Hydration Healing

Drinking Water Strategy for Health & Beauty Benefits

Low Water Level = Low Blood Level

  Your body needs water to make blood. If you don’t drink enough water your body can’t make enough blood.

  Your organs need the oxygen, nutrients and water that blood carries to them.

  If your blood level is too low they don’t get enough blood and the lack of oxygen and nutrients can damage your organs.

Your blood plasma is 90% water.

Body Loses 2 Quarts a Day

  Your body loses about 2 quarts of water a day which is 8 cups. You lose 5 cups of water to peeing and pooping, 2 cups to sweating and 1 cup to breathing.

  75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. Some people only drink 3 cups of water a day.

  If a body loses 8 cups of water and the person only drinks 3 cups they are 5 cups low for that day.

  If you are dehydrated day after day, week after week, month after month and year after year the low water and blood level can damage your heart and every organ in your body.

Heart Pumps 2,000 Gallons a Day

  Your heart pumps 2,000 gallons of blood a day while beating 100,000 times. That is forty 50 gallon barrels a day. Imagine using a hand pump to fill 40 fifty gallon barrels. That is the job that your heart does everyday.

40 Fifty Gallon Barrels of Blood a Day

Higher Blood Pressure

  Low blood level also needs more blood pressure to deliver blood to the farthest areas of your body.

  When your blood level is low because your water level is low and your body can’t make enough blood, your brain tells your pituitary gland to create vasopressin to make your blood vessels smaller to increase pressure to send the blood further.

  It is like putting a nozzle over the end of a garden hose to make a smaller opening to increase the water pressure and squirt the water farther.

Smaller Blood Vessels Creates Higher Blood Pressure
Smaller Nozzle Opening Creates Higher Water Pressure

  Low blood level also makes your heart beat faster which makes it work harder and can wear your heart out over time.

Smaller Blood Vessels & Thicker Blood

  With smaller blood vessels it increases the chance of blood clots getting stuck in them because they’re smaller which increases the chances of heart attacks and strokes due to blockages.

  Low blood level also creates thicker blood which clots easier and can create larger blood clots which can get stuck easier as well. Thicker blood is also harder for the heart to pump.

Heart Attacks & Strokes

  Larger clots of blood with smaller blood vessels is a bad combination that can increase the chance of blood vessels being blocked and blood not being delivered to the heart and brain.

  It can also increase the chance of blood clots blocking delivery of blood to other areas of the body.

Brain Rations Limited Blood Supply

  When your blood supply is low because your body doesn’t have enough water to make enough blood there is not enough blood for all the organs and different parts of your body and your brain must ration this limited blood supply.

  This means the organs in your body don’t get as much blood as they need because your body doesn’t have enough blood to give to them.

  Blood delivers nutrition, oxygen and water to your body’s organs that they need. Over time not getting enough blood damages all the organs in your body and can hurt your looks as well.

Survival Importance Ranking

  When you’re dehydrated, your body doesn’t have enough water to make enough blood and goes into survival mode.

  Your body prioritizes where to send its limited supply of blood carrying the oxygen, nutrients and water that the body needs for its survival.

  Your body’s top priority is getting blood, oxygen and nutrients to your brain first, followed by your heart, kidneys, liver and other organs.

  Let’s take a look at how low water level and low blood level affects the different areas of your body.

Hair is Low on Body's Survival Priority List

  When you’re dehydrated, your hair is very low on your body’s survival priority list, so it gets very little of the blood, nutrients and water that your hair follicles need to build great hair. Lack of water can also contribute to dry scalp which can increase dandruff.

Thin, Dry, Brittle Hair

  With reduced blood supply your hair follicle doesn’t have the building materials that it needs and can only create a thin, dry, brittle strand of hair.

Thinning Hair

  When you naturally shed hair and it falls out it is normally replaced with a new hair.

  If you are really dehydrated, when a hair falls out it isn’t replaced because your hair follicle doesn’t have enough blood, oxygen and nutrients to create a new hair so that space is left empty.

  So dehydration can cause both thin hair and thinning hair.

Strong Beautiful Hair

  Drinking water to stay hydrated helps your body maintain a good blood level to deliver the blood your organs need and have enough left over to supply your hair follicles.

  Drinking water is an easy way to help you grow thick, strong, beautiful hair.

Beautiful Skin Secret

  Your skin is 64% water and your body’s largest organ. Drinking water can help you have better skin.

  Dehydration can cause your skin to become dry and lose its elasticity. Drinking water helps fight aging and wrinkles.

• Drinking water helps fight oily skin, acne, eczema and psoriasis.
• Drinking water helps fight dark circles and sunken eyes.
• Drinking water helps your skin heal and scar less
• Drinking water helps hide cellulite.
• Instead of dry skin, drinking water helps your skin have a healthy glow.

