Our bodies need the water to effectively
digest food and perform all the necessary functions we ask of it
each day. You don’t stop to realize what we ask of this marvelous
machine, we just take it for granted that it’s going to function
properly. Let’s take a look at the relationship of healthy
eating and our body’s daily intake of water. There is a direct
correlation between eating healthy and consuming enough water to
absorb the vitamins and minerals we need from the healthy food we’ve
eaten.
Do you know that your body is 98%
water? Do you find this fact hard to believe? Most all of our body
fluids are water, and many of our organs are mostly water. Do you
suppose water is important to our daily functions? I would hazard
a guess of YES.
During the course of consuming our
food, we drink water with our meals. We don’t even stop to
think about the role this water plays in our digestive process.
We drink it because we become thirsty when we eat.
What happens to the food and water as they enter our digestive system?
They are both necessary components of the digestive process. Stomach
acids need the water in order to properly breakdown the food as
it travels through our stomach, and nutrients are absorbed by the
blood. The food continues down the path of the intestines, still
being broken down and absorbed through the lining of the intestines,
still requiring the presence of water. All of the digestive process
must have water in order to happen as designed.
At times, there are imbalances in
our intestines that create an environment that won’t allow
for proper processing of food particles, or doesn’t allow
us to absorb any of the nutrients we need at all as they pass through
our intestines. Stepping up our consumption of water can often correct
this without the need for medication. We simply need to flush our
system, as you might flush a slow drain.
Proper flushing of the body, filtering
of the blood, and transmission of waste from our bodies can only
occur when there are enough fluids present. The only way for enough
fluids to be present is in our consumption of water. Only through
the intake of necessary amounts of water do our kidney’s function
as designed.
Many of the body’s organs depend
upon fresh blood supplies in order to function properly. The kidneys
and intestines require vast amounts of water in order to accomplish
the difficult task of flushing the waste from our body. Now, if
you don’t realize the importance of this task, you need to
stop and think about waste. Wastes are produced from the daily processes
your body goes through, toxic by-products that we don’t need
to live, and don’t need to retain in our bodies. As a general
rule, whatever we might need for our body should be absorbed as
the food has passed through the intestines, whatever is left, is
not needed.
Proper digestion, from beginning
to end, cannot take place without water, lots and lots of water.
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