Dehydration Effects Health
Summer time and the living may not be so easy. Summer time can be sizzle-time. As the heat intensifies, the need for water intensifies. And since we as humans are made up of about 70-75% water, we need to be sure that we are not losing that vital balance. Consider the dangers of both temporary and chronic dehydration.
What are some of the potential results from dehydration?
Fatigue
Dehydration causes enzyme activity to slow down. Water moving between the inside and outside of the cell also generates energy.
Who wants to go through the summer drained and tired? People often think they are drinking more than they really are. For instance, some who drink a lot of coffee think they are hydrating their bodies, when in reality the coffee is really dehydrating and depleting the water in the tissues.So instead of the water substitutes, instead of the bottled waters, drink real ionized alkaline water for superior hydration. One guideline for the amount of water to drink, is to take your actual weight, divide it in half and drink that number of ounces of water per day. For example, a person weighing 150 pounds should drink at least 75 ounces of water daily. But remember that in intense heat, you may need even more.
Digestive Disorders
The friendly bacteria in the "gut" require negative ORP values to thrive.
So if you are providing beverages with a positive ORP, like soda pop and other popular drinks, ( and even most bottled waters) then your body is being deprived of the important antioxidant potential. (ORP = oxidation reduction potential.) Remember that fresh ionized alkaline water does have a strong negative ORP, meaning that it provides vital antioxidants.
Acid-alkaline Imbalance
Dehydration significantly impacts how the body moves acid wastes.
This is of primary importance. We all need to strive for that critical balance of the acidic and alkaline in our bodies. When that balance is not maintained, many illnesses ensue. Everybody knows that so many people suffer from acid reflux, and many other gastrointestinal maladies.
Constipation
Dehydration causes the colon to pull as much water from the waste as possible.
This contributes to constipation. Don't set up residency in the bathroom, waiting for proper elimination. Sure, you can read the paper there, and daydream, and watch flowers, etc. But proper and regular bowel movement is more likely to be facilitated if there is significant hydration.
High Blood Pressure
Did you know that 95% of blood plasma is water? Dehydration thickens the blood and therefore elevates blood pressure.
Keep that blood pressure in the normal range by getting enough water daily. Don't risk the dangers of an elevated reading that could be caused by common dehydration.
Cholesterol
Cholesterol is produced to slow down cellular water loss when there is not vital hydration.
Why risk an elevated cholesterol? It may be shocking to find out that cholesterol may increase just from lack of water. There are enough other factors that may be more difficult to control. But water-that is something we can easily regulate. Drink to your health.
Weight Gain
At 2% hydration the body is too acidic and goes into fat storage mode. (A one hour workout can get you to this point)
So who wants to go to all that effort putting in a one hour workout, only to be more liable to gain weight? Not a good idea! It would be a lot simpler just to make sure that you are properly hydrated before, during and after the workout. But, remember to watch what form of hydration you are selecting. Those soft drinks and most sports drinks simple don't fit the bill.
Liver, Kidney, Bladder Problems
Dehydration increases the concentration of toxins in these organs of elimination.
Who wants to house toxins needlessly? Flush them out with adequate hydration. Send emergency assistance to the liver, the kidney and the bladder. For the best rescue, send lots of alkaline water to the source. Your organs will thank you.
Respiratory Problems
Dehydration causes the respiratory system to dilate to reduce water loss via exhaling.
But you can breathe easily, breathe deeply when you know that providing your body with plenty of healthy, alkaline, ionized water will prevent such respiratory problems that could otherwise be caused from dehydration.
Joint Problems
The fluids around the joints are mostly water.
What if there is not enough fluid around the joints? There is more pain, stress, and less ability to move freely. Many individual, anecdotal records reveal relief from chronic joint pain, after drinking adequate amounts of alkaline water.
Premature Aging
Dehydration places great stress on the body and increases oxidation and aging.
Well, this may be like saving the worst for last. Who do you know who wants to age faster? Well, when you cut open the apple and leave it, then you observe oxidation or instant aging. So why should we want to have instant aging? Nevertheless, a great deal of our population suffers from dehydration, and not just dehydration from excessive heat. This is a year round problem, affecting all ages, and backgrounds. In a recent study, 31% of Seniors were found to be dehydrated.
Drinking ionized alkaline anti-oxidant rich water can be the solution for better health and hydration.
How Body pH Can Affect Your Energy Levels
WHAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE; WE ARE BIO ELECTRICAL ENGINES
Your body operates on an electro magnetic current. Believe it or not, all of the organs in your body emit these fields of electrical current. In fact, nerve signals are nothing more than electrical charges.
