| Many elements are critical to sustaining life and a | | | | the complexion of our skin all depend on the quality |
| strong immune system. The four most important | | | | of water that we drink. |
| ones are: water, oxygen, sodium and potassium. In | | | | Water in our body cells is under a special structured |
| order to maintain health, they all must be in balance. | | | | form. All fluids that we consume must be purified and |
| All of these nutrients have to coexist in right | | | | transformed into that specific form. The energy |
| proportions in order for a human body to function | | | | necessary for processing all the fluids we ingest |
| properly. Let us remember that the best nutrients | | | | depends on their kind and quality. The more energy is |
| are produced by nature - live unprocessed foods. | | | | used for unnecessary water processing, the less |
| People sometimes call the human body a machine. Of | | | | remains for repairing of our cells and fighting diseases. |
| course, the human body is not a machine, but it can | | | | Water is obviously a primary factor in maintaining our |
| be certainly compared to one. | | | | health and energy. The tiny combination of three |
| Like a machine, the human body is made up of many | | | | nuclei and ten electrons of water possesses special |
| systems, all of which are responsible for completing | | | | properties that make it unique among the more than |
| specific tasks. All of the systems in the human body | | | | 15 million chemical species we presently know. There |
| work together and are responsible for running the | | | | are three aspects of water that are getting more |
| body in a smooth and efficient way. | | | | and more attention: pH, its structure and its subtle |
| Like a machine, the body needs energy to work. In | | | | energies. |
| such a mechanism as a car, the energy comes from | | | | Every one eats salt. We must have it in order to |
| the gas burned by the engine. Yet human body is far | | | | produce bicarbonate and stomach acid, to digest |
| more complex than any man made machine - it is | | | | food and to retain water necessary for our |
| alive. | | | | organisms. However, too much salt can lead to |
| Everyone wants to live a long and healthy life. Why | | | | problems such as edema (as in swollen legs) and |
| therefore, don't we take enough care to provide our | | | | other malfunctions of the human body. |
| bodies with the right quantity of quality elements | | | | It is known that a potassium-sodium imbalance |
| that it needs to live and function properly? Maybe | | | | caused by missing potassium, sodium and calcium is |
| the reason is the lack of proper information. | | | | the cause of high blood pressure and the main source |
| So why don't we study our bodies and their | | | | of major diseases. |
| functions? What do we need to be healthy, and how | | | | The human body contains two types of salty waters: |
| do we properly provide for the needs of our body's | | | | one type is held inside of the cells of the body and |
| systems? | | | | the other is held outside of the cells. Good health |
| Would we ever supply our car with an inadequate | | | | depends on the balance of these two types of |
| amount of or a contaminated form of engine oil, gas | | | | water. This balance is maintained by a |
| or air? Of course not! Unless we did not care for its | | | | sodium-potassium pump system. The amount of |
| performance and longevity. | | | | sodium outside the cells has to be matched by an |
| So, let us briefly and in a simplified form look at the | | | | equivalent amount of potassium inside the cells. Since |
| basic elements that our body needs to function | | | | the volume of water inside the cells is greater than |
| properly. | | | | the volume of water outside of them, the cells have |
| From a physiological point of view, water serves the | | | | to be supplied with potassium in order to hold the |
| following functions: it carries nutrients to all cells in the | | | | pressure of water equally balanced. Cells would not |
| body and removes unneeded products of | | | | be able to hold enough water without potassium. |
| metabolism; it allows nutrients to get converted to | | | | Even natural, mineralized salt is chlorine bound to |
| energy; it regulates body temperature and | | | | sodium but it is better than no sodium at all. Yet the |
| moisturizes inhaled air. | | | | best sodium we can supply our bodies with occurs |
| Salt (Sodium Chloride) is indispensable to life-everyone | | | | naturally in vegetables. The key to maintaining good |
| has 100 to 200 grams of salt in the body. Salt helps | | | | health is eating live (not processed) fresh vegetables |
| to maintain the proper volume of blood in the body | | | | and fruits and drinking plenty of pure water. |
| and stabilizes proportions of water inside and outside | | | | A human being is an entity whose soul and body |
| of cells. It plays a vital role in the digestive process | | | | form a union. This is why it is not possible to heal the |
| and regulates the cardiovascular system. It is also | | | | body without considering the state of the soul and |
| necessary for proper functioning of the nerves that | | | | vice versa. |
| carry impulses to and from the brain. Sodium in | | | | - Kan Funajana, an ancient Japanese physician. |
| combination with calcium, magnesium and potassium | | | | Disclaimer: |
| helps to regulate metabolism of the body. Together | | | | The information in this article should not be |
| with potassium it regulates the pH balance of blood, | | | | considered medical advice. The information in this |
| and is also necessary for correct functioning of | | | | article is not meant to treat, diagnose, prescribe or |
| muscles. | | | | cure any ailment. Always consult with your physician |
| The cells in our body are 70% water - our brain is | | | | before taking any products or following any advice |
| 90% water. The condition of our joints and blood | | | | you have read in this article. |
| vessels, the presence of liver and kidney stones, and | | | | |