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Safe, clean water is critical for your good health.
Water is the medium in which the biochemical reactions in the body take place and it’s important that the water you drink be safe so that nothing interferes with the intricate body chemistry. There are many different types of contaminants, but it’s also important to consider things that we normally consume as a type of contaminant. Drinking soda or coffee is not the same as drinking safe, pure water.
When drinking water you must ensure that the water is safe and you must get the right amount of water to keep your body functioning normally.
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Don’t trust your city to provide you with safe water
Municipalities want their citizens to believe that the city’s water delivery system provides clean, safe, tasty drinking water to their taps… after all aren’t you paying for safe water every month when you pay your water bill? Actually, very few people have access to pure safe drinking water.
There are several problems. First, the drinking water delivery infrastructure is in serious trouble. In the 1850’s cast iron and lead were used to create the pipes that bring water to your house. The cast iron pipes had a life expectancy of about 150 years. Around 1900, the steel industry made huge leaps and steel pipes were used in the water system. They had a life expectancy of around 100 years. Lead pipes continued to be used. In the 1950’s ductile steel pipes were used. They had a life expectancy of about 50 years… and the lead pipes were still being used. If you look at the dates here you notice that with the exception of lead, all the materials used to deliver water to homes and businesses is expected to fail now.
This problem is very serious because pipes don’t just suddenly burst. Instead, they tend to form small pinhole leaks. That means they are not immediately noticed as having a problem. Even so, the problem is very real because water delivery pipes are typically buried in proximity, often below, sewer lines. Sewer lines are also subject to leaks. That means that the bacteria, pharmaceuticals, and other nasty stuff you flush down the toilet are leaking out of the sewers and into the pipes that bring water to you.
The blessings and curses of chlorine
To combat that problem, municipal water treatment plants put enough chlorine in the water to continue to kill bacteria all the way down the delivery line, not just at the treatment plant. Since chlorine tends to dissipate from the water, a bunch of chlorine needs to be added. The closer you live to the treatment plant the more chlorine you will find in your water. Or, if you are one of the really unlucky people, your municipal treatment plant has started to use chloramine instead of chlorine. It persists longer than chlorine. That means less is needed to reach the end of the line, and, of course, that means it’s cheaper to use. The most current research is demonstrating that both chlorine and chloramine are potentially very harmful in the body.
Dangers of lead pipes and fixtures
In the 1980’s the link between lead and brain damage was clearly understood. Unfortunately, that doesn’t get rid of the lead pipes still underground and in older homes. The good news is that many localities have hard water. Magnesium and calcium form a lime scale in the lead pipes that actually reduces the amount of lead in water by forming a barrier between the pipe and the water. That was true until chloramine. Enough chloramine separates into its constituent chlorine and ammonia to provide a nice ammonia meal for the bacteria in the water. Their waste product is highly acidic and that dissolves the lime scale.
These are just a couple of the many toxic substances typically found in water. Even if you have well water, it can easily contain toxic substances, arsenic in particular.
Solutions
The bottom line is that you cannot assume your water is safe to drink whether it comes out of the tap, out of a well, or out of a bottle. Millions of people get sick from unsafe water each year and some very serious problems like cancer, miscarriages, ganglion cysts, skin problems, Alzheimer’s, and others can be linked to water contaminants. The problem will get worse and worse before it gets better because it costs a whole lot of money to solve it. The best solution for each individual is to test their water supply, see what toxic substances it contains, and install water filtration technology customized to their unique needs. There is no one-fits-all solution and many water filters ranging from pitcher filters to whole house systems will not actually produce safe, pure water.
“Your Body’s Many Cries for Water”
N. Lexie Ross
Dr. F. Batmanghelidj, author of Your Body’s Many Cries for Water presents the most convincing case for just plain water being a natural healer. He called his book “a preventive and self-education manual for those who prefer to adhere to the logic of the natural and the simple in medicine.” He was a member of an organization calling for a new paradigm in healing called the Foundation for the Simple in Medicine.
Dr. Batmanghelidj’s main contention was that our society is so product-oriented, when we drink liquids, it is usually coffee, tea, juice or sugary soda. One of the biggest health fallacies is that we think these fluids are substitutes for water. Because we don’t drink just plain water, our bodies are literally suffering from draught.
It sounds overly simplistic, but when you read his reasoning and research, it begins to make perfect sense. Dr. Batmanghelidj explains that we often do not pay attention to the body’s many cries for water and most often, they are silenced with antacids or pain killers which he refers to as “pharmaceutical cocktails.”
He explains that by the time the mouth is dry, the body is in an extreme state of dehydration and non-infectious, recurring or chronic pain should first be viewed as indicators of body thirst. When blood becomes concentrated from lack of water, it draws water from the surrounding cells causing dehydration in various parts of the body which often causes pain. All too many times, people confuse the need for water as hunger so they eat instead of drinking water.
An article published in the Journal of clinical Gastroenterology, June 1983, explains the doctor’s water therapy success with over 3,000 people. In his book, he specifically describes his successes with dyspeptic pain, colitis, rheumatoid and arthritic pain, anginal pain, low back pain, leg pain, ulcers, migraines, chronic fatigue, hangovers and many others.
Because of our dependence on sweet tastes, Dr. B explains that when the body becomes dehydrated, humans seem to lose their thirst sensation often not recognizing their need for water. He describes the many roles that water plays in the body, including lubricating joints, digestion, feeding the spinal fluids and providing adhesive in cell architecture. In addition, one of the most vital roles is the fact that water literally ignites the electrical charge that carries energies to the cells.
He suggests that gastritis, duodenitis and heartburn should be treated with water alone. In the case of an ulcer, he suggests the addition of a change of diet.
Dr. B cites many of his healing successes with just plain water, but one in particular stands out. A young man had been suffering from ulcers. When the doctor was called in, he was doubled over in pain, semi-conscious on the floor. Shaking him to get a response, the doctor learned he had already taken three tables of cimetidine and a whole bottle of antacid however; they had done nothing to provide relief.
The doctor feared the patient might have “acute abdomen” or a perforated ulcer requiring surgical exploration. Feeling the abdominal wall for rigidity, he determined that this wasn’t the case and decided to treat the patient with water.
When he suggested the man drink two glasses of water, he responded with great hesitation. The doctor then said to him, “You have taken the usual medications without any result. Now, why don’t you try my suggestion.”?
The man drank the two glasses of water. In fifteen minutes his pain had become less severe and his groaning had stopped. The doctor gave him another glass of water and a few moments, the pain disappeared completely. It had taken three glasses of water and a total of 20 minutes to eradicate an ulcer attack.
Your Body’s Many Cries for Water offers a wonderful explanation of how vital water is to our health and the many physical ills that have benefited from the following simple suggestions.
* Drink an absolute minimum of six to eight 8 oz. glasses of water a day.
(Alcohol, coffee, and caffeine-containing beverages absolutely do not count as water.)
*The best regimen to follow is to drink one 8 oz. glass, one half-hour before taking meals and a similar amount two and one half hours after each meal. Two glasses should be taken before your heaviest meal and before going to bed.
Water: For Health, for Healing, for Life: You’re Not Sick, You’re Thirsty!
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