A Simplest Solution - H2O

Last week I shared my Father in Law’s video on how he restored his ailing eyesight.

He asked me about another simple solution that he might try and so I shared with him a common protocol among health coaches.  First thing in the morning, drink a glass of clean filtered water.  Put it by the bedside so you have it handy to help rehydrate the body after a good night of restful sleep; essential to health and wellbeing.

Why is water so vital for optimal health?  Here are some interesting facts and estimates:

1. It is estimated that the body is 70% water, the brain is 75% water and the blood is 92% water; dehydration can cause dizziness and headaches
2. 2% drop in body water can create difficulty concentrating and effect short-term memory.
3. Three quarters of Americans are chronically dehydrated.
4. We often mistake hunger for thirst. Try drinking water before grabbing an unhealthy processed carbohydrate. It can stop hunger pangs.
5. It can lower joint and back pain as water is required for synovial fluid.
6. Mild dehydration slows the bodies metabolism.
7. Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and one is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer.[1]
8. Lack of water is the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
9. Water is required for nearly every part of the human body to function efficiently from carrying nutrients and oxygen to all the cells in the body, to converting food into energy and to protect and cushion vital organs.
10. Water is required for breathing.

Water that is fluoridated and includes chlorine can compete with iodine required for the thyroid. You may want to consider drinking spring water out of glass bottles or filtered water. This is MY favorite glass water bottle that I fill with filtered water and take with me everywhere I go

I also give this as a gift to my private coaching clients. Can you challenge yourself to try drinking ½ your body weight in water today?  How about this week?  Try it and document how you feel and what changes that you notice in your body.

[1] http://www.thewaterexpress.com/Water-Facts-And-Tips.htm

Carpe diem!

Lisa

PS

Do you want more Simple Solutions?  Consider joining me for our first New Self Health Movement Retreat in September 25-28th in California at Asilomar in Monterey, California. I promise you will leave with simple solutions you can implement at home, plus some new found friends and savvy secrets.

There is also a one day Saturday pass available as well.  Please hurry because the rooms book up fast at Asilomar and I want to be sure my VIPs (Very Important People) are there!  I have partnered with 15 other authors and health coaches to offer a long weekend of knowledge transfer for you. Tara Gesling and her story of going from 5 years in a wheelchair to the healthy woman she is today is amazing and inspirational! So is Emma Galland, CEO of Gogi Fit's recovery from Graves Disease at the age of 30.

Here’s what you will enjoy:


Read more and register with our special rate HERE.  You can also bring your spouse or a friend who wants to enjoy the refuge by the sea while you partake at the conference for a reduced rate of $1.  There are nearby golf courses, shopping and the quaint towns of Monterey and Carmel by the Sea.
You definitely deserve this and I would LOVE to spend this time with you!

1. Yoga and yoga dance classes offered on the beach and inside.

2. Personalized small health coaching groups to help you walk through obstacles and health challenges

3. Discover my Seven Steps to Inspired Wellness in an informative, experiential session where you will leave inspired and empowered to take back your health and understand the process to meet personal goals. We will walk through how to go from “Overwhelmed” to “Empowered”!

4. You can choose workshops from over a dozen authors and health coaches. The conference outline is on our website

5. You will enjoy amazing gourmet food, seafood, California wines and bonfires to music.

6. Saturday night we will witness the lunar eclipse while listening to live music under the stars on the beach.

7. You will enjoy luxury accommodations, with chimneys in the rooms, wooden floors, trees and the beach to help you relax fully and recharge.

ABOUT LISA JACKSON, RN, CHC, RYT
Lisa is an author, inspirational speaker, retired RN, certified health coach and yoga teacher. Her book, Savvy Secrets: Eat,Think & Thrive; Seven Steps to Optimal Health,is a self health book to enable healing from within.  Her goal is to inspire wellness and to help others look and feel their best at any age. Lisa is part of the New Self Health Movement, the International Health Coach Association and the Wellness Inspired Network. She is the mother of four adult children, soon to be Grandmother, and believes that optimal health should not be a secret! When she is not coaching, speaking and writing, you can find her practicing yoga and joyfully sharing Carpe Diem Dance at every opportunity.