The Rock & Roll Health Chick “Let’s Go Down to the Waterline”
by Electra Posada Water?! How interesting is water you
ask? Well, let me tell you! We are totally dependent on this re-
source! According to the Independent, “At least 60 per cent of the adult body is made of it, and every living cell in the body needs it to keep functioning. Water acts as a lubricant for our joints, regulates our body temperature through sweating and respiration, and helps to flush waste.” Without water, we dry up and stop working. We cannot eliminate toxins. Our brain gets dry and foggy. Our joints, not the ones people smoke, get stiff and hurt. Our skin gets dry, wrinkled and ages prematurely. People who are forced to flee their
home lands, and have to travel long danger- ous journeys in order to survive, are able to take very little of what defined their whole lives. Water is something they cannot do without. Some cultures are forced to travel 3.7 miles on average in order to reach water, which may or may not be clean or free from disease-causing contaminants. They have to carry as much as they can, back all those miles. Water is really heavy, weighing 8.34 pounds per gallon. Restaurants around the world require
patrons to ask for water or they charge extra for it. Why? Because this critical natural ele- ment is an ever increasingly limited resource that cannot be wasted. Clean, safe water is even more precious. Next time you think about or use water, keep in mind that some people don’t have any, and it is far more valu- able than a lot of us consider. It is second only to air. Conserving it and keeping it clean will help people and the planet survive.
We can go about three weeks without
food. Most of us will die after about three days without water. I realize most of us read- ing Kudzoo don’t go three days without any water, but not having enough water can also wreak havoc on our body and mind. A lot of us don’t drink enough water. It
can be confusing to know how much we need. There is such a thing as too much, but it’s pretty difficult to reach that point. I remem- ber hearing a story about a woman who died from too much water, when I was in high school. She was preparing for a marathon and drank something crazy like five gallons in a short time. It thinned her blood and watered down her electrolytes so much that her heart stopped. This can happen with less water. Little children have to be careful to
drink enough, but not too much. We don’t want to go overboard, but not drinking enough can thicken your blood, and create an imbalance in your electrolytes. Those are chemicals that regulate your heart rhythm
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