more info on the dangers of aspartame and other artificial sweeteners, read the following article:
http://www.mercola.com/article/aspartame/dangers.htmIsaiah 30:21 Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way; walk in it."
Ask the Lord for wisdom and courage to lay aside unhealthy beverages for clean, filtered water! At least try for 2 weeks to set aside soft drinks, fruit juice and pasteurized milk. I bet that you will feel great!
