This past Wednesday I felt the symptoms of the common cold hitting me square between the eyes.  As the day progressed I felt my comfort declining rapidly.  By night fall I found myself lying in the bed aching all over wishing for just enough relief to get some rest.  Tossing and turning for hours I knew the night was going to be long with the constant pain I was feeling.  After a brief talk with my maker, yeah that is Jesus in my world, I found myself begging for the comfort my body so desired.  The thing that kept coming to my mind was drink more water.  I started to ask is that it just drink more water.  So I got out of bed and wondered down the hall and filled a big glass or water, probably 32 ounces or so, and lingered back to my resting area.  As I sat on the bed side I downed the water and it was almost like my service engine turned off and the motor started idling smooth.  It wasn’t a pure immediate fix but I felt 100% better than what I did moments earlier.  After lying there a little longer I no longer felt the constant game of am I hot or am I cold but the aching started back little by little.  So I returned for one more glass of water and all of a sudden I felt enough comfort, outside the multiple runs to the bathroom, that I now was able to lay my head and rest.

So I ask is water a natural cure?  I have always heard that water increases your metabolism which in turn allows the body to do a lot of self healing.  When the body is working like it should then it is able to defend off many diseases and sicknesses.  Also metabolism burns fat and the water flushes the system of impurities.  I have always heard people point to the ancestors and ask how did they live so long.  Well maybe it is because of water.  Think about it…  We insulate our bodies from hot weather with air conditioning therefore less sweating and it is rare now days that people drink water with their meals.  Look around and watch what the most unhealthy overweight people are drinking and I believe you will rarely find a pure glass or water.  Our grandparents didn’t have the sugar filled drinks and they continuously had to drink water because they were sweating from the temperature and the lack of A/C.

That being said I am not claiming water is the end all fix all but I feel it is a critical element that is often overlooked and under utilized in my own diet.

Think On…

Mike