by Paula Owens
WATER
The Most Important "Supplement" for Health, Vitality, Longevity and Fat Loss
Water is one of the most important WINNING FORMULAS for healthy, vitality, longevity and fat loss. Your body is approximately 70% water, your brain tissue is approximately 85% water and your blood is 94% water.
We're a chronically dehydrated society. Children and adults consume an alarming amount of colored, carbonated, sweetened and highly processed beverages, not to mention alcohol.
Dehydration causes the following:
- Acidic environment (suited for cancer cell development)
- Immune function
- Constipation
- Decreased performance
- Dry skin
- Fatigue
- Headaches
- Joint pain
- Low back pain
- Poor concentration
- Toxic build up
Water is a Winning Formula acting to:
- Central nervous system function
- Eliminate waste and flush out toxins
- Empowers your body's natural healing process
- Help cholesterol
- Lubricates your spine, bones, muscles and joints
- Regulate body temperature
- Stimulate digestion
- Transport nutrients
- Weight maintenance and help with fat loss
To ensure that you are properly hydrated, here is a formula to figure out the number of ounces of water you should be drinking EVERY DAY. It is not the same amount of water for each of us (ie: 8 - eight ounce glasses daily). Take your body weight and multiply by .7; this formula provides you with the number of ounces for you specifically to drink every day.
You may add the following to your filtered (RO) water:
- A pinch of Celtic sea salt (helps your body absorb water) - highly recommended WINNING FORMULA
- Lemon slices - highly recommended WINNING FORMULA
- Cucumber slices
- Ginger root
Americans consume 50 mcg plastics daily. Plastic water and plastic mineral water bottles contaminate drinking water with estrogenic chemicals called xenohormones, man-made substance that have a hormone-like effect. Plastics testosterone, inhibit thyroid and estrogens.
In an analysis of commercial, plastic bottles, researchers found evidence of estrogenic compounds leaching out of the plastic packaging into the water. The researchers conclude: "We must have identified just the tip of the iceberg in that plastic packaging may be a major source of xenohormone contamination of many other edibles. Our findings provide an insight into the potential exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals due to unexpected sources of contamination."
Take away Winning Formula: Drink your water from glass
versus plastic whenever possible.
Monitor your intake of all other fluids:
- Caffeine - Drink less coffee and more green tea before 1pm.
- Soda - AVOID ALL soda, including diet
- Fruit juice drinks and electrolyte replacement drinks - These beverages are full of sugar, chemicals and artificial coloring causing a host of health problems including obesity, ADHD and cancer.
- Alcohol - in moderation. Moderate alcohol intake is defined as a 4-ounce glass of wine, a 12-ounce beer or 1/2 ounce of hard liquor with a meal. These are all high in EMPTY, NON-NUTRIOUS calories and add to hormonal disruption, bloating and increased weight and body fat (to list a few). If your desire is to lose body fat and maintain hormonal balance, limit your intake to one alcoholic beverage once per week. If you get drunk, your testosterone levels are compensated for five days.
Paula is the author of THE POWER OF 4 - Your Ultimate Guide Guaranteed to Change Your Body and Transform Your Life. She is a highly sought-after expert and respected professional for holistic nutrition, exercise and lifestyle transformation. Paula holds a Masters degree in Holistic Nutrition, a Bachelors degree in Kinesiology and numerous professional health and fitness certifications.
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