Side effects of water therapy
General public is concerned about drinking too much of water. According
to ancient healers drinking water in excess is not harmful. Anything
excess the body throws away. So water if found in excess, body will
eliminate it instantly. Because of the detoxification, rarely some
individuals might feel tired but that goes away within a few days.
Other than these minor symptoms we have not noticed any side effects
of water therapy.
After doing this
water therapy, I am feeling extremely
thirsty, should I drink more water
throughout the day?
Yes if you feel thirsty there is no harm in drinking more water. All
these years your body was thirsty for water. Usually the amount your
body receives might be sufficient, but
there is no law that you should or not
drink drink water after you do water
therapy.
Should I drink
more water throughout the day even
after doing water therapy?
Drinking water in the morning is mostly sufficient for the whole day.
You do not feel drinking water throughout the day unless the body demands.
If you want to drink more water throughout the day , there is no harm,
may be not required.
Is it normal to
urinate frequently after water therapy?
Yes, it is normal to urinate 2 to 3 times within an hour after doing
this water therapy. However it is observed that as days go by the system
gets used to retain water and use it throughout the day. So bear with
the inconvenience you first observe.
Some people notice more fatigue and tiredness in the beginning after
doing this water therapy. Its just because the body is cleaning up. After
a few days these symptoms vanish and one will feel more energetic.
Is it common to
lose appetite after doing water therapy?
For some individuals there would
be increase in hunger. That’s good.
It probably indicates that body needs
nutrients and energy and so it demands
more food.
Whereas for others there is a loss
of appetite. That is also normal. Probably
the body wants to use its energy for
healing and repairing the
body instead on using for digestion. When we fall sick we lose appetite
because the intelligent body wants to use the energy not to digest food
but to fight the disease or do cleaning of the body. So don’t worry about
hunger , keep continuing the water therapy.
What should I do
if I feel body pain after doing water
therapy?
This is probably the detoxification that occurs in the muscles and joints.
Usually the symptoms go away if one eat vitamin E rich foods. The best
is to use raw wheat germ oil, one table spoon a day, mixed with salads,
or rice or with other food. Wheat germ oil , flax seed oil, almonds,
avocado, nuts , seeds supplies required vitamin
E.
The pain also could due to detoxification. If the pain is severe then
a cup of mild coffee for a couple of days would be drunk in the evenings.
Then stop drinking coffee.
Will water therapy
cause kidney failure?
This question is raised by many. In-fact we are only helping the kidney
not to strain itself from water shortage. We relieve the water stress
of the body through water therapy. We know people who have been doing
water therapy throughout their life and were healthy without any health
problems.
What water to be
used?
Since water obtained in many places is polluted, it would best be to
use filtered water (free from chemical pollutants). We would say reverse
osmosis water. Spring water can also be used if you are confident that
it collected from a spring and is not contaminated with any toxic substances.
Water can be boiled and sterilized too.
Can cold water
be used?
NO. Water while drinking should not be cold nor warm, but at room temperature.
In winters if required water can be
just made to luke warm conditions.
Those who are constipated can also use
luke warm water , but do not make it
as a practice.
Why is water therapy
suggested in empty stomach?
After a nights sleep, so many hormones and metabolites are secreted and broken down.
They should be removed in the morning from the body to avoid undesirable
effects. Hence water therapy in the morning is very beneficial. Also
in the empty stomach, maximum water is absorbed and part of the water
used for flushing the colon and rectum if any junk found. When water
enters the body in the morning, it helps kidneys to flush out the toxic
metabolite form the body. Therefore water cleans the whole digestive
system and the interior body. This might help in the better absorption
of nutrients by the intestines and thereby improving general health.
Why should not
one use alcohol during water therapy?
Alcohol is an inhibitor of anti-diuretic hormone. This hormone helps
kidneys in retaining body water. So if alcohol is consumed in the previous
night , the kidneys cannot hold the needed water. More than that by experience
we have found doing water therapy after having alcohol previous night,
might
increase blood pressure. We do not know the exact mechanism by which
this happens but the clue is that alcohol might also intervene with kidneys
function of maintaining blood pressure. Its amazing that ancient physicians
knew these and recommend not to drink alcoholic beverages the night before
doing water therapy.
Will water therapy
cause loss of nutrients from the body?
The water that we drink goes to the stomach and then to the intestines
where 95% of it is absorbed and rest 5% will be absorbed by the stools
in the rectum. There is only four exits for water to get out of body.
In minor quantities based on exercise, it goes out as sweat and through
the lungs. The next route is through the anus where water is absorbed
by the stools. The major route of water excretion is through the urinary
system as urine.
Nutrients that