Water (Health Pillar #1)

“Water is the only drink for a wise man.”

- Henry David Thoreau

Water is the single most important nutrient for our body! You must have water to perform every function within your body and when you do not have enough water those functions cannot be carried out properly.

Many aliments that people suffer from stem from being dehydrated. Headaches, Back Pain, Arthritis, Intestinal Problems, Weight Gain, Skin Problems, lack of energy, depression, the list goes on and on! Most people when facing these symptoms see a doctor, get a pill, cover the symptom without fixing the problem, and continue on with their life until they have another problem that needs another pill and this cycle goes on and on and on!

I am not a doctor and I am not telling anyone to throw out every pill that their doctor has prescribed to them. I am simply asking that each and every one of you pay attention to your body and try to unmask and fix the problem instead of covering up one symptom after another!!!

Dr. Colbert treats almost every patient he has with water before he does anything else. In his 25+ years of practice he has found that a lot of times this takes care of many of their aliments! He often tells patients that when they have a headache, joint pain, heart burn, or depression its not becasue they have a Tylenol, Advil, Pepcid, or Prozac deficiency. It is usually because they are dehydrated!

How much water should you be drinking?

You should be drinking 1/2 ounce of water for each pound that you weigh.

So, if you weigh 150 lbs, you should be drinking 75oz of water!

This may seem like a lot of water, so start slow. If you are currently drinking around 8-16oz/day, then bump it up to over 32 oz. Slowly increase your water until you get to the proper amount for your body!!!

What kind of water should you drink?

In the simplest of answers, clean, slightly alkaline, and with natural minerals!

I know a lot of you are probably wondering what constitutes clean and slightly alkaline water and I promise I will be going into detail on what kind of water you should be drinking, but until then the following are some safe options (also, for those of you who don't want the details and just want to know what to drink, be sure you drink a combination of the waters listed below because they each have some benefits and downfalls, but with a combination you should get the best of both worlds):

-Distilled water (can be purchased by the gallon in most grocery stores, the gallon should say distilled on it)

- Purified water (check the label on the bottle for the word reverse osmosis, ex. the walmart brand that says great value on it is purified)

-Certain bottled waters (the following are some of the best and cleanest, however they are more expensive)

1) Penta water

2) Evamor

3) Deer Park

4) Zephyrhills

5) Evian

6)Fiji

7) Panna

8) Smart Water

As always, if you have any questions be sure to ask!

In Good Health,

Shanna Johnston