The Role of Water in Physical and Mental Health

As an advocate for maintaining balance between our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual bodies, I have come to understand the importance of ensuring that our bodies receive enough pure and clean water.

Looking back…. as a child and adolescent I was not aware that water was an option as a drink!  I, as well as my siblings were raised on tea, hot and cold, and occasionally soda.  Mom, being from England, introduced us to tea, and it became a part of our culture.  Little did I realize until much later in life the outcomes of being “dehydrated”.

An article written by Peter Ragnar (a natural life scientist, Taoist, and Self-Master, and Author) had gotten my attention.

This article was titled: "Your’re Not Demented, Just Dehydrated"

He explained…. insufficient energy is the first sign that the blood tissues and organs are not getting enough water, and that the liver and brain are the least tolerant of a lack of water.  This has led some medical researchers to conclude that Alzheimer’s disease is simply the result of long-term dehydration of the brain.  The same loss of brain function that causes a lost and thirsty person to eat sand believing it to be water…. causes your wife, husband, mother, or father not recognize you any longer.  They are not demented…. only thirsty.

When born (depending on drugs in mothers body) we are 90% water.  As we become an adult, the hydration level drops as low as 65% in men, and 52% in women.  However if hydration levels drop just 5% more, death occurs. Our water intake and thirst sensation can decline with age… and along with it mental function can also.

When the pituitary gland begins to dry up, vasopressin, a hormone that it secretes, is likewise handicapped.  Vaso refers to blood vessels, and pressin refers to constriction or pressing.  Vasopressin regulates the flow of water to the cells and intracellular spaces in the body.  When this hormone reaches a cell membrane, it presses water through a filtration receptor so that only water reaches and hydrates the cell.  This is crucial because vital organs begin to fail without proper hydration.

When you take a coffee break, that ingested caffeine limits the secretion of vasopressin and keeps it from circulating.  Therefore, even though you are getting plenty of water with the coffee, your cells are dehydrating.  Alcohol has the same effect.

The five quarts of blood coursing through your body are 90% water, and the rest of your body holds between 50 and 80 quarts of water.  Your brain and nerve tissues are 90% water or more.

Every time you move any body part, even a finger or toe, water is required.  That’s why dehydrated people have so many aches and pains.  It is also why people look old…. their dehydrated organs steal the water from their skin in order to function.

Under ordinary circumstances, you expel up to a gallon water every 24 hours.

What happens when you don’t replenish that supply?

Your body experiences a drought condition!

A mere 2 % drop in hydration will make your short-term memory so fuzzy that you’ll be unable to remember your friend’s names, have trouble doing basic math, and forget where you put your keys.  Since 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated,  it’s no wonder people are losing their minds.

Peter concludes that the solution simple.  Cool, clean water.  He recommends drinking 8 to 10 8 oz glasses a day of distilled  water and watch your amazement at how many ailments disappear.  Personally,  I recommend pure spring water as it contains natural minerals that the body thrives on.

We thank Peter for this words of wisdom and will remember....

Don’t worry, your not demented - just dehydrated!

Jacqueline Self – Transformational Facilitator

Oneness-Now-Energy-Transformational Light Center

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