God designed our bodies to be composed of 70% water. An adequate supply of water enables the fluidity of blood to carry nutrients to the organs, glands, muscles, nerves, and indeed to EVERY cell of which our body is constructed!

Sometimes, an extreme example helps to understand a point being made. Think of a desert. Remember seeing pictures of animals having died from dehydration? The same fate awaits the human, if deprived of adequate water.

A 1% deficiency of water leads to thirst and a 5% deficiency may cause a slight fever because we are water-cooled. An 8% deficiency is considered to be severe dehydration, which affects glandular function. At a 10% deficiency a person can no longer walk.
The brain is an organ which must have adequate water to function. Remember the desert traveler who began to see mirages? That is a form of delusion caused by dehydration.

When I moved into a rental house in Florida, there was a swimming pool in the backyard. It was filled with horrible green water and debris. A net was used to dip out the debris and then large amounts of pool chemicals were dumped in to “shock” the green stuff and make the water look clear again. It was amazing, but instead of removing the undesirable stuff, the chlorine just changed the appearance of the water. Everything was still in the pool water, along with the chemicals I dumped in.

The city I live in is one of the worst environmentally damaged in the nation. Fifty years ago some companies dumped their waste chemicals onto the ground and into ponds. The chemicals leached down through the soil and eventually contaminated the aquifers which supply several of the wells from which the city water supply is drawn. Even large bays have been contaminated and one bay now has brown water.

When a person bathes, the water borne chemicals are absorbed through the skin and into the body. What to do? My wife and I are blessed in that we were able to have a whole house water filtration system installed. Countertop filter systems are popular and beneficial and under the counter systems are even better.

Avoid soft drinks. Tea is often a diuretic and causes more liquid loss than is gained. A good rule of thumb is to drink six to eight 8 ounce glasses of water daily