I'm going to start with the most basic healthful thing you can do to improve your life: drink water. All throughout Scripture we see the importance of water and its cleansing abilities. Most of you remember from 5th grade science, that the human body is made up of 70% water. So, why do we struggle to drink it? Well, we have been inundated with soda, coffees, teas, and other flavored drinks so that water doesn't taste good anymore. We also have these wonderful FDA guidelines that inform us that the water has to have fluoride and chlorine and all that other stuff in order for it to be "good". So, then it tastes terrible! What can a person do?
First of all, water is the essence of all life. It is necessary for all life to survive. You can't survive more than a few days without water. Most ailments come as a result of not drinking enough water! By the time a person feels thirsty, they have already lost over 1% of the water needed for the body to function. Water is essential for energy (in fact, if you are tired or hungry, that is usually an indication that you need a drink!) and for healthy blood pressure. It will maintain weight, control hunger, keep a healthy cholesterol level, even help you think clearly! Most of us, when we are thirsty, turn to sodas or tea to hydrate us. Most of those drinks have caffeine in them which is a diuretic, meaning that it prevents the water from traveling to the parts of the body where it is needed. So, when you have downed your soda, you need to drink two times the amount of water to make up for it!
So, how much should you drink a day? I would recommend that you take your body weight and divide that in half, then drink that many ounces, gradually over the day. If you don't like the taste of it, add lemon and little bit of sugar. I don't recommend these powdered additives, mainly because of the artificial sweeteners (another day, another blog!). If you have the resources, purchase a water filter or purifier. I recommend the Berkey filters that are sold on ebay. A reverse osmosis system is also good.
I would also recommend some reading at http://www.watercure.com/. There is some amazing information there about things that can be cured (AIDS, cancer, asthma, arthritis, to name a few) just by cleansing your body everyday with pure, fresh WATER!
By the way, if you don't like the taste of water, you'd better get used to it. It's what we drink in heaven!
"Let him that is athirst, come. And whosoever will, let him take of the water of life freely." Revelation 22:17
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