A Tip That Will Put Painkillers on the Shelf: The Biggest Mistake Made in Turkey
Instead of immediately reaching for a painkiller when you have a headache, first drink a few glasses of water and wait. You'll see more benefit than from the painkiller you'd otherwise take. And if you take it together with an effervescent, water-soluble, alkaline magnesium tablet, the amount of oxygen carried to the brain will increase and you'll see your headache pass.
In short, just as there can be no life without water, there can be no healthy life either.
So how and why should we drink water?
As I mentioned on the other page, dehydration is among the leading causes of chronic disease. It has been shown that many ailments take hold in people who don't drink enough water for extended periods, and, in short, the clinical picture of chronic diseases worsens. In animal experiments, when animals were deprived of water even briefly, they developed stomach complaints. It has been observed that failing to meet the body's water needs causes problems not only in the stomach but throughout the entire body, with the brain tissue in particular being negatively affected.
All the tissues and organs in our body are covered with a membrane called fascia. This membrane reduces the friction that occurs as tissues and organs come into contact with one another. When the body becomes dehydrated, this fascial layer also dries out, and the resulting friction between tissues causes chronic pain. The chronic pain conditions that many people complain about are, in fact, often linked to insufficient water intake.
The most valuable drink for quenching thirst is water. Tea, coffee, and both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages are all diuretics, causing the body to lose water and minerals, and they can never take the place of water. We don't count herbal and fruit teas in this category. Herbal and fruit teas, along with fruit and vegetable juices diluted with water, are nearly as valuable as water itself. However, in our country, especially in workplaces, when people feel thirsty they often try to quench that thirst by drinking tea instead. Yet this starts a vicious cycle that only deepens the dehydration.
The best times to drink water are right after waking up, before going to sleep, and in the periods half an hour before and half an hour after meals. In other words, water should not be drunk during meals or right after them. This is because the food we eat needs to sit in the stomach passage for a while to be digested. Bites of food should be chewed well and, once swallowed, should be broken down more easily in the stomach both mechanically and by the enzymes and fluids the stomach secretes. However, water drunk right after a bite of food speeds up the passage through the stomach, which not only makes digestion harder but also contributes to the development of stomach complaints.
In short, water should not be drunk during meals. Not drinking water during meals is one of the most important ways to prevent digestive problems from arising; it allows the digestive system to work comfortably and helps prevent excess cholesterol from forming. What we eat needs to sit in the stomach for a while, combining with stomach acid and enzymes to reach the right consistency. After a while, once the food has reached this consistency, it moves from the emptying stomach into the duodenum and from there into the intestines; for this journey to proceed healthily and for maximum benefit to be obtained from food, the order and level of the digestive enzymes secreted by the intestines, gallbladder, pancreas, and other glands are extremely important.
In Turkey, water is generally drunk during meals. Some patients even go so far as to say how wrong it is to drink water on an empty stomach. If we don't know when and how much of our need for water – one of our most basic needs – we should meet, it is hard to say that we are living a healthy life.
No other liquid can replace water; on the contrary, they increase the body's need for water. This is because milk, tea, coffee, fruit juice, caffeinated drinks, alcohol, and especially carbonated drinks dehydrate the body (due to their diuretic properties), leaving it thirsty. It is true that these drinks contain water, but they also contain substances that dehydrate the body at the same time.
Unfortunately, instead of teaching our children that they need to drink water, we encourage them to drink carbonated and sugary beverages. How? Instead of putting a water dispenser in the kitchen – say, an alkaline water ionizer – we fill our refrigerators to the brim with fizzy drinks that dehydrate the body, causing our children to develop unhealthy habits.
Sweetened beverages are generally produced using purified water that has had its minerals removed. Studies have found significant deficiencies of calcium, magnesium and other minerals in the urine of people who consume large amounts of these drinks, and deficiencies of these minerals can lead to osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, hypothyroidism, coronary artery disease, high blood pressure and premature aging.
By making a habit of drinking water before you feel thirsty, you keep your body continuously hydrated. For the body to fight off illness effectively, its cells, tissues and organs need to be well hydrated.
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