The
Five Big Health Builders:
Next
to oxygen, water is the most important substance in
the body. The average adult
body contains approximately 45 pints of water and excretes
about 32 pints daily through perspiration, respiration,
urine and defecation. The internal temperature of the
body is controlled with water. The average body temperature
is 98.6o Fahrenheit. If it rises above this temperature
we become feverish. If it falls below, we are physically
affected. Water makes up 92% of the blood in the body
and nearly 98% of intestinal, gastric, saliva and pancreatic
juices. Many people have a dehydrated appearance. Their
skin looks parched, withered, dry and old. Look at the
dry and withered hands of many people. Look at the wrinkles
on their foreheads and around their eyes. See how a
curtain of dry flesh hangs over their eyes. Such people
seem to squint out of little eye slits to see.
Many
people are chronically constipated, another sign of
dehydration. Many people suffer from burning, irritating
urination, which is also a sign of water starvation.
Inorganic
Salt is a Health Wrecker
Another
side of water imbalance is due to the excess use of
inorganic salt and salty foods, which leads to the waterlogged
human. You see young children 7 to 10 or more years
old who are so waterlogged that they look grotesque.
Some of these children have bloated and middle aged-looking
bodies. Just compare them to the adults with their bloated
and puffed-up faces, arms, bellies, legs, ankles and
feet.
The
amount of water a body needs depends on temperature,
climate, one's activities and general health. When you
drink a glass of water it goes directly to your stomach.
Part of the water is absorbed directly into your bloodstream
through the walls of your stomach. The remainder goes
to your intestines to keep the food you eat in a liquid
state while it is being absorbed; this water is later
absorbed directly into the blood.
Drinking
the right kind of water is one of your best natural
protections against all kinds of virus infections, such
as influenza, pneumonia, whooping cough, measles and
other infectious diseases.
Doctors
advise bed-rest and plenty of water for the flu. When
the body tissues and cells are kept well supplied with
the correct amount of water, they can fight off viral
attacks. If the body's cells are water-starved, they
become parched, dry and shrivel, making it easy for
viruses to attack.
Always
bear in mind the important functions of the right kind
of water in your body. Water is a vital component of
all body fluids, tissues, cells, lymph, blood and glandular
secretions. Water holds all nutritive factors in solution
and acts as a transportation medium to the various parts
of the body for these substances. The mucous membranes
need plenty of water to keep them soft and free from
friction on their delicate surfaces. Liquid is necessary
for the proper digestion of food. The stomach acts as
a powerful churn to break down food into small particles.
Water
Flushes Toxins Out of the Body
One
of the most important functions of water is to flush
the toxins and salt from the body. Unfortunately, people
the world over use large amounts of salt. From centuries
ago to the present day, there have been countries that
have never known what salt is and whose people were
still healthy and happy.
The
Japanese are known to be the world's highest consumers
of table or inorganic salt (sodium chloride). A Japanese
farmer who lives to be 60 years of age eats approximately
2 ounces of salt every day of his life and filters through
his kidneys 2,737.5 pounds or 1.36 tons of salt in his
lifetime!
Americans
are not far behind the Japanese in the consumption of
salt. Not only do Americans add plenty of salt to their
foods, they also eat large amounts of salty foods including
ham, bacon, hot dogs, luncheon meats, corned beef, potato
chips, salted nuts and many other foods with high concentrations
of salt. No wonder heart disease is the # 1 killer in
America! No wonder people in their 30's suffer from
high blood pressure, kidney trouble, arthritis and the
greatest of all killers, arteriosclerosis or the hardening
of the arteries, veins and blood vessels!
The
proper amount and right kind of water helps to keep
cholesterol levels down. Remember, water is a flushing
agent. In our opinion, the right kind of water is Mother
Nature's greatest beauty and health tonic. In our long
career as nutritional and fitness advisors to the greatest
stars of films and TV, we have found that, when we can
persuade the stars to use the correct liquids, they
retain an ageless face, form and figure much longer
than the person who drinks ordinary water. Pure water
keeps the body cells normal and prevents dehydration.
The face and neck remain free of ageing lines and wrinkles
while the entire body retains its youthful characteristics
longer.
Water
is Important to Superb Health
People
who drink the right kind and amount of liquids (distilled
water, fresh fruits and vegetables and their juices)
have better circulation, which is most important to
Super Health and long life.
In
our opinion, the right kind of water helps improve your
mind and brain power. We really believe that it makes
you think better and more accurately! You have 15 billion
powerful brain cells which are 70% water.
We
also think that the excessively nervous and/or mentally
upset person is so obsessed with his own worries and
"hangups" that he just forgets to drink water
and other liquids of the right kind. Instead, he dopes
himself on alcohol, tea, coffee and cola drinks which
only complicate his nervous condition by introducing
burning, toxic acid into his stomach with no food or
water to dilute it. So on top of his nervousness and
depression, he suffers from sour acid stomach, heartburn,
gas-bloat and other miseries. Instead of drinking sufficient
water, these people dope up on aspirin, cigarettes and
stimulants.
Remember
that the nerves need the correct amount of water to
function properly and smoothly. You can plainly see
that it is possible to suffer from water starvation.
Here is a way that you can help yourself to health,
the Natural Liquid Way!
The
specific reason we wrote this book was to give you the
knowledge to select the right kind and amount of liquid
your body so desperately needs. Here is your invitation
to enjoy the natural gift of Super Health, Health and
Freedom from bodily miseries through the observance
of Mother Nature's and God's Eternal Laws combined with
powerful self-knowledge.
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