HYDRATION IS EVERYTHING!

The capacity of any drinking water to hydrate is the key to understanding whether it is 100% healthy.

To the degree that any given drinking water causes dehydration instead of hydration then a lower state of health will be created along with faster aging of the cells. Therefore, optimum hydration is the fundamental marker to evaluate whether or not a person should be using a functional water product or rely solely on any type of bottled water or from the tap that is purified in some way.

When a water product does not provide optimum hydration then the body is much more prone to a vast array of health issues and the cells will age much, much faster. Without optimum hydration there will be some level of dehydration, which leads to survival type reactions in the cells to conserve water.

With any level of dehydration the body will increase its production of cholesterol and histamine in order to stop water from leaving the cells. Cholesterol creates a dam in the cells to stop water transport and histamine and its subordinates causes vascular constriction to stop water from leaving the cells. This leads to all kinds of inflammatory reactions and vascular health issues. In addition to these two fundamental reactions by the body to conserve cellular water many other negative reactions take place. For example: a decrease in pH in the stomach, small intestines and body as a whole to a more acidic state, decreased pancreatic function and sugar imbalance, ionic imbalance that includes the potassium and sodium relationship, cell mutation, loss of cellular oxygen, disruption of mitochondria to create energy for the cells, and the build up of toxins. With any level of dehydration there will be a disruption of integrated brain function that leads to lack of mental clarity and emotional imbalance. Also, it has been proven that dehydration over the life span of any individual causes a dramatic increase in the aging of cells, which has been tied to the break down in the mitochondria in terms of the energy producing mechanisms of the cell

When there is any level of dehydration in the body, even if a person is drinking plenty of water that does not hydrate effectively or functional water products that simply don’t work, it is common for people to be chronically fatigued. When this happens most people don’t realize that loss of energy and vitality is first and foremost about hydration. Without optimum hydration the ionic transfer mechanisms in the mitochondria of the cells will be disrupted in their role to produce cellular energy. Also, with dehydration there will be a lack of glucose transported into the cells and the lack of water movement in and out of the cells, which will decrease energy production as well. The disruption of energy production due to any level of dehydration is also a key issue in terms of accelerated aging, with optimum hydration literally slowing down the aging process simply because the cells have enough energy to activate the chemical pathways to fight off disease.

If the reader is drinking a functional water product that has not been proven to increase cellular hydration, then this is like shooting in the dark. No matter what else is claimed and no matter what type of scientific study has been done it doesn’t matter if there are no clinical studies validating cellular hydration. Based on what was discovered in the Winter of 2004 Clinical Study it is more likely that most functional water products actually cause some level of dehydration. This is because the cell membrane will recognize any give water taken into the body as either 100% acceptable or less than acceptable to some degree. To whatever degree that any given water is not 100% biocompatible then there will be less than optimum hydration and therefore some level of dehydration.

What many people don’t realize about water is that any added substances (solid or gas) or electrons will slow down cellular hydration. Increased levels of minerals and added oxygen or electrons added through ionization will result in the cell membrane requiring more time and energy to remove any substance or electrical charge. This is a well known fact based on the discovery of the aquaporin (received the 2003 Nobel Prize for Chemistry), which is a narrow channel in the cell membrane that allows only one H20 molecule at a time to enter the cell. Therefore, if the reader is drinking water with any added solids, a mineral water or water that has been ionized there is a guarantee of causing more dehydration than before these kinds of products are used. This will result in weakening the body to encourage disease and accelerate aging of the cells.

No matter what is claimed about a water product or any natural source of water from the environment, if it has not been tested and validated in terms of optimizing hydration, then there is no way to know whether any other claim is accurate. Any water source that does not optimize hydration completely is causing some level of dehydration, which also means that there will be an increase in disease and accelerated aging.

If a water product is recommended to the reader it is important to ask this one question: "Has this product been scientifically validated with clinical studies to prove that it optimizes cellular hydration?"

If the answer is no, you are risking your health and life by taking such a product. The information in this short article makes it clear why it is absolutely essential to validate optimum hydration for any given water product. Water is so absolutely important because you are taking care of the foundation for health and anti-aging, which is all based on hydration.

No matter what other information is provided about a functional water product or even water from a natural source it simply does not matter if the issue of hydration is not presented as the most important.