HEALTH & BEAUTY SETTLE DOWN NOW Y
ou can settle up and you can settle down but should you ever just settle?
In typical english style we
have afforded this word a myriad of meanings. A ‘settler’ is a person who
migrates to a new area and then resides there thus being ‘settled’. this brings to mind the plucky people that hopped on the boat that made a brief stop in Dartmouth before eventually landing in the new World. A ‘settlement’ is an agreement or
resolution of a dispute. this makes both parties feel settled, whether it took place in court or out of court, now they can get on with their lives and stop bickering. As you can see they come back to a
state of comfort. It is even the word for a wooden bench to settle down on but in my experience such a seat is rather less than comfortable… Comfort is a wonderful thing but getting too
comfortable takes away the desire to rock the boat. We are all about boats this month with our wonderful
regatta and all it entails. this time of year should take you out of your ‘comfort zone’ and plunge you into some deep water. there is no excuse needed to let down your hair
and have a fine old time showing off the delights of Dartmouth. After all we are practically perfect in every way and that is a direct quote from mary poppins, although I can’t guarantee that she was talking about Dartmouth, in fact I know she wasn’t, but let’s just say she did!
Dartmouth measures up in every way when it’s all about
the water and as we all know there is nothing settled about the sea, such a boiling raging torrent is she. the sea can be like a mill pond one minute and the next
minute it can be a churning crashing cauldron of anger. When somebody zooms past you in their motor boat way above the speed limit the wake can cause you to feel quite unsettled, not to put too fine a point on it. no matter how fast or slow water is moving it is
“Water i
esential to our very being...
We totally need water! ”
By Rowena Kitchen
essential to our very being seeing as how we are 65% water ourselves. When a baby is born it is virtually all water (75%) with a few other loveable bits. that is why babies are squidgy and their skin bounces back in a way we can only dream off a few decades down the pike. How on earth can we walk about if so much of us is composed of water sloshing about inside us and what is it doing in there? Water has five main functions
starting with being a form of transport
to get essential nutrients such as, vitamins, minerals and glucose to our cells.
On its way back it gathers up waste products including toxins that our organs’
cells have rejected and expels them from the body in the form of urine and faeces. We need this magical liquid to break down
the foods we eat so they are in a form that the body
can absorb. everybody knows about regulating the body
temperature through sweat. Water allows the body to release heat through the pores in the form of sweat, which is a water rich secretion that then evaporates on the skin surface which has a great cooling effect. Water is in the lubricant that is found around the joints
and acts as a shock absorber for the eyes, brain and spinal column. It even protects an unborn child with the amniotic fluid surrounding it in the womb. In addition to all those fabulous wonderful things,
water can also help your heart to stay healthy. If you are lacking water your blood will become thicker and become resistant to flowing through the body efficiently which can raise blood pressure and also lead to a rise in cholesterol, both of which can lead to heart attacks. Drink up! so as you can see we totally need water! We can get
it from drinking liquid or from foods such as plants, raw meats and fish. We are often told that all types of liquids will do in our quest to take on about 1.5 litres a day that are needed to replace the fluids lost from the body through excretions. However tea, coffee, fruit juice and soda drinks may have copious amounts of salt and sugar
Illustration by Lisa Wyman
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