HOW WATER HELPS YOU MAINTAIN A GOOD HEALTHY BODY

Water is a great ‘medicine’ that can help to prevent and cure various illnesses. It’s one medicine that’s available in almost every household; pure water. If you are not aware of how water helps to keep you healthy and cure quite a few illnesses, then I suggest you read on.

Water is an essential element of a healthy body. You should drink adequate water throughout the day. Don’t wait for the ‘thirst feeling’. Feeling thirsty is an indication that your body has already started to dehydrate.

Over 70% of your body is water. And if the ‘water level’ in these essential organs goes below 70%, there’s high chances of you becoming ill. The body uses the stored water, if your food/fluid intake does not provide enough water to compensate for the loss through excretion. Essentially, this results in your body becoming dry and thin. So, the loss of water does not only affect your inner function, but also your outer appearance.

In addition to all that, people in hot countries should be more mindful of their water intake and make sure it’s adequate. Of course, it’s equally important for people in the colder countries. Generally, people in hot countries tend to have more kidney and liver troubles as compared to those in the colder countries, because their water intake is not sufficient to compensate for the accelerated water loss.

Average water intake that’s recommended for a healthy person is 4-5 liters. If that sounds too much to you, break it down over the entire day, and you’ll see how easy it is to maintain that level of intake everyday. A liter and a half during the morning. Another litre and half around lunch time. From then, until dinner, it should not be difficult to consume another liter. And before you go off to sleep, another liter. That sums up to 5 liters a day with ease. Of course, on exhaustive days (such as when you’ve had extra sport to play, etc) you should increase consumption by another half a litre or so.

Also remember to avoid water half an hour before/after meals. Reason for that is water tends to dilute the digestive juices, and a higher than normal % of the meals will then convert to fat (since they cannot be digested as efficiently by the body).

The temperature of the water you drink is also important. Too hot or too ice cold water consistently, can be damaging to the overall health of the body. Here’s some guidelines for optimum temperatures of water, given the situation:


1.) Normal/healthy people should drink cool (not cold!) or slightly warm water. Average room temperature water is also good.

2.) If you have a high fever, or sweat a lot, make sure you drink cool water frequently (though in smaller quantity each time).

3.) In the case of tendency to vomit, suck on ice occasionally. This helps stop the tendency to vomit.


Maintaining an average level of water intake on a daily basis is the key to good health and prevention of common (yet harmful) diseases. In fact, for some illnesses, water often is the key element that often initiates the recovery. Be on the lookout for my next few articles, as I’ll blog about what common illnesses exist that can be cured by maintaining a good water intake.