Natural Living - the Non Toxic Life

Who said that staying healthy had to be hard? It wasn't me!
Water has been around for ages. In fact you started your life in water. You have been drinking it since you were born. You can't live without it!
Now you just have to make sure you are getting enough of it.
With summer here you are most likely doing allot of outside activities. Keep a few bottles of water in your fridge & be sure to grab 1 on your way out the door. This also makes it easy for kids to grab & take on the run.
Keep a full glass next to your computer, that way you are less likely to get up and have a cup of coffee or a pop.
So come on, lets have a drink - of water!
Not convinced? Read this weeks Wellness Wednesday from the WholeFood Farmacy!
Sheryl Loch ~ allmylovecrafts

July 18, 2007

H2 Ohhh!

Drinking high levels of water can significantly reduce the risk of coronary heart disease, say researchers at Loma Linda University whose research was reported in the American Journal of Epidemiology (Vol. 155, No.9). This exciting study reveals that drinking high amounts of plain water is as important as exercise, diet, or not smoking in preventing coronary heart disease.

Basically, not drinking enough water can be as harmful to your heart as smoking, warns Jacqueline Chan, DrPH, principle investigator and lead author of the article. Dr. Chan and Synnove Knutsen, MD, PhD , second author, chair of epidemiology department, found that California Seventh-day Adventists who drink five or more glasses of plain water a day have a much lower risk of fatal coronary heart disease compared to those who drink less than two glasses per day.

The results from this study show that by drinking more plain water, healthy people, without any history of heart disease, stroke, or diabetes, reduced their risk of dying from a heart attack by half or more. This is as much or more than if they had adopted any other well-known preventive measure, including stopping smoking and lowering cholesterol levels, increasing exercise or maintaining ideal weight.

Because drinking more plain water is a simple lifestyle change that anybody can do, this simple practice has the potential of saving tens of thousands of lives each year with minimal cost. Neither total fluid intake, nor intake of other fluids combined showed this reduced risk. Instead, for women, high intake (5 or more glasses a day) of other fluids showed a greatly increased risk of coronary heart disease.

People need to be made aware that there is a difference, at least for heart health, whether they get their fluids from plain water or from sodas, says Dr. Chan.

As you enjoy your favorite Wholefood Farmacy foods, we encourage you to make water your drink of choice.

Also see Drinking Water to Stay Healthy and Hydrated

As always, we are at your service,

The Wholefood Farmacy Team
Sheryl Loch ~ allmylovecrafts
Brad West ~ onomoney
WholeFood Farmacy