Health Tip: Drink Lots of Water & Cool Your Body Down

“Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God, and value it next to a good conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of; a blessing that money cannot buy.” ~ Izaak Walton

Now that the warmer, hotter weather is shining our way, it's important to remember to drink plenty of water when you're out and about, walking in the sun, chillin' on the beach, playing sports, exercising, or performing virtually any activity that causes you to sweat and lose bodily fluids. In the warmer weather, this may mean that we have to increase the amount of water we consume.

For those of us who break into a sweat at the up-tick of an eyebrow, making sure we replenish our losed body fluids, often, is essential to prevent dehydration or worst, heat stroke. But even if you're not breaking a sweat, it's stil crucial to drink enough water.

According to scientists at Northwestern Health Sciences University we need water in order to:

• Regulate body temperature.
  
• Carry nutrients to cells and tissues throughout the body.
  
• Improve digestion.
  
• Remove wastes and toxins from the body.
  

Your Body Is Approximately 75% Water!

Water is crucial to every function of our body... I'm talking the whole enchilada all body fluids, not only blood but also the digestive juices, bile, lymphs, perspiration and bodily wastes. It acts as a lubricant preventing friction between moving parts of the body. Even the eye needs water to function. Through evaporation from the lungs or perspiration from the skin, water regulates our internal body temperature.

Water Is The Key To All Bodily Functions

Water is needed for Circulation... Assimilation... Digestion... Elimination... and ...Temperature Control.

• Water helps maintain proper muscular tone and prevents dehydration
  
• Water helps make the skin clear, healthy looking and resilient
  
• Water helps rid the body of waste and relieves constipation
  
• Water increases energy levels
  
• Water also suppresses the appetite naturally and helps the body metabolize stored fat
  
• Water is the key to any weight reduction plan
  
• Water helps maintain body weight, function and good health
  

(Source: Yahoo's HealthDay News)

EAT WELL... BE WELL!

More Super Foods to Keep You Healthy

“When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot manifest, strength cannot fight, wealth becomes useless, and intelligence cannot be applied.” ~ Herophilus

As food research continues to discover and explore the medicinal benefits of foods, we will be able to make wiser and healthier choices in our meal selections. Here are some more foods that do more than just taste good. The superfoods featured below have clearly demonstrated that they can provide healing and wellness benefits that help us keep healthy.

• Pomegranates: Fight Alzheimer's disease and Guard your arteries
  
  Offers counterpunch to Alzheimer's disease... Researchers at Loma Linda University, CA. found that mice who drank pomegranate juice experienced 50% less brain degeneration than animals that consumed only sugar water. The pomegranate drinkers also did better in mazes and tests as they aged.
  

  
  ...And Artery Protection: Israeli researchers discovered that a group of diabetics who drank about 2 ounces of pomegranate juice a day for 3 months kept their bodies from absorbing bad cholesterol into their immune system cells (a major contributing factor to hardened arteries.
  
  

• Cranberries: Eradicate E. coli and Help prevent strokes
  
  This American beauty is already known for its health benefits in curing urinary infections but You know it helps treat urinary tract infection, and you might have heard that it prevents gum disease, and is a powerful anti-cancer fighter. But did you know that these little berries provide more beneficial healing properties?
  

  
  Cranberries may be helpful in Eradicating E. coli. Compounds in the juice can actually alter antibiotic-resistant strains, making it impossible for the harmful bacteria to trigger an infection. A small pilot study from Harvard Medical School and Rutgers University found that eating about 1/3 cup of dried cranberries yielded the same effect.
  

  
  And, cranberries can Help prevent strokes. Research on pigs with a genetic predisposition to atherosclerosis—narrow, hardened arteries that may lead to heart attack and stroke—found that those fed dried cranberries or juice every day had healthier, more flexible blood vessels.
  
  

• Kiwi: Protect against free radical damage and Lower blood-clot risk
  
  Rutgers University compared the 27 most popular fruits we like to eat and determined that kiwifruit was the most nutritionally dense and protected the body from free radicals. Plus, it makes the short list of fruits with substantial amounts of vitamin E, and contains more vision-saving lutein than any other fruit or vegetable, except for corn; making it an excellent anti-oxidant source for fighting free radical damages.
  
  

  In addition, it Lower blood-clot risk as discovered in a 2004 study from the University of Oslo in Norway, participants who ate two or three kiwis for 28 days significantly reduced their potential to form a clot. They also got a bonus benefit: Their triglycerides, a blood fat linked to heart attack, dropped by 15%.
  

These superfoods pack a powerful, healthy wellness punch that can not only lower our risks for degenerative diseases like cancer, diabetes, heart disease and strokes, they can keep us fit to enjoy an active life at any age.Read this article to Learn More About these amazing Superfoods and read this informative book.

Eat healthy... Stay healthy!