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However, absorp tion of water a com plete break down of the
into the cell takes place in the cell metab o lism. 2
health i est way for the body as a Since water makes up 70%
whole. of your body, you need a great
Despite inten sive research deal of water every day in order
into the struc ture of aqua por - to sur vive. Every proc ess in
ins, the func tion ing of these your body takes place in water,
chan nels has still not been the sol vent that car ries nutri -
unrav eled. According to a ents, hor mones, anti bod ies
prom i nent expert in this field, and oxy gen by means of the
pro fes sor of Physics Klaus blood or the lymph sys tem. At
Shulten Swanlund of Illinois the same time, water is need ed
University, this research "still for waste pro ducts to be
could not resolve exact ly how expelled from the body. If not
water is con duct ed in the chan - enough water is taken into the
nel, and how it pre vents the body, then met a bol ic activ i ties
con duc tion of ions. become unpro duc tive. Since
Crystallographic methods the body has no means of stor -
avail a ble today can not cap ture ing water, the body uses less
such minute detail." 1 when it is deprived
Klaus Shulten Swanlund of it, and all
empha siz es the impor tance of activ i ties in
the order in which water is
taken into the cell thus:
The strict ly oppo site ori en -
ta tions of the water mol e cu les
main tain a rapid flow while
keep ing th em from con duct ing
pro tons…If these chan nels
were leaky for ions, the elec tri -
cal poten tials of the cell walls
would be abol ished, lead ing to

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