Submitted by support on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 00:17
Most people today are aware that they need to drink more water. However, how much water and the source of water is greatly debated. If we eat and drink properly we eat when we are hungry and we drink when we are thirsty – a pretty effective system. However, many have learned to eat when they are actually thirsty – perhaps because the products they drink when they are thirsty are full of sugars and other non water products.
Whatever the reason, many systems have learned to ask for food rather than drink. And those who still drink when thirsty, ie., haven’t confused their brains yet…don’t drink enough OR don’t drink good water sources and consequently suffer from dehydration.
Chronic dehydration does not have the sudden and intense nature of the acute form. Chronic dehydration is currently believed to be widespread and affects everyone who is not drinking enough liquid.
Here are 13 symptoms of dehydration – lets look at them:
- Fatigue, Energy Loss: Tissue dehydration slows down enzyme activity.
- Constipation: The body will take water from the large intestine / stool if there is not enough water in the system. The result is dried stool or constipation.
- Digestive Disorders: In chronic dehydration, there is not enough water to create the right pH balance or promote the synthesis or creation of digestive juices.
- High and Low Blood Pressure: The blood volume is either too little or not enough thus having an impact on the heart.
- Gastritis, Stomach Ulcers: If too acidic, and too dehydrated, the mucous lining of the stomach starts deteriorating.
- Respiratory Troubles: Likewise with the respiratory system; the mucous membranes of the lungs need to slightly moist. But if the system is dehydrated, this tract will also begin to deteriorate.
- Acid-Alkaline Imbalance: Dehydration decreases enzyme activity which creates acidification.
- Excess Weight and Obesity: If we learn to eat rather than drink, attempting to find the fluids we need we may gain weight. As noted earlier, thirst is often confused with hunger.
- Eczema: Your body needs enough moisture to sweat 20 to 24 ounces of water, the amount necessary to dilute toxins so they do not irritate the skin.
- Cholesterol: The body attempts to compensate for lack of cellular fluid by producing more cholesterol.
- Cystitis, Urinary Infections: Urine is made by the kidneys, eliminating toxins from the blood. But if there is insufficient fluid to move the toxins through the urinary system, they attack the urinary mucous membranes.
- Rheumatism: Dehydration results in increases in the concentration of toxins in the blood and cellular fluids, and the pains increase in proportion to the concentration of the toxins.
- Premature Aging: When we are born we start with about 80% fluid; as we age this percentage can drop as low as 70% and w
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