The reason I asked about water and diet is because of all the things I have tried, and I have tried a lot, these are the two BIGGEST things that made a gigantic difference. Simple things for sure, but simple stuff that is not taught to us at school, nor in life.
1) “Water water everywhere and all the boards did shrink.” – “The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner.” I had to learn that poem off by heart when I was a little chap in shorts!
Water – now this blew my mind. Water? What about water? Simple stuff. Our bodies are made up of 70pct water. Your brain is 90pct water. If you don’t have enough water your body cannot and will not function correctly. I will recommend a book to read, but don’t let that escape your attention….”cannot and will not function correctly” and again ….without water your body ”cannot and will not function correctly.”
I discovered that I was chronically dehydrated. What? How can that be? What is that all about. I drink teas, juice n stuff, but I avoided too much liquid because it used to bloat me out….it didn’t even cross my mind that I might need water. In fact I never drank straight water. Not even on my radar!
But first, did u notice how much of your reply was dedicated to water? It’s not on your radar either because you typed only one line. (Although Linda made no comment at all!) I quote “As far as water goes? I dont drink it straight at all. I drink herb teas, vitamin C and lemon in water. I figure that's pretty good....”
That’s what I thought too. That is what everyone thinks. Unfortunately its wrong.
Drinking herb teas, vit c and lemon in water is NOT good enough. It does not provide your body with what it NEEDS to continue working as best as possible. Your body will try lots of little tricks to continue working and it will succeed, but the symptoms this lack of water leads to is rather long and will be very familiar to you when you read up about them.
Everyone knows if you are lost in the desert you can survive for about 7 days without food, so long as you have water. If you have no water in the desert it’s about 1.5 days…then you die. Water is so important it is unbelievable.
Do you know HOW your body says “Please Miss, I’m really thirsty, can I have a drink?” – it does this in exactly the same way as it says “Please Miss, I’m really hungry, I WANT TO EAT THAT DONUT NOW!” – seriously it does, the urge/desire to eat food and drink liquid is exactly the same. Even when you are in tip-top condition the body’s response is the same. If you are not aware that they are the same signals, you will undoubtedly reach for the donut and especially if that is what you usually do. Are your food cravings, food cravings?............or are u just thirsty?
Your body is 70pct water and your body uses this water up to function, doing all the things it does, the heart, liver, kidney, brain, sweating, everything all uses water all the time and it needs replacing. Surprisingly its your lungs that use the most, when you breath water vapor is expelled (or something like that, I don’t remember exactly, but lung uses the most, fact.) The water in the food you eat and other drinks is NOT enough to replace what is lost in normal daily life functioning, and even if you ate lots and lots it still would not do, because your body needs straight water to function.
I now always drink water throughout the day, my body is used to it again now and when i forget to drink it protests and I have learned the signals now. I need about 2 liters everyday, on top of any other teas, juices, vit c’s that I drink.
Whenever I reach for the lipsalve(vasoline) and my lips are dry, I now know this means I have forgotten to drink water and I need water straight way. If I don’t drink water for 3 hours my lips start going dry and tingling. Same with hunger pangs, I had lunch 2 hours ago….i’m really hungry now…I need food….well, now I have a drink of water……and all is calm, cool and collected. I am refreshed. I don’t need food, I needed a drink of water……and so do we all!
Now, don’t take it from me, take it from the best there is. “Your bodies many cries for water” by Dr Batmanghelidj. Do not be scared away by his strange name. he explains everything clearly and as easily as if you knew nothing about your bodies water needs! His book is amazing and I guarantee you will enjoy it, and you cannot fail to benefit from this knowledge. You will lend it to friends, that’s how good it is.
And the best thing is that it is easy! You don’t have to go to any doctor or hospital. You don’t have to buy anything from anywhere. You just drink a bit of water throughout the day. I add Himalayan salt crystal to mine, about 1 tsp, but best read the book about that……
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Your-Bodys-...ks&qid=1186408251&sr=1-6The book reviews on the above Amazon link are all a very good read too.
Every single symptom I have has been helped by being correctly hydrated. Since I have been correctly hydrated I have had zero problems sticking with these bloody nightmare restricted diets.
Bex - I will post u my copy if u email me your address “danielproudfoot2001@hotmail.com”
Sunshine
