Water: The Precious Fluid that Keeps Us Alive Also Has Impurities that Can Lead Us to an Early Death
by Michael Dye
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Since our early years in grade school we have been told that about 70 percent of our body is composed of water, and that no life could exist on Earth without this precious liquid. So, you would think that by now we would all appreciate the extraordinarily vital role water plays in maintaining our health and keeping us alive. |
Evidently not.
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Few people take the effort to ensure that they are drinking pure water, free from inorganic minerals, chemical poisons and other harmful contaminants. Most are willing to drink whatever impurities are in their local tap water... and our water supplies are becoming increasingly polluted from industrial sources, agricultural run-off, lead pipes, along with sodium fluoride, chlorine and other chemicals added to municipal water supplies. And many people drink water only when soft drinks and other artificial concoctions are not available.
The fact is that very few people are providing their bodies with the H20 that is so essential to our life and our health.
So for most of us, it's been a while since grade school, but perhaps it is time to again be reminded of the elementary -- yet essential -- fact that about 70 percent of our body is composed of water and that drinking pure water is one of the easiest and most important steps we can take to improve our health. Rather than taking this element for granted, we should realize that since water constitutes more than two-thirds of our body, it must be extraordinarily important in the functioning of our body. So, let's examine:
- What does water do in our body?
- What impurities are in drinking water?
- What effects do these impurities have on our health?
- And how can we obtain pure water?
Even a brief answer to the first question should leave you astonished at the incredibly vast and diverse functions water performs in your body. If you are impressed with the wide range of benefits from water, you may be equally amazed to discover the harmful effects that impurities in water can have on your body. And you will see our bodies can obtain pure water from three sources: 1) distilled water; 2) live, raw fruits and vegetables; and 3) freshly-extracted juices of raw fruits and vegetables.
How does water work in our body?
Along with oxygen, water is one of the two most important elements on Earth in sustaining our life. Everything your body does, it needs water to do it.
Take just a second to roll your tongue around in your mouth. Imagine how that would feel without water.
Water is the primary ingredient in all bodily fluids, including blood supply, lymph, saliva, glandular secretions and cerebrospinal fluid. Water constitutes 92 percent of our blood and nearly 98 percent of our intestinal, gastric, saliva and pancreatic juices. While our body contains about five quarts of blood, a 150-pound person contains some 80 quarts of water.