Nurture Your Own

Three things cells need:

OXYGEN is the source of all energy in the body. This energy drives the metabolic processes in the body, such as assimilation, elimination of wasts, respiration, circulation and digestion.

WATER is the most abundant substance in the body. Water is used as a break down of substance, as a medium, for chemical reactions and for the diffusion and osmosis of substances.

The ability to eliminate its own WASTE

The scientific truth may be put quite briefly; eat moderately, having an ordinary mixed diet, and don’t worry.

~Robert Hutchison, 1932

Drink water BEFORE and AFTER your meals, not during.

Drinking in advance fill you up and stop you from eating more than your body should.

In addition, by not drinking while dining will give you a chance to breathe correctly, which helps in digestion.

Have water 30 minutes before you eat and separate your meals from any liquid in-take by at least 10 – ideally 30 – minutes.

The part can never be well unless the whole is well.

~Plato

Well, not according to the study conducted by the University of Cincinnati Biology Department:

The amount of sugar found in

Diet 7-up … 0.16 tsp

Diet Pepsi … 1.96 tsp

Coke Classic … 9.15 tsp

Pepsi … 9 tsp

Mountain Dew … 10.47 tsp

Dr Pepper … 19.17 tsp

Diet Coke … 3.37 tsp

A&W Root Beer … 110.25 tsp

According to the National Soft Drink Association o USA, the average 12 ounce non-diet, carbonated soft drink is equivalent to 10 teaspoons of sugar and 150 calories. That amount of sugar can immobilize the immune system by about 33%. About 30 teaspoon can shut down the immune system for the whole day.

The most important thing in illness is never to lose heart.

~Nikolai Lenin

When you drink too much water, you will get abnormally low blood sodium level. You can get very sick.

Do not over drink when you do intensive exercises. During such intensity, the kidneys cannot excrete excess water. As people keep drinking, the extra water moves into their cells, including brain cells. The engorged brain cells with no room to expand will press against the skull. This can compress the brain stem, which control vital functions such as breathing. Worse case scenario when this happens is dealth.

You can balance your water intake with sodium. Take 1/4 teaspoon of salt per quart of water (that is every 4-5 glasses of water. The best salt is NOT table salt but Celtic or Himalayan seat salt which are available at health food stores.

If you don’t take care of yourself, the undertaker will overtake that responsibility for you.

~Carrie Latet