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It goes without saying that drinking water is important, we cannot live more than a few days without it. But how much? And what about quality? Is the water from the tap in Chicago the same as the stuff that I drink in Holland? Decidedly not! Four years of living in Illinois convinced me that they pumped the water straight from a sewerage farm called Lake Michigan whereas the Dutch are masters of everything to do with water. They have to be as 60% of the Netherlands lies beneath sealevel.
So, if you are seriously interested in healthy living, and the quality of your water is 'shit', sorry about my misguided sense of humour, then you might think
The wisdom of the ages suggests that we drink too little water. It's probably correct. But the anecdote going back some eighty years, started by a medical doctor who suggested we should be drinking 8 glasses per day turns out, according to new research, that it was simply his opinion, and not based on any solid evidence. In short, like many medical anecdotes, it's pure myth.
There is little evidence that drinking the recommended 8 glasses of water per day improves your health, say scientists from the University of Pennsylvania. Kidney experts, Drs Negoianu and Goldfarb, explained that drinking extra water may be a waste of time. (Journal of the American Society of Nephrology)
Toxins
It has been claimed that consuming lots of water clears toxins, keeps organs in better condition, improves skin tone and prevents you from putting on weight. The researchers say there is not one published study proving the benefit of drinking so much water for ordinary healthy people . It’s probably a myth.
Persons suffering from certain specific diseases do benefit from more water, as it clears certain substances like urea and sodium, and this may apply to healthy people, but there is no proven evidence.
In chiropratic we recommend everyone drink more water, so that tissues remain fully hydrated. Good clean water, not the SH-1-T that comes out of sewerage plants like Lake... oh, dear, better be careful, may be sued! That doesn't mean you have to drink an extra 8 glasses a day. Personally I drink at least 5 glasses of water a day, and numerous cups of very weak tea with fruit. But that too is just an anecdote, without any real justification.
Athletes
It is well known, and proven, that athletes should be drinking water, plenty more water. Amongst other things drinking too little water makes an athlete's skin tight and ‘dried out’, but there is not one study confirming this need for ordinary people.
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Headache
Another myth is that drinking more water helps headaches . One small trial did not produce statistically significant data. There is of course plenty of research proving that a chiropractic adjustment will help your headaches ! Well, 70% of headaches come from the upper neck.
Weight loss?
Certainly there is no evidence that drinking more water will decrease your appetite , and help you lose weight . There is simply no research showing that it helps; it’s purely anecdotal and has no solid basis in science. However that doesn't mean that drinking more water doesn't help! It's just not been proved.
Drs. Negoianu and Goldfarb concluded that there is no clear evidence to indicate that consuming extra water is good for the health - they also stressed that there is no clear evidence of a lack of benefit. "There is simply a lack of evidence in general," they wrote.
As famous scientist Carl Sagan said: Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. We simply do not know. For sure, that is.
Water for Kids
Absolutely don't start your children on the notion of colas and artificially flavoured drinks stuffed with sugar/sweetners and chemicals. Drinking water, weak teas and the drinks suggested above are just as fine for your children as for you.
For more information about water, click here. Read this page with your kids. You and they will enjoy,
I promise! WATER FOR KIDS ...
Pure water and Auto-immune diseases
Whilst cleaning up our water supply has been one of the greatest public health achievements of the Twentieth Century, a fascinating new study (this is no April Fool's joke!) is that our pure drinking water is possibly the cause of auto-immune diseases. And doctors are now treating patients by deliberating putting parasitic worms in the drinking water of patients suffering ...
Read more: DISEASES OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM ...
Infantile Colic
Is your baby suffering from Infantile Colic? Do you know what the Rule of Three is?
Read more … COLIC CHIROPRACTIC
Our opinion?
I confess to enjoying both tea and coffee. About two cups of each. When half the world's scientists are saying that they are full of anti oxidants, thus good, and the half are saying they are full of caffeine, thus bad, then I delude myself that it's okay.
In this lovely painting by Lorraine Harrison it would seem that the teapot and the coffeepot are in fellowship, in agreement: Drink more water not and cola filled with either sugar or chemicals.
Aside: I'm not strongly convinced of this, but I THINK that instant coffee, like instant-everything-else, is probably not good. They use xylene to extract the caffeine, and traces remain. It's toxic stuff. And teabag-tea tastes so S-H-one-T that I stick to loose tea, despite having to dispose of the tealeaves.
My rule: Treat ANYTHING that is processed by the food industry with a tad of suspicion. Mostly they seem to screw it up.
So, drink more water, but don't get neurotic about the eight glasses per day. And consider other delicious ways to get it down.
A little chopped piquant fruit (mandarin, lemon, plum ...) in a pot of very weak tea is delicious. Kept hot, or cold, in a thermos makes it available for hours. Best strain off the leaves after ten minutes though, otherwise it gets bitter.
In summer, squeeze half a lemon (or less) and a teaspoon of honey into a couple of litres of water. Keep in the refrigerator, and enjoy it all day. Drinking water need not be drudgery. Keep a glass of drinking water on your desk all day. That's what I do.
LATENT HEAT FUSION
It's the magical polar nature of water that enables us to make an MRI scan like this:
People come to Jesus Christ for all sorts of bizarre reasons. It was the polar nature of water, and in particular the Latent Heat Fusion that finally convinced me in the existence of a Creator. To believe otherwise was just far too far-fetched, too improbable.
LATENT HEAT FUSION ...
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