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you're thirsty, drink a soda, or the latest "sports drink" (chock full of sugar, by the way).
We drink coffee and sodas and beer and pasteurized milk and anything else we've been
conditioned to buy, but most of us forget to drink enough water.

Some statistics show that as much as 90% of us are walking around in a chronic state of
dehydration. One way to tell if you're dehydrated is to check the color of the urine. If it's
dark all the time, you're probably dehydrated. The easiest way you can improve your
health is to drink more high alkaline water, meaning pure water with plenty of minerals
included.

Most of us do not drink enough water to remain fully hydrated and this leads to all kinds
of health problems. Each day, the body loses up to five liters through the skin, lungs, gut
and kidneys. In this process, water plays a major role in the elimination of toxic
substances.

That water needs to be replaced. When the body burns glucose for energy, it makes about
one-third of a liter of water a day as a by-product. More is contained in the foods we eat,
particularly fruit and vegetables. In addition, we need to drink at least a liter a day, or
ideally, 1.5 to two liters. If you do rigorous exercise, you may need more than this.

Water performs five vital bodily functions: it lubricates and cools; it transports things
around the body; it is also a solvent and dispersant. Drinking plenty of water - which, of
course, contains no calories - is also one of the best things to do if you want to lose weight.

The Beginning of Serious Medical Conditions

A two per cent loss in the water surrounding your body's cells results in a 20 per cent
decrease in strength and energy levels. When energy is affected like this, the body's
functioning is, in all ways, significantly reduced. If we want plenty of energy and want to
prevent major diseases, our bodies must be properly hydrated. Dehydration leads the cells
into a lower energy (voltage) situation. As metabolism drops so do cell and tissue
temperatures.

When the blood becomes concentrated and acidic, as in dehydration, abrasions and tears
are produced in the arterial system. L-lactic acidosis is thought to arise from poor tissue
perfusion due to dehydration or endotoxemia with subsequent anaerobic glycolysis and
decreased hepatic clearance of L-lactate. When the body begins to make more cholesterol,

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