[prakruti] Fw: Which Drinks Hydrate and Which Don't?

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At 10:25 AM 6/30/07, you wrote:

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>Which Drinks Hydrate and Which Don't?

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>Adapted from The Water Prescription, by Christopher Vasey, N.D.

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>Have you ever wondered if a cup of coffee or tea and milk can substitute

>as one of your recommended eight glasses of water a day? Most drinks do a

>good job of hydrating, but the components of some common drinks sharply

>reduce their hydrating ability. Which drinks are the best hydrators, and

>which the worst? Here are the three most hydrating and the four least

>hydrating drinks.

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>Drinks That Are Strong Hydrators

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>*Water

>Water is the preeminent beverage for correctly hydrating the body.

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>* Herbal Teas (Infusions)

>The leaves from plants such as mint, verbena, linden, balm, and so on give

>a pleasant aroma and flavor to the water in which they are

>steeped, which makes infusions a satisfying alternative to people who

>don't enjoy drinking plain water.

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>The medicinal properties of the plants do not have a negative effect on

>the body's assimilation of the water.

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>Note: The benefit does not extend to sweetened infusions, or if the tea is

>made with plants that have diuretic properties, such as dandelion.

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>* Fruit and Vegetable Juices

>The water in fruits and vegetables--their juice--is one of the liquids

>nature has provided for hydrating our bodies. Juice is water bound

>to a substance. To maintain our harmonic balance with nature and avoid

>taking in too high a concentration of nutrients and sugars, we should

>consider juice a secondary resource to be used in moderation.

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>Drinks that Are Weak Hydrators

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>* Coffee, Tea, and Cocoa

>Drinks that have a base of coffee, black tea, or cocoa are quite high in

>purins, toxins that must be eliminated from the body by urine or sweat in

>the form of uric acid. Purines need to be diluted in large quantities of

>liquid to be evacuated without irritation. A good portion of

>the water consumed with these drinks is used to eliminate the toxins.

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>* Milk

>Milk is a food, not a drink, and its digestion by adults is frequently

>incomplete.

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>Whey, on the other hand, is very easily digested, but its diuretic

>properties are an impediment to its consumption as a daily

>beverage.

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>* Soft Drinks

>Soft drinks often have a high caffeine base, a diuretic, which makes a

>body lose water before it has time to make its way into the

>intracellular environment. The other problem comes from the high sugar

>content of most sodas. The body has a hard time properly metabolizing

>refined sugar. To correct the reaction to this, the body has to surrender

>water from the extracellular fluid. Because that makes a person thirsty, a

>vicious circle is created, as the thirst is being maintained by the very

>beverage that is drink with the intention of getting rid of it.

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>* Alcoholic Beverages

>Alcohol itself has dehydrating properties, removing water from the tissues

>it contacts and drying them out and increasing the need for

>water.

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>When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it

>with love and respect. "

>- Aldo Leopold

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