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“It’s not what you eat it’s what you absorb that ‘s important”

Water

The body is approx 60 - 70% water and requires a constant supply. Water is a solvent - It carries nutrients and blood cells around the body and is involved in transporting toxins / waste products from the body.

 

Water:

• Acts as a lubricant for mucous membranes.
• Assists in the digestion of foodstuffs - dissolving nutrients enabling them to pass through the intestinal cell walls as well as helping foodstuffs move along the intestinal tract.
• Carries toxins and waste products to the kidneys for excretion via urine.
• Prevents overheating by evaporation.
• Provides the medium for chemical reactions to occur.

 

Approx 65% of water in your body is in the intracellular fluid and 35% is in the extracellular fluid. The fluid balance in the body is regulated by the action of electrolytes.

 

Intracellular fluid - The liquid inside body cells.

Extracellular fluid - All other body liquids.

• Blood Plasma - clear liquid in blood.
• Interstitial fluid - the fluid surrounding body cells.
• Lymph - the liquid which flows through the lymph system.

Electrolytes -  are substances that become ions in solution and acquire the capacity to conduct electricity. The balance of  electrolytes in the body is essential for normal function of the cells and organs.

 

Common electrolytes include:

 

• Sodium - Sodium ions are necessary for regulation of blood and body fluids, transmission of nerve impulses, heart activity, and certain metabolic functions.
• Potassium - is the major cation (positive ion) inside animal cells, and it is thus important in maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance in the body.
• Chloride - Chloride is a chemical the human body needs for metabolism - the process of turning food into energy. It also helps keep the body's acid-base balance. The amount of chloride in the blood is carefully controlled by the kidneys. Chloride ions have important physiological roles.

 

The functions and normal range values for these electrolytes are important, if an electrolyte is at an extreme low or high level it can become fatal.

 

Dehydration - can cause multiple problems:

 

• Constipation.
• Dizziness.
• Fatigue.
• Headache.
• Irritability.
• Lack of Concentration.
• Loss of Appetite.
• Nausea.

 

Be careful - Excessive consumption of water may dilute essential nutrients and in extreme cases can lead to death.

 

 

 

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Ref.

Harris P. Hydration: A New Paradigm. National Institute of Energy Medicine 1990.

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