What creates this electrical power in your body is a very fine balance that exists in your bio chemistry. And of all the systems in your body that depend on this delicate, bio chemical balance, one of the most important is your blood stream. This is where pH comes into play. But what is pH?
WHAT PH IS AND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO ALL YOUR BODY FUNCTIONS
PH is a scale that measures how acidic or alkaline a substance is. The scale ranges from 1 to 14 with 1 being very acid, 7 neutral and 14 very alkaline.So what does pH have to do with you and your blood? Well, the pH of your blood is extremely important. The ideal pH level for your blood is right around 7.35 and your body goes to enormous lengths to maintain this level.
Why? Because if your blood pH were to vary 1 or 2 points in either direction, it would change the electrical chemistry in your body, there would be no electrical power and in short order you would drop dead. As you can see, maintaining the right pH level in your blood is pretty important!!
With this in mind a good way to avoid upsetting this delicate bio chemical balance would be to take a look at those things that can compromise the maintenance of the ideal pH level in your body. And what is the main culprit in this case? The answer is the creation of acid in your body.
Before we look at what causes acid, here's a graphic example to give you an idea of what can happen in the blood when your pH drops to less than ideal. Red blood cells are how oxygen is transported to all the cells in your body.
As red blood cells move into the tiny, little, capillaries, the space they have to move through gets pretty small. In fact, the diameter of the capillaries gets so small that the red blood cells sometimes have to pass through these capillaries one red blood cell at a time!
Because of this, and because it's important for the red blood cells to be able to flow easily and quickly through your body, they have a mechanism that allows them to remain separate from each other. This mechanism comes in the form of the outside of healthy red blood cells having a negative charge. This causes them to stay apart from each other, sort of like when you try to push the negative ends of two magnets together. They resist each other and stay apart.Unfortunately, acid interferes with this very important mechanism in a pretty frightening way. Acid actually strips away the negative charge from red blood cells. The result is that your red blood cells then tend to clump together and not flow as easily. This makes it much more difficult for them to flow easily through the bloodstream.
WHAT CAUSES ACID IN THE BODY
The primary cause of an acidic condition in your body is from what you put in your mouth. In other words, what you eat and what you drink. And it isn't how "acid" something may seem when you eat or drink it. It has to do with what is left over when you digest it. - Thanks to Andy Long for this explanation.
Your body operates on an electro magnetic current. Believe it or not, all of the organs in your body emit these fields of electrical current. In fact, nerve signals are nothing more than electrical charges.
What creates this electrical power in your body is a very fine balance that exists in your bio chemistry. And of all the systems in your body that depend on this delicate, bio chemical balance, one of the most important is your blood stream. This is where pH comes into play. But what is pH?
WHAT PH IS AND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO ALL YOUR BODY FUNCTIONS
PH is a scale that measures how acidic or alkaline a substance is. The scale ranges from 1 to 14 with 1 being very acid, 7 neutral and 14 very alkaline.So what does pH have to do with you and your blood? Well, the pH of your blood is extremely important. The ideal pH level for your blood is right around 7.35 and your body goes to enormous lengths to maintain this level.
Why? Because if your blood pH were to vary 1 or 2 points in either direction, it would change the electrical chemistry in your body, there would be no electrical power and in short order you would drop dead. As you can see, maintaining the right pH level in your blood is pretty important!!
With this in mind a good way to avoid upsetting this delicate bio chemical balance would be to take a look at those things that can compromise the maintenance of the ideal pH level in your body. And what is the main culprit in this case? The answer is the creation of acid in your body.
Before we look at what causes acid, here's a graphic example to give you an idea of what can happen in the blood when your pH drops to less than ideal. Red blood cells are how oxygen is transported to all the cells in your body.
As red blood cells move into the tiny, little, capillaries, the space they have to move through gets pretty small. In fact, the diameter of the capillaries gets so small that the red blood cells sometimes have to pass through these capillaries one red blood cell at a time!
Because of this, and because it's important for the red blood cells to be able to flow easily and quickly through your body, they have a mechanism that allows them to remain separate from each other. This mechanism comes in the form of the outside of healthy red blood cells having a negative charge. This causes them to stay apart from each other, sort of like when you try to push the negative ends of two magnets together. They resist each other and stay apart.Unfortunately, acid interferes with this very important mechanism in a pretty frightening way. Acid actually strips away the negative charge from red blood cells. The result is that your red blood cells then tend to clump together and not flow as easily. This makes it much more difficult for them to flow easily through the bloodstream.
WHAT CAUSES ACID IN THE BODY
The primary cause of an acidic condition in your body is from what you put in your mouth. In other words, what you eat and what you drink. And it isn't how "acid" something may seem when you eat or drink it. It has to do with what is left over when you digest it. - Thanks to Andy Long for this explanation.