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2. Hydration & Dehydration:
Two
Litres a Day
hould the importance of hydration dawn on an individual to
such an extent that he actually decides to attempt it - the 2 litres per day
recommended in the 60 Day Program
- here are some likely expectations:
It stands to reason that the chronically dehydrated human
body cannot recover in one day, no matter how much water is imbibed. The cells will simply resist it, bereft
of hydration for so long, unaccustomed to normal absorption. Think of a parched desert arroyo,
suddenly flooded over from a deluge of stormy weather. What happens? Flash flood.
The water simply can't penetrate the long-dessicated surface right away,
and rolls off like water off a duck's back.
For someone beginning hydration as part of the 60 Day Program,
the 2-litre goal may be difficult to achieve during the first week. The cells are simply not used to all
this water. But whatever it takes,
just keep drinking as much as you can, every day. After several days, intake will become gradually easier -
less resistance, less that feeling of bloating.
Once it becomes comfortable to actually drink 2 litres each
day, the challenge then becomes maintaining it day after day. Mainly a question of convenience: some planning will obviously be
required, to accommodate travel schedules, etc.
After the second week, an odd thing happens: one experiences occasional dry mouth
and thirst even though he's taking in an unprecedented amount of water. What's going on? This is still more evidence of the
distinctness between thirst and hydration: two different things entirely.
Such a phenomenon can only be seen as the body's
confirmation of its true state of profound dehydration - years without meeting
the body's demands for intra and extracellular water content. Sensing a continued availability now
for the first time, the water conservation systems can finally begin to relax
as all the cells begin to receive the normal amount of water they have been
denied for so long. Now the
dramatic health changes can really begin to be come on line.
By the third or fourth week, it's smooth sailing. This is when the potential for healing
really becomes evident. Chronic
problems with digestion, circulation, adrenal imbalance, nervousness, - on and on - what isn't influenced by
adequate hydration? The body is
75% water.
The most significant danger of dropping out of the program
seems to occur during the first 2 weeks.
Often it's an unwillingness to schedule the water intake outside of
commute times. An astonishing proportion of people either believe themselves or
have been told by some physician that it is imprudent to "stress" the
kidneys and bladder in this way, making so many trips to the bathroom, etc., or
something equally ludicrous. Or
the greatest delusion of all - the standard HCT myth of modern cardiology,
correlating high blood pressure with "too much water in the blood."
Most disconcerting the way that flagrant contradiction is
commonly accepted without objection by generation after generation of heart
meds patients. The old water
content/viscosity index: standard hydraulics. Which is harder to pump, blood with more water content or
less water content? Thicker or
thinner blood?
Since its inception, the 60 Day Program has always made the
general recommendation of adequate daily hydration, without going into much
detail about it. But with the
additional knowledge now of the alkalized, low molecular size water, coupled
with specific directions on how to really discipline oneself to a 2 litre daily
intake - these modifications have boosted the healing value of the 60 Day
Program to new heights. Health
changes that may have been good with the 60 Day Program alone may now manifest
as truly dramatic quantum improvements.
Life changing.
It's a question of degree - common sense tells us that
adherence to these simple principles of overall cell nutrition even slightly --
of course it's going to have a salubrious effect, usually a vast improvement
over the previous life. But rigid
and disciplined adherence to the hydrated 60 Day Program - well, who will put
limits on what something like that can accomplish, no matter how immune
suppressed, how diseased, how run down the individual is?
SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS OF THE 2 LITRE HYDRATION
Spinal discs
which appear thin and worn on X-ray are sometimes described
as dessicated - dried out. For
anyone undergoing flexion/distraction or spinal decompression therapy for disc
problems, this simple type of hydration as described above can enhance the
therapeutic efficacy exponentially.
Particularly if collagen supplementation is also included. [See Collagen
chapter]
Chronic Skin Disease
Eczema, acne, psoriasis, cracked, dry, loose skin - most
patients have tried a variety of
ointments, lotions, steroid creams, etc., usually with mediocre or no long term success. The reason is simple: true hydration is an inside-out
job. Superficial topical
applications cannot effectively hydrate the intra and extracellular spaces of
skin cells. Period. Worse, the majority of skin care
products contain waxes and sterols which give the illusion of smoothness but do
so by actually sealing off the pores of the skin, thereby exacerbating the long
term inflammatory problems by blocking the 2 most important requirements for
healthy skin: air and water.
