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Question:
"The Water Cure" seems to work for my lower back pain. Two weeks without tea
and coffee and no stiffness or pain in the lower back. Amazing. Has anyone else every tried this? What were your results?
Answer:
Proper hydration works wonders in many conditions. I myself have
experienced lower back problems when dehydrated, and none of the same when
properly hydrated. Now however, I don't achieve this by drinking gallons of
water, but eating plentifully of high water content raw fruits and vegetables.
This gives me the same, no...actually, better results. It keeps my body
hydrated better than constantly drinking water. And no back problems as a
result.
Water, and hydration, are vital in many areas of our lives,
and when we don't have enough, our body will
essentially "sap" it out of ourselves, diluting the poisons
within us to be processed by our kidneys. One effect of
this is atrophy, as the muscles are depleted of water
(their main component). Dehydration has been linked to
possible causation of many sundry diseases, so why not also
affect allergies? Honestly, who knows. But there are
definite benefits to proper hydration.
With regards to back pain, PART of the "no coffee no tea"
rule (and actually TEA more than coffee), has to do with,
among other things, the caffeine, which acts as a diuretic.
I remember when experiencing specific bouts of severe back
pain, an associate noticed I had at the time been drinking
excessive amounts of iced-tea. He mentioned the
correlation to back pain, and I drew myself off the iced-
tea, and yup, sure enough,... back pain dissipated. I find
coffee, however, does not seem to correlate similarly with
back pain.
Either way, yes, water is grand. I opt for distilled.
Blanket assumptions "spring" water, or "mineral" water is
somehow more "healthy" is not, IMHO, necessarily correct, -
not all "springs" feed from healthy sources, nor are
all "minerals" healthy to ingest.
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