Water is essential for all bodily functions. 78% of the body is composed of water. Water keeps away-unwanted fat. Water naturally suppresses the appetite and stimulates the body to metabolize stored fat. The kidneys have great difficulty functioning without water. When a person is dehydrated the kidneys dump toxins into the liver. Metabolizing fat into usable energy is the liver’s most important function. But if the liver is forced to do the kidneys work, fat is stored.
Drinking water helps to alleviate fluid retention. Yes, adding more water to the body encourages it to release fluid. When the body is denied water it holds on to every drop. The best way to beat water retention is to give the body an indication that water is in abundant, only then is retained fluid released.
Water retention may result from eating excess processed sugar or salt. Salt tells the body retains water. Drinking an adequate amount of water releases excess salt through the kidneys. Sugars, on the other hand, require many essential nutrients to be metabolized and this distracts the body from proper elimination.
Water is important in maintaining muscle tone, suppleness in the skin, smoothness in the joints and for cooling the entire body. Water rids the body of waste. Water helps relieve constipation and encourages regular bowel movements. Water is a natural laxative: it keeps everything flowing.
On the average, we should ingest half of our body weight in ounces everyday. For example, a person weighing 200 hundred lbs. should drink 100 ounces of fluid (water, juice and herbal teas) every day. This amount should increase if exercising briskly or if the weather is hot and dry.
Tap water is generally unfit to drink. It can contain chlorine, fluoride, fecal bacteria and heavy metals and many other contaminants. It is much better to drink purified water such as artesian well, spring, reverse osmosis and distilled water. Most of these are readily found at supermarkets or a water filtration unit can be added to your house or apartment water supply.
Tap water, soda, coffee, beer, wine and punches are not water substitutes. They may have water as the main ingredient, but are chemically very different from spring or well water. These substitutes contain salts that cause a shift in the body’s metabolic cycle inhibiting fat metabolism. Shaving off inches cannot be accomplished without drinking clean water every day.
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