Drinking water helps your skin tone and complexion.

Saliva Fights Cavities & Bad Breath

  Your body needs water to create saliva, which is 99% water. Saliva is needed to help wash away food particles that get stuck in your teeth. Decaying food particles cause cavities, gum disease and bad breath.

Drinking water helps you have better breath for sweeter tasting kisses. Saliva also helps keep your teeth whiter.

Your mouth also creates custom saliva for different types of foods to help you digest them. Saliva also helps food slide down your throat better.

Your Organs are Water Balloons

A large percentage of your body’s organs are made up of water.

• Your skin is 70% water.
• Your Muscles are 75% water.
• Your heart is 75% water.
• Your liver is 75% water.
• Your brain is 80% water.
• Your lungs are 80% water.
• Your kidneys are 80% water.
• Your cartilage is 80% water.

So a large percentage of the organs in your body is water.

  Let’s take a look at how drinking water to maintain good blood levels and other fluid levels helps the different organs and parts of your body.

Brain Processing Power & Mood

  Your brain takes dehydration very seriously.

  If your body is dehydrated your brain gets stressed knowing the damage dehydration is doing to your body. Even a mild amount of dehydration can affect your mood making you feel anxious, depressed and tired.

  Drinking water helps you feel less stressed, happier and respond better.

  When you are dehydrated your brains processing power is reduced.

• If you are 1% dehydrated, you lose 5% of your brains processing power.
• If you are 5% dehydrated, you lose 25% of your brain’s processing power, hurting your ability to think and make decisions.

5% Dehydrated = 25% Loss Of Brain Processing Power

  Drinking water can help you be a better parent, student, athlete, worker and overall better, healthier human being.

Lungs Built-in Air Filter

  Your lungs have a built in air filter that needs water to operate and removes dust, pollen, bacteria and virus particles but needs water to operate.

  Drinking water helps your body’s built in air filter remove virus particles to help you have a less severe case of the cold or flu or any other virus because you have less virus to fight so you have a less severe case.

  If your body is dehydrated it can slow down and even stop the removal of virus particles.

Drink Water Before, During & After Social Activities

  Drinking water before, during and after social activities where you might breathe in virus particles helps remove virus particles before they can infect you.

Drink Water Before, During & After Social Events

  Social activities where you might be exposed to the virus include going shopping, to church, a bar, a concert, festival, family get together, going to the gym and other social events.

  In addition to helping your body’s air filter your lungs also need water to work their best and help you breathe.

  We have a great video you can watch for more information about how water helps your body’s built in air filter remove virus particles so you have less to fight and a less severe case.

  You can check it out on our website HydrationHealing.com You can find it by clicking on Webinar in our website menu.

Liver Factory & Control Center

  Your liver is your body’s largest internal organ that does over 500 functions. It is a factory and control center for many of the functions in your body.

  After food goes through your stomach and intestines it goes to your liver for processing. Your liver also creates custom fluids for your body. Water also helps prevent gall stones as well.

  With all the important things your liver does it does need water to help it function and keep your body healthy.

Kidneys Remove Toxins & Waste

  Your kidneys need water to help them process and get rid of the toxins and waste. 

  Each day your kidneys filter about 40 gallons of fluids in your body. Your kidneys get rid of about two quarts of waste and fluid they filter out each day when you pee.

  Toxins and waste can get stuck in your body if your kidneys don’t have the water they need to remove them.

Lack of water can also contribute to kidney stones which are very painful.

  Dehydration can be a factor in kidney disease and over time may cause permanent damage to your kidneys.

Digestive System Needs Water

  Water is very important for a healthy digestive system. Your body needs water to create saliva and stomach acid to help you process food.

  Some people think that acid reflux is cause by too much stomach acid. It actually can be caused by too little stomach acid.

  If your stomach doesn’t have enough stomach acid to process food, it can send the food back up the throat causing acid reflux.

  Drinking a glass of water before a meal can help you feel less hungry. Water also helps the mucosal lining and villi in your small intestine absorb nutrients.

  Your intestines need water to help create a soft stool or turd that can easily poop out of your body.

Muscle Strength & Endurance

  Your muscles are 75% water. Here you can see a video of a sponge expanding as we add water to it.

  Drinking water helps your muscles be stronger, last longer, prevent injury and aid recovery.

  Dehydration can cause muscle fatigue. When muscles are exhausted it is often because they are dehydrated.

• 3% Dehydration = 10% Weaker Muscles
• Your muscles are also more susceptible to injury when they are dehydrated.
• Dry muscles tear easier.
• Water also helps injured muscles recover.
• Dehydration increases muscle pain.

  Hydration increases muscle endurance and strength.

  So drinking water to stay hydrated is a great way to make your muscles stronger and last longer.

Help Lubricate Joints & Prevent Joint Pain

  Water is also needed for synovial fluid which helps lubricate and cushion your joints and cartilage.

  Synovial fluid lubricates your joints to reduce the friction so they can slide easier for less wear.

• Drinking water also helps reduce joint pain.
• The cartilage that helps cushion your joints is 80% water.
• Dehydration causes your cartilage to dry out causing friction and pain as well as reducing your cartilages ability to cushion.
• Dry cartilage also tears easier.
• Drinking water helps prevent injury to your joints as well as helping them heal.

  Dehydration can dry out the jelly like disks that cushion the bones in your neck and back. This can contribute to neck and back pain.

Help Prevent Dry Eye

  Your eyes need water to create tear fluid to function properly.  

  Dry eye is where your tear ducts can’t produce enough tear fluid to hydrate and lubricate your eyes. Tear fluid helps prevent dry eye.

  If you work in front of a computer for long periods of time looking at the computer monitor you blink less which can dry out your eyes as well.

  Every time you blink it washes your eyes and helps hydrate them. Having enough tear fluid is very important for this.

  If you wear contact lenses and your eyes are dehydrated it makes contact lenses less comfortable to wear.

  Dehydration can also cause eye strain as well as tired eyes and headaches.

Help Hearing & Balance

  Drinking water to stay hydrated helps your hearing and balance as well. Your inner ear is filled with fluid that helps maintain your body’s equilibrium and transmit sound.

•   Conditions like vertigo, tinnitus, dizziness and even hearing loss can come from fluid imbalances in your inner ear.
•   Fluid imbalances in the inner ear can affect peoples balance and increase their risk of falling.
•   Drinking water also helps the mucous lining the Eustachian tube to help protect it from viral infections.

  Drinking water to help maintain a healthy fluid level can help with hearing as well.

Drink Water 3 Times a Day

  Hydration is replacing water as your body loses water during the day. The easy way is 3 times a day.

 Drinking water in the morning, at noon and late afternoon or evening will help keep you hydrated throughout the day. You can also drink water mid morning and mid afternoon if you’d like.

  If you want more information on the different variables on how much water to drink, you can watch our New Strategy for Drinking Water video or read the blog post.

Drink Water Till It Feels Good

  For myself I lift my water bottle to my lips and drink until it feels right.

 When I started I tried to drink a certain amount of water each time and often found myself forcing the last amount of water.

  Now I listen to my body and concentrate on scheduling water 3 times a day.

  If I am doing activities where I’m sweating I may drink water before, during and afterwards to replace the water being lost to sweat.

  To make sure water is available to me I take a water bottle with me during those activities.

Too Much Water is Bad

 Dehydration is drinking too little water. Hyper hydration is drinking too much water. You want balanced hydration replacing water as your body loses water throughout the day. 

  You want to be careful not to drink too much water which can wash out important electrolytes and cause health problems.

DEHYDRATION
BALANCED HYDRATION
 HYPERHYDRATION

  I’ve talked with a number of people that their doctor said you need to drink more water so they drank a lot more water and ended up back in the doctors’ office because they were drinking too much water.

  Every body is different. You want to find the right amount of water for you and your body.

  Talking with your doctor about how much water you should drink is a good idea especially if you have underlying health problems.

30 Day Hydration Challenge

  They say it takes 30 days to create a new habit. You can take our 30 Day Hydration Challenge to help you create a new healthy habit of drinking water 3 times a day.

  You can also challenge your family and friends and check in with them to encourage each other.

  To learn more check out our other videos on YouTube and Facebook as well as our podcasts and blog posts.

Share With Family & Friends

  You can share what you learn with your family and friends to help them understand how drinking water can help heal problems that they have that are caused by dehydration.

  Most people don’t realize that dehydration is an underlying cause for many health problems.

Hydration Healing Book on Amazon.com

  If you’d like to learn more about the wonderful health and beauty benefits of hydration you may want to look at our new book Hydration Healing.

  Hydration Healing is available on Amazon.com as a Kindle book that you can download to read on your computer, tablet or cell phone as well as a paperback book.

  The printed book is 8 ½ x 11 inches with lots of color illustrations and large 16 point type to make it easy to read and understand.

Hydration Healing Book on HydrationHealing.com

  You can also download the Hydration Healing book as a pdf on our website HydrationHealing.com. The pdf version of the book can viewed on your computer, cell phone or tablet and you can print out the pages.

Hydration Healing makes a great gift for family and friends.

  The Hydration Healing book is only $9.97 for the Kindle and PDF versions and only $11.97 for the paperback version.

The Bottom Line

  The bottom line to all of this is that you want to replace water as your body loses water during the day for balanced hydration. The easy way is 3 times a day.

  You want to avoid the damage that dehydration causes and enjoy the wonderful health and beauty benefits of hydration.

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