| OBEY YOUR FIRST About Two-Thirds of the body is water, one of the most valuable nutrient in the body. Water working with blood inside the blood vessels deliver vital nutrients, oxygen, and other chemicals to the CELLS of your vital organs, (kidney, liver, brain, etc.) and carries the waste out. PLASMA: (a fluid) the red blood CELLS and platelets flow along together inside the blood vessel with the plasma, which is 92% water. That mix contains, electrolytes, (IONS) potassium, chloride, sodium, etc., they help regulate the electrical charge and flow of water molecules over the CELLS membrane (cells outer surface). In July of 1904 Dr. Charles Drew's a Black Man, saved countless lives through his research and study he discovered a way to preserve blood where by he processed the blood, and separated it from the plasma so that the blood could be stored for long periods of time; this process is used by the Red-Cross, blood banks, and plasma centers today. It is critical that the VOLUME (amount) of plasma be maintained by regular water intake, not soda pop, orange juice, or coffee, but kidney flushing WATER. The water in most refreshments is just enough to cleanup their own kunk. The body loses water through, urine, excretion, saliva, sweat, evaporation from wind, old weather, dry air, and excitement; all activity in the body generates water evaporating heat. The physical activity you're involved in could make you sweat enough to lower blood volume fast, creating a situation where the water is being drawn out (extracellular fluid) of the plasma, leaving a thickening solution in the blood vessels of electrolytes like sodium, (salt) which draws on the, intercellular fluid, (fluid inside the cell) if there is more salt outside the cell than in it. 1. Medical sources tell us, "humans can only live without water for 3 days." 2. "Just 15 to 20 percent loss of body water is fatal." (Jane Brody's nutrition book 1981) 3. In 1933 DR. Rudolph Matas, (I don't know his race) Charman of Sugery at Tolane Unversity in New Orleans. DR. Matas aplied the first IV. bottle (intervenes/bottle) with salen solution; (mixture of salt and water) nurishment and stablity benefits were obvious so it became a medically standard procedure to hook a person up to one of those bottles with the tube going into to arm as soon as possible. 4. The body has a tendency to retain or store water when it's level is always critical. When regular intake signals the body to let go of the excess water. Persons to whom this may apply will lose water weight they may have thought was fat. The average size adult should drink at least eight glasses of water a day; of course we take into consideration that the stomach is only about the size of your fists, so we have to spread the intake of fluid. Have a couple of glasses of water in the morning, afternoon and evening, preferably an hour before or after meals. You'll probably feel better if you drink plenty of water two hours before exercise, and during the activity. Drink water with vitamins, or aspirin, if you take medication in tablet form read the label or ask your Doctor. Make sure the water fountain in your school are working and accessible to students by location and schedule. A coach or class president could have a posters and pamphlets campaign; a federal building operator may direct you to government publications, and some have a book store in them. Kids may go all day without water or until they get thirsty, which is not a good state, do not always wait until they're thirsty. If kids can't see a glass or reach a class they may not ask. 1. keep clean classes around have a favorite cup. 2. Boil water sometimes or just let stand and the chlorine well evaporate. 3. invest in a filter that makes the water more tolerable; some people use a drop of lemon juice in the class of water, they say their stomach doesn't tolerate plain water. I strongly suggest seeing a doctor on any sign of a problem with water digestion. |