A few of the better skin products actually benefit the skin,
but a much more effective approach is hydrating the skin cells from within by
drinking 2 litres of water a day. After a few weeks of this daily flooding with
the highest quality water, the skin cells become replete with their maximum
water content. Couple with
hydrolyzed Collagen, the skin will generally become noticeably thicker in a few
weeks. Not rocket science
here. Just not drug science.
Kidney and Bladder
Proper hydration may have a dramatic therapeutic effect on chronic kidney and bladder
problems, especially if the patient has been on protracted medications for
these conditions.
Kidney function diminishes after years of a diet loaded with
refined sugars and hydrogenated snacks.
In their constant struggle to maintain blood pH against a flood of
acidifying food and drink, the kidneys cells - nephrons - experience rapid
aging. As they weaken, their
ability to clean the blood slows down.
If imprudent diet choices persist, the work backs up. This happens slowly and
subclinically: jaundice only comes
much later.
Once they fall behind, the kidneys may never really catch up
with the ongoing toxic load coming in every day. And a slow, downward spiral ensues. Couple this with the additional
handicap of dehydration of the kidney cells themselves and the result is
chronic kidney disease, leading to eventual failure. The ninth leading cause of death in the US, according to the
CDC, 2009.
Another compounding factor will present if the patient is
also on diuretics for high blood pressure. More and more demands are put on the already overworked
kidneys, which are handicapped further by the increased blood viscosity -
thicker blood.
In advanced cases, water intake must be increased very
gradually because the kidney cells are so weak and overstressed. But if the
trend is constant - daily increased hydration - and decreased intake of processed
trash - kidney disease can begin to resolve, slowly and gradually.
The biggest obstacle of all actually
seems to be finding out something like this is possible, especially if long
term medications are involved. Pop
quiz: do nephrologists ever say
the drugs are going to cure you and you can stop taking them? Not likely. Remember, medical personnel are not trained to cure these
types of problems. Their training
is consistent across the board, with one common focus: sell as many drugs as possible. Most common sense solutions lie outside
their ken.
Bladder problems are
much easier. Usually it's an issue
of muscle atrophy - disuse of the detrusor muscles of the bladder. Frequent tips to the bathroom at night
are self-perpetuating. The slightest
urge and up you get. With no opportunity
to fill and thereby tone the bladder muscles, they become weak and thin. Coupled with a dehydration of the
muscle cells, we see another downward spiral.
The introduction of high end water into this patient's life
is the most logical solution, for several reasons. Obviously more water will be available to hydrate the
detrusor muscle cells, setting them up to strengthen. Waiting longer and longer to void the bladder, will slowly
build muscle tone. Now we have an
upward spiral - the stronger the detrusor muscles become, the more the bladder
can hold and the less the feeling of urgency. Don't worry, it's not going to burst. Sleep improves - upward spiral - all
things move toward equilibrium.
If the 2 litre goal can actually be attained in these
chronic degenerative kidney and bladder cases, together with the clean diet,
the patients may reclaim a normal drug-free life, for the first time in
years. Easy-peasy. Again, the hard part is learning all
this is possible, and then actually doing it. Chance of success will be significantly enhanced if one
includes the 60 Day Program, and uses the best possible alkalized, low molecule
size water. [The 3
Attributes of Water]
Colon Disease
As the #3 type of cancer in the US, colon disease has
reached epidemic proportions in this country. The primary excuse for these numbers is lack of knowledge
about how this important organ works.
The physiology of the colon is thoroughly covered in the Colon chapter,
with simple instructions on clearing out years of layered sludge, and
re-establishing normal probiotic vitality and immune function. Of course, a prerequisite is to stop
loading up on the same unmetabolizable junk that brought on the problem in the
first place.
Including the 2 litre hydration to the program will
facilitate the elimination of the dislodged pieces of sludge, obviously. But an even more useful effect of new
hydration may be the cleansing and re-vitalizing effect on the mucosal cells of
the gut lining, as well as the muscles cells of the colon. The result will be a strengthening of
overall peristalsis and providing a hospitable environment for the
proliferation of normal flora throughout the tract.
Again, far and away the best results are seen with the use
of the best water possible, which today
is alkaline, low molecule sized water, as explained under The Three Attributes
of Water under
Chapters.
There is a machine for the
home that can provide these 3 properties to your water supply at home that
makes it far better than the unregulated bottled water you're dragging in every
week. For the few cases that are
slow to respond to the 60 Day Program, provided they're actually following it,
of course, this alkalyzed water is the crowning touch, the missing piece of the
puzzle. Anyone in San Jose can get
this water for free from my office.
Anyone who wants to learn about the machine should contact Dr George at
818 209 6817.
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