Water: Nature’s Elixir To Optimal Health

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Water is essential to our health. When the body lacks water, maintaining the blood becomes a priority over the cells. The body will allow cellular damage to occur before the viscosity of the blood is permitted to be lost.  When it comes to water distribution, the brain is the most important because it contains the highest concentration of water (85%), and for the work it executes as controller over bodily functions.  So losing out on hydration is possibly the worst thing you can do to your body.

Water performs many vital tasks within the body, like breaking down food particles, running the body’s hydroelectric pumps, removing toxins, cooling and carrying nutrients to cells.  Without water the body simply can not perform its necessary functions, and vital processes will shut down.  You need to know when your body is dehydrated and work to counteract the problem.

Allergies: The Drama Queens of the Body

Allergies are like movies. If you have ever covered your eyes at something frightening on the big screen you have reacted in a similar fashion as the immune system does when an allergen enters its world. In both cases a reaction is launched because of a threat perceived to be real, yet is not. Which is not to say the immune system shouldn’t react to a bee sting, but killing the person in its response is definitely overkill, pardon the pun.

Of all the allergies the most common is dust mites. Most people are not even aware they are allergic to these microscopic insects. For them the symptoms generally only show up upon waking. For a few hours they suffer a runny nose, sneezing or itchiness.

A combination of actions can be taken to clean your living space from the majority of these spider-like creatures.