What is Healthy Water II?

Yesterday we started with the question, what is healthy water, and why is is healthy?

So today I am going to start with the great question about water, which is:  How much water do I need to drink.  We have all asked that question at one time or another “How much water do I need to drink.”

Considering that after air, water is our second most important nutirent, this is a very important question.

Unfortunately tha question is much more complicated than it would first appear.  There are a number of key factors involved in that.  The key in this question is what is your caloric intake?   You see the second largest factor in the amount of water is that your bodies uses water as a tool when digesting food and energy distribution.

The Primary use of water is for thermal management. So depending on the weather you may use or lose up to 3+ litres of water per day.

So a list of water usage in your body includes, 

  • Food intake.
  • Climate.
  • Activity level.
  • Environmental toxic load.
  • Airconditioning (dries you out).
  • Length of day (believe it or not).
  • Lubrication.
  • Moisturising skin and lungs.
  • Shock absprbtion. (very active people use more for this)
  • Cleaning and toxin removal from cells.
  • Transport of energy, nutrients and toxins.
  • Etc etc….

But you start to get the idea.

This means that almost any advice that you get regarding amounts to drink is flawed advice as it takes none of the above into account.

In fact the original 8 glasses of water a day was an off the cuff comment by a doctor given in response to an interview question in north Eastern USA around 30 years ago.  It has little relevance to most peoples water requirements.  Especially if you are living in a temperate or tropical climate.

The simplest and best advice that you can be given regarding water, and this does not apply to people with kidney disease or other such issues, is:

Drink enough water to need to urinate every 2-3 hours during the day.

This will cover most situations.   As your body flushes toxins it ramps up and down depending on load.  Also this will bypass the amount of water that your body is using for cooling and keeping your lungs moist.  If you continue to have enough foe your kidneys and liver to process toxins out of your system then the other issues are covered.

June 4, 2009 · admin · No Comments
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