ROUGHLY 70 percent of an adult body is made up of water at birth, and it accounts for approximately 80 percent of an infant’s weight. Water dissolves more substances than any other liquid.
Water is also one of the basic necessities of life. Air is considered to be the most important element in life, after air comes water because it is said hat humans can go as much as a month without food, but can not survive more than a week without water. This goes a long way to show its importance in our day-to-day activities.
A healthy person can drink about three gallons (forty eight cups) of water per day, water is absolutely essential to the human body’s survival, because nothing can be substituted for water and that is why when we are thirsty, no matter the quantity of other liquid drinks we take, our thirst keeps increasing until it is quenched by the intake of water.
Research has shown that drinking about 7 to 8 glasses of water daily is important for your health one thing many people do not know is that having the first glass of water as soon as you wake up also comes with its therapeutic benefit.
BENEFIT OF DRINKING WATER IN THE MORNING
IT is a long secret that drinking water as soon as you get up or before eating anything is a good way to purify your internal system and one of the most important result of undergoing this treatment is colon cleansing, which enables better absorption of nutrient from various foods and a better digestive system which automatically takes care of other things. It is also one of the secret behind a glowing skin, as water removes the toxin from the blood.
Also, make sure not to eat anything for a while after you drink water in the morning. This water treatment therapy has no side effect and boost your metabolism greatly.
Drinking water in the morning has the following benefit.
1. Balance the lymph system. When you drink water first thing in the morning on a daily basis, helps in balancing your body’s lymph system because the lymph glands found in the lymph system fight infection which helps you to perform your daily activities. They also balance the fluid in the body.
2. Loose weight. When you consume ounces of water (chilled), you will boost your body’s metabolism by about 24% thus helps you to loose extra pounds.
3. Cure illnesses and Disease. Drinking water first thing in the morning according to medical report, it has proven to cure illness such as vomiting, throat disease, menstrual and cancer disorder, eye disease, diarrhea, urine disease, kidney disease, T.B among others.
4. Purify the colon. When you drink water after you have woken up before eating anything, you are purifying your colon thereby making nutrients absorpting easy.
5. Renew cells. Drinking water first thing in the morning helps increases the rate at which new muscles and blood cells are produced.
Drink water in the morning to achieve the best result. To have a best result in drinking water in the morning, you must make sure you drink 1.5 litre (5 & 6) glasses) of water immediately after waking up and also avoid drinking or eating anything else for an hour before and after drinking the water.
Note: Do not also drink beverages that contains alcohol the previous night.
At first, you may have a hard time drinking 6 glasses of water at a go. However, it becomes easier as your body gradually becomes accustomed to the routine, when staring, you can slightly modify the routine as follows, consume 4 glasses of water pause for about 2 minutes, then drink the remaining 2 glasses of water.
HOW TO DRINK WATER IN THE MORNING TO CURE DISEASE.
Findings from a Japanese medical society have discovered that water therapy can be used to treat various conditions completely.
Research has also shown that those condition can also be cured rapidly without using medical intervention or treatments. In other words, the effect this therapy will have on your body will also depend on the kind of water you drink. This means that you should ensure that the water you consume is clean.
* The process of how to drink water in the morning to cure disease is as follows.
The moment you wake up, before you even brush your teeth, take 4 glasses of water.
· Clean/brush your teeth soon and not eat or drink anything.
· After 45 minutes you can take your breakfast and after breakfast take 2 hours before you drink or eat anything.
For people who are ill or old, taking 4 glasses of water at a go may prove difficult. Therefore take water in small amounts until it adds up to 4 glasses daily.
You may want to ask what are the dangers of not drinking enough water?
There are some biological signs of thirst that your body displays which can be mistaken for being symptoms and signs of other condition, if the root cause of these signs and symptoms is dehydration, you can avoid unnecessary and costly medical intervention by dehydrating your body.
According to a medical student of the university of Benin Kelvin Osadolor, explain that dehydration on the other hand refers to reduced amount of water in the body. It can be seen as the excess loss of water from the body.
He further explained that dehydration occurs when there is decreased water intake which can further worsen, by excessive evaporation from the body. “The severity of dehydration depends on the amount of water lost from the body”.
Mr. Kelvin classified dehydration into four ways and also stating its effects and treatment as follow.
Mild Dehydration.
This occurs when the fluid loss is about 5 percent of the total body water. It is not serious and can be treated easily by dehydration.
Effect of mild dehydration
It leads to dryness of mouth; excessive thirst (pilydipsia). Decrease in sweating, decrease in urine formation, dizziness and weakness
Treatment
Rehydration
Moderate dehydration
It occurs when the fluid loss is about 10 percent of the total body
Effect of moderation Dehydration
It also leads to dryness of the mouth, headache, dizziness, weakness, cramps in legs and arms.
Treatment
Rehydration
Severe Dehydration
It occurs when the fluid loss is about 10 percent
Effect of severe dehydration
It leads to decrease in blood volume, decrease in cardiac output, low blood pressure, hypovocemic cardiac shock.
Treatment
Hospitalization and emergency treatment very severe dehydration
When the fluid loss is about 10 percent of the total body.
Effect of very severe dehydration
It leads to renal failure, coma, convulsion, damage of organs like liver, kidney, mental depression and confulsion.
Treatment.
Use of oral dehydration therapy (ORT). It is the treatment of rehydration in which oral rehydration solution (ORS) is administered orally. ORS composition it include Anhydrous glucose, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, trisidium citrate.
The treatment option depends principally on the severity of dehydration. Some age groups are prone to dehydration.
Infant. This is because of severe dehydration and vomiting which maybe bacterial or viral.
The Elderly: This is due to increased fluid loss and decreased fluid intake.
Water is a vital part of both our environment and our body system. It covers nearly three quarters of the earth’s surface and makes up between 60 and 70% of the human body matter. It is an essential component of nearly everything we eat and drink. Without water, the earth would look like the moon. All living things need water to live because water is very important to the body.