WATER REMEDIES

In conclusion to the topic I've been discussing for a while now, emphasis will be placed on the healing properties of water for common illnesses. One of today's most overlooked natural cure is the healing power of water.

Water remedies that foggy feeling when you wake up. Upon rising in the morning head straight to the kitchen and drink a full glass of pure, clean water. Do this before that cup of coffee, hopefully its tea but regardless, drink that glass of water before your regular morning beverage.

Ever notice that your urine is a darker colour in the morning? Dark urine is a sign of dehydration whether it's morning, noon or night. Optimally, urine should be light yellow or straw-coloured although if you're taking a vitamin B supplement the colour may be a bright fluorescent yellow as your body excretes the excess it cannot use. If your urine is continually highly discoloured even after rehydrating (drinking water) repeatedly, it is advised that you seek the advise of a doctor. Dehydration itself can cause a multitude of symptoms which include headaches, muscle/joint pain, heartburn, fatigue and even depression. Are you surprised to know that water cures all these?

Everyone knows that the human body is made of 60 to 70% water but did you also know that the brain is said to be 80% water? That our bones are 10 to 15% water? Knowing this, doesn't it make it perfect sense that water is vital in keeping your whole system balanced?

Water is a natural conductor of energy so when those hunger pangs, yawns and fatigue comes calling...yep, a glass of water should do the trick! The healing power of water remedies makes perfect sense. Think  about it! Our bodies are about 70% water, our lungs are 90% water, our brains are 80% water, our blood is 83% and even our bones are 10% water. Every function of our body depends on clean water to function and operate effectively.

Dehydration is much more common than you would guess especially in in Sub-Saharan Africa. Unfortunately, most people prefer to reach for a bottle of soft drink than a glass of chilled water at the detriment of their health but NOTHING can replace a good, clean water for healing and satisfaction. Your body needs to process all the sugar and other substances before it can make any use of the little water content in your alternative beverage for it's metabolism.

Water remedies many ailments! Dehydration can cause a myriad of diseases including many that may surprise you!

• Heartburn

• Depression

• Back and joint pain

• Arthritis

• Asthma

• High Blood Pressure

• Premature Ageing

• Wrinkles

• Skin Problems

• Fatigue

• ADHD ( Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)

And the list is endless...

How much healing water should one drink?

A general rule of thumb is to divide your body weight in half and that is how many ounces of water you should drink in a day. So if your weight is 150 pounds (68kg) your water intake should be around 75 ounces (2.2 litres) per day. The old adage about drinking 8, eight ounce glasses a day is pretty average. Sound like too much? Well, 8 ounce gasses is equal to four 16 ounce cans of coke! Spread that out through the day and it really that much when you consider all the benefits of water!

Here's a great home remedy to restore your body's pH after being dehydrated.

Mix 1 tablespoon of organic apple cider with one tablespoon honey. Add a pinch of salt then fill glass with warm or room temperature water. Chug-a_lug! This is a great hangover remedy too!

And this bring us to the concluding part of "Water: The Holistic Approach". I do hope you have gained one or two things from this series?
Your questions, opinions and suggestions would be immensely appreciated.

Oke Oluwatimilehin J.
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WATER: THE HOLISTIC APPROACH - The relevance of water in the body

Our bodies are made up of between 50% and 70% water. Drinking water helps us maintain what we are biologically.

Water flushes out the toxins in our body. On both a systemic level and on a cellular level, water helps flush out toxins from our body thereby saving us from numerous ailments.

When you fail to drink water and you consequently fail to flush your system as effectively as you should. The less you flush the more you leave your body at risk of diseases. You are at greater risk of kidney and gall stones.

Drinking  sufficient water and having proper electrolytes provide the means to have optimal brain operation. Water and salt are the original 3 Hour Energy Drink.

Water provides hydro-electric energy in our cells. Water, like ADP, is one of the fuels that our cells use for its operational use both anabolism and catabolism.

Water transports essential electrolytes throughout our bodies and in and out of our cells. In addition to being a fuel, water transports in and out, the essential products the cells needs or produces.

Failure to properly hydrate (drink water) your body can put you at greater risk of heart attack. Even if you are young, and you begin to engage in sports, you may be at greater risk of a heart attack without proper hydration.

Water helps to maintain healthy body weight by increasing metabolism and regulating appetite. (More explanation on this point would be given under obesity).

Water leads to increased energy levels. The most common cause of daytime fatigue is actually mild dehydration.

Drinking adequate amounts of water can decrease the risk of certain types of cancers, including colon cancer, bladder cancer and breast cancer.

Drinking Water can significantly reduce joint/ or back pain. Provides enough lubricants in the joints (synovial fluid).

Water can prevent and alleviate headaches. Studies have revealed that water can cure about 50% of headaches.

Water can naturally moisturize the skin and ensure proper cellular formation underneath layers of skin to keep it healthy and a glowing appearance.

Water aids digestion process and prevents constipation. Drink enough water before and after each meals.

A person can survive for about a month without food but only about a week without water.

The biological importance of water is too numerous to be listed in a single piece of writing. It's roles and importance are essential for the normal functioning human beings. Next time, we shall have the concluding part of this series. I'd encourage you not to miss it. The holistic approach, water remedies and cure, water therapy.

Till next time, stay healthy because health is wealth.

Timilehin Oke
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WATER: THE HOLISTIC APPROACH. Part A

Have you ever imagined a world without water? Please take a moment to reflect on this question. Apparently, no form of life would exist. The plants cannot manufacture their foods, the animals can't survive as well. It's simply unimaginable! A world without water will simply be catastrophic.

Therefore, the roles of water, it's significance, importance, properties, uses, facts and remedies would be considered in the next couple of writings. Basically, I'll attune my writings on the holistic effects of water as it concerns human health for our better understanding and application.

Water can exist in the three states of matter: liquid, solid (ice) and gas (invisible water vapor in the air). Limitless to say, water can also exist as snow, fog and dew. Clouds are accumulated water droplets that are condensed from water vapor in the atmosphere.

Water constitutes between 71-75% of the earth's surface. It forms the world's streams, lakes, oceans and rain. It is a major constituent of the fluids in living things. It contains one atom of Oxygen and two atoms of Hydrogen that are covalently bonded together.

Briefly, the physical and chemical properties of water includes the following:

• Water is liquid at standard temperature and pressure.
• It is tasteless, odorless and colorless ( Although, a slight tint of blue hue can be noticed in large volume of water).
• It is transparent in visible electromagnetic spectrum.
• Water is a polar molecule with an electrical dipole moment.
• A good polar solvent, also referred to as universal solvent.
• Boiling point of water is 100 degrees Celsius at sea level ( B.P varies with altitude and below sea level) . The freezing point of water is 0 degrees Celsius.
• Water is neither acidic nor basic, it is neutral. Hence, it has a pH of 7.

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT WATER

• Roughly 70% of an adult's body is made up of water.
• Water accounts for approximately 80% of an infant's body weight.  
• A healthy person can drink about three gallons (48 cups) of water per day.
• The earth is a closed system, similar to a terrarium, meaning it rarely loses or gains extra matte. The same water that existed on the earth is about 326 million cubic miles of water.
• The total amount of water on earth is about 326 million cubic miles of water.
• Of all the water on earth, humans can use only about three tents of a percent of this water. Such useable water is found in underground water equifiers, rivers, and fresh water lakes, 

• By the time a person feels thirsty, his or her body has lost over 1% of its total water water amount.

With the proper hydration and electrolytes, your body is less likely to have a heart attack or stroke. The science suggests that even if you are having a heart attack or stroke, by taking water and salt, it may be possible to reverse the stroke and stop the heart attack. The uses of water can range from the everyday ordinary use to important life saving panacea. Till tomorrow when we'll delve more into the holistic uses of water.

Stay blessed, remember health is wealth

Food for thought

This is a master piece. If you have not read it take the time to read it now. If you have read it take time to read it again!
GEORGE CARLIN (His wife recently died....)

Isn't it amazing that George Carlin - comedian of the 70's and 80's - could write something so very eloquent...and so very appropriate.

A Message by George Carlin:

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways , but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.

We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things.

We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete...

Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.

Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side.

Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent.

Remember, to say, 'I love you' to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. An embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.

Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again.

Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

If you don't send this to other people....Who cares?

George Carlin

Cheers!