Gosia
05-24-2006, 11:05 PM
We all know that our bodies are about 70% water. We know that water is essential to our health. But only recent scientific discoveries have been giving a hint to why it is so.
In my cooked years, I used to carry a bottle of water with me always. I used to drink water often and a lot. Yet, only after I went raw, and started eating loads and loads of juicy fruit, I discovered how dehydrated I was for years and years. Suddenly, my rough heels softened, and my general health improved. I now begin to realize that going raw has had such a dramatic effect on my health largely due to the fact that my body finally started getting enough water. Surprisingly, I now hardly ever sip water. Most of my water intake comes from fruit!
Only recently scientists began to realize how important water is to our life, and this not some metaphor at all. It has been discovered that proteins trap water molecules inside them. Thanks to certain weak links between the hydrogen atoms, proteins are then able to change their shape. Different shapes of protein correspond to different functions that protein can perform. So, without water, protein could not work at all, which would have disastrous consequences as far as building new cells, fighting infections and many other vital functions in our body. An amazing discovery has been that protein communicates with DNA with the help of water molecules, which can communicate to protein such sophisticated information like the amount of damage to various sections of DNA. This in turn helps in ensuring that only good sections of DNA are used in the production. Without water, we would have been just a handful of dust. Water is what gives us life, in the exact sense of this word.
I cannot help but think about consequences of not having enough water in our bodies. Proteins not functioning properly, DNA not being able to communicate information to protein, sick/disfigured cells forming, a total disaster! I think that the origin of many diseases could be explained on a molecular level by simply lack of water. And, I cannot help but think that eating plenty of juicy fruit is the best way of ensuring of having enough.
I've been wondering why would my body be better hydrated now, when I hardly ever have bottled water, compared to before, when I used to drink a lot of it. My guess is that it is the quality that matters. It would be interesting to know how this could be explained on a molecular level. Perhaps one day. For now, I play it safe, and have lots of juicy fruit. Every day.
Gosia.
In my cooked years, I used to carry a bottle of water with me always. I used to drink water often and a lot. Yet, only after I went raw, and started eating loads and loads of juicy fruit, I discovered how dehydrated I was for years and years. Suddenly, my rough heels softened, and my general health improved. I now begin to realize that going raw has had such a dramatic effect on my health largely due to the fact that my body finally started getting enough water. Surprisingly, I now hardly ever sip water. Most of my water intake comes from fruit!
Only recently scientists began to realize how important water is to our life, and this not some metaphor at all. It has been discovered that proteins trap water molecules inside them. Thanks to certain weak links between the hydrogen atoms, proteins are then able to change their shape. Different shapes of protein correspond to different functions that protein can perform. So, without water, protein could not work at all, which would have disastrous consequences as far as building new cells, fighting infections and many other vital functions in our body. An amazing discovery has been that protein communicates with DNA with the help of water molecules, which can communicate to protein such sophisticated information like the amount of damage to various sections of DNA. This in turn helps in ensuring that only good sections of DNA are used in the production. Without water, we would have been just a handful of dust. Water is what gives us life, in the exact sense of this word.
I cannot help but think about consequences of not having enough water in our bodies. Proteins not functioning properly, DNA not being able to communicate information to protein, sick/disfigured cells forming, a total disaster! I think that the origin of many diseases could be explained on a molecular level by simply lack of water. And, I cannot help but think that eating plenty of juicy fruit is the best way of ensuring of having enough.
I've been wondering why would my body be better hydrated now, when I hardly ever have bottled water, compared to before, when I used to drink a lot of it. My guess is that it is the quality that matters. It would be interesting to know how this could be explained on a molecular level. Perhaps one day. For now, I play it safe, and have lots of juicy fruit. Every day.
Gosia.