By Sherrlyn Christmas-John

When I am burning energy, under stress, have lost sleep, or weather is warm, my body automatically says "Drink, drink, drink!"

It is not uncommon for me to drink between a half and a full gallon in a one-hour time period. And then drink more through the day. The only time I really forget is when I sit a lot at my computer in a cool room and the body is not hardly moving. Then symptoms develop such as angina (tightness in my chest), lethargy, headaches, restlessness in my sleep, foggy head, my complexion becomes rough, sore throat, and, last but not least, major constipation. Well, that's enough to keep that water bottle by your side!

I do believe if people would begin to train themselves to drink more water, it would eliminate a lot of problems. Water speeds the metabolism and helps a person burn more calories (helps you process stored fat). I don't use Fiberblend when I drink lots of water.

Water will flush the system and keep things moving and help eliminate the toxins. Some "top" bodybuilders drink 2-4 gallons of water a day. Although I do think that is too much for the average person, as one can overdue a good thing and deplete their potassium levels. I tell people many times who have trouble losing weight to drink more water. It sounds just too simple, and we humans are looking for a fancier way to solve our problems.

Dr. Loraine Day, national speaker and author of the video You Can't Improve on God says that when the body is dehydrated it has to go into drought management. (People a lot of the time are not even aware at this point.) This process can cause low back pain, arthritis, ulcer-type pain, and angina from simply not drinking enough water. One can also develop high blood pressure. The body produces histamines - histamines in turn produce substances like prostaglandins, which produce the pain.

I believe water regulates all body function.

On a spiritual note, the Bible likens water to baptism, salvation, healing, the Word, cleansing, miracles, and, in the last book of the bible, the "water of life."
Regarding your questions about distilled water, I really believe the body needs oxygen in the water. Unless distilled water has had oxygen added back to it, I would prefer to drink reverse osmosis. Here again, body builders will drink distilled water three days before competing because doing so dehydrates the body.

I am blessed to have access to water that has been filtered four different ways, then had the oxygen added back.

Question
I just finished reading your article on Chet's web site. I'm unclear on one point you make. You say that we need oxygen in the water, and thus should not drink distilled water.

Maybe I'm not understanding what you mean. If you removed oxygen from water, it would not be water, it would be hydrogen. H2O. 2 molecules of hydrogen and 1 molecule of water. Any deviation from this and you don't have water anymore.
Distilling the water simply causes the water to vaporize, leaving impurities behind, and allows the vapor to condensate on a clean surface, and thus purifying the water.
Again, maybe I am not understanding what you mean, so if I'm mistaken in my understanding of your point, please explain!

Answer
That is a very good question. Hopefully I can clear up some of the confusion. It is impossible to remove oxygen O1 from the water which is part of the composition and unavailable to the body. When the water is distilled it removes the dissolved oxygen 02 which is available to the body. If you drop a fish in distilled water, it will not live very long, as it cannot breathe. We need the oxygen.

Best to you,
Sherrlyn