Speaker 1: (00:01)
Water is the best thing for you, from the beginning of time, until the end of time. There is no other fluid that will take the place of water because of what it does for us and what it does for our health. There are many places where life and health depends on getting clean water to people. However, for many of us, we turn on the shower, we have the water running when we brush our teeth, somebody is running the sink downstairs, the dishwasher’s going, and the clothes are in the washer. The water’s flowing through the house, the gardens getting watered, water, water everywhere. However, just because we have water available, and maybe we’re not as responsible as we should be with it, that does not change how valuable and important water is.
Speaker 1: (00:49)
There are many benefits of water. Some of them are…
Speaker 2: (00:53)
Hydration. Joint Health, Flexibility, Detoxification, and Skin Health…
Speaker 1: (00:56)
are just a couple of the benefits of water. and today we’re going to go over how water works in the body. So here we go. The first thing that’s most important for us to realize is that water is health and life to our body. We’re mostly made up of water, just like the earth is mostly made up of water. Probably not a coincidence. So let’s first go over how water affects muscles. Many people know that if you don’t drink water, you get cramps. So let’s show how muscles work do you want to be yellow?
Speaker 2: (01:27)
Okay. So go ahead and pull on it. Is that stretchy? Bouncing? Okay!
Speaker 1: (01:33)
So it stretches and bounces and stretching and bouncing muscles are healthy muscles. Okay. So now when you pull on this one, don’t reach the ends pull from halfway. So here and here, now, just pull there. Now does that stretch as far? It’s a little tighter. It’s not like it stretches when you have a nice long muscle, right? So when we don’t drink water and we don’t hydrate things shrink just like when you dehydrate something, things shrink. So when they’re long and there’s fluid in them, they’re stretchy. When muscles dehydrate, they’re less elastic, less long. They’re a lot tighter, a lot more chance for cramping, a lot more build up of toxins because it doesn’t have the stretchy motion to get the healthy water into the muscle and get the waste out of the muscle. So when there’s these little short movements, all that toxins builds up in the muscles, which could be muscle spasms, cramps, cramps at night, all could be because of dehydration. So look, we have a tight muscle here. Go ahead and pour some water on this. Watch how this works. You have an unhealthy muscle that’s really tight, put a little more water on it.
Speaker 1: (02:43)
And a little more and water and stretching makes the muscle long and strong and healthy again. So, health can come in, waste can go out and water is the thing that cleans the muscle out, and also the thing that allows the muscle to be flexible and lengthened…so you could have healthy muscles. So that is way water helps muscles.
Do you want to do discs next? All right. So we’ve got the spine and your discs, right? Discs are like sponges. This is the dry sponge that is hard and brittle just like a disc when it doesn’t have water in it. The nerves can get irritated by the discs, bones, and inflammation from toxins that build up in the disc. Especially, when there’s limited movement in the joint or not enough fluid going in and out of the disc to clean out the joint and the disc. Because of that lack of movement and fluid the toxins build up and cause the disc and joint to dehydrate, become arthritic, and degenerate over time.
Speaker 2: (03:38)
And what were you going to say? You can sort of squeeze it.
Speaker 1: (03:43)
Just a little bit. So why don’t you put it in the water and see if that changes anything.
Speaker 2: (03:49)
Still hard, right? Right,
Speaker 1: (03:55)
So the harder the sponge or disc gets, the longer it takes to get it hydrated again. Also, the more you need to keep squeezing the water to get it down deeper into the sponge. Why don’t we pour a little on top? It’s only halfway in water. What would happen if we soaked it in water and submerged it in water and it got to live in water all the time? You feel it starting to get softer under the water when you push down. A little. So the water is on the outside, but it hasn’t made it into the inside of the sponge yet. So we’ve got to keep the sponge moving while it is surrounded by plenty of water. Just like how we need to drink plenty of water and make sure our joints are moving to pump that water into our discs and the wastes out. As we move our body, water goes deeper and deeper into the joints and discs.
Speaker 2: (04:35)
And as it goes deeper and deeper into the discs, the disc and joints get better, healthier, and more and more flexible.
Speaker 1: (04:57)
Okay. So while Makenzie is softening the discs in the water, another thing we can talk about is detoxification. Water is very important to get toxins out of our body. Toxins, get stored in our body. Toxins, get stored in our fat and it’s the water that helps pull out those toxins and get them out of our body so that our body can be in an environment that promotes health. Because if toxins build up in our body, toxins lead to inflammation and causes our body to be an environment that promotes disease. So the detoxifying effects of water are very, very important. And next, water is great for healthy skin. The more water we drink, the more toxins we get out of our body, the healthier the inside of our body is and the healthier the outside of our body will be. Water has an effect on the skin. Water can detoxify us, hydrate our disks, make our muscles more flexible, make sure the cells have everything they need. And when your body is healthier, your skin will be healthier.
Speaker 2: (05:55)
Nice.
Speaker 1: (05:59)
So here’s some things you can do to keep your discs hydrated, your muscles, flexible, your cells getting the water they need, and your skin healthy. One, drink a glass of water when you wake up. Two, if possible replace any other one drink that you have during a day with water so that you have one more glass of water during the day. Third, the general rule, for people who are wondering how much water you should drink, is half your body weight in ounces. But that could change with your activity level, the environment you live in, if you take certain medications or there’s other factors that may change how much water you actually need. The type of water you drink is also important. There’s some people that like to drink alkaline water and alkaline water is very important because it alkalines the body and an alkaline body is a body that promotes health and prevents disease. Also, you do want to make sure you have good water and if not that your water gets filtered. There’s some chemicals in the water that don’t actually promote health. So just because your water looks clear, doesn’t mean it’s healthy for you. So we want to try to drink the best water that we can, because the better the water, the better it detoxifies, the better it promotes health and hydrates your body. Anything else about water? It’s pretty cool as rain or snow…
Speaker 2: (07:12)
Or ice or steam, right?
For swimming.
Yeah, for sure. One of my favorites is swimming!
Speaker 1: (07:26)
So it took a little while. Okay. So go ahead. Show them now. And now that it’s been in the water for a little while the water starting to work its way down into the sponge, allowing the sponge to be more pliable, flexible, squeezable, right? Squeezing water in and out.
Speaker 2: (07:45)
Is it softer?
Yeah.
Feel it.
That’s good.
That’s a lot different.
Speaker 1: (07:52)
We started out with this sponge here that had no water in it. Makenzie has been using this sponge and water to pump water in and out of it. It was rigid at first, but over time it got softer and softer and more pliable. And for our body softer and more pliable discs, means healthier. So, movement and water helps a disc that’s dry and brittle and irritating and rough, to be softer and more squishy and pliable, making it a better shock absorber for our spine and a healthier disc. In addition, health joints and discs make it easier for toxins and inflammation to be pushed out and healthy fluids to be brought in, helping the spine and the discs to be healthier, last longer, and protect the brain and nerves better. And remember the nerves that go through a healthy spine and past healthy discs carry power and healing from the brain to the body better.
Speaker 2: (08:39)
Here is the difference…
Speaker 1: (08:44)
So a squishier and softer disc is a more flexible, healthier disc. Healthier discs lasts longer, protects your spine better, and protects your nerves better. That’s why we want to keep our discs moving and hydrated. And to do that, we have to drink water so water is available to go into the disk. If water isn’t available and the water doesn’t go into the disc, then our discs can become dry and brittle. This causes discs and joints to age faster, leading to arthritis, degeneration, the things we don’t like.
So, Makenzie, would you rather have a disc that’s out of water or in water?
In water.
Right!
In order to be in water, what do you have to do?
Drink water.
She nailed it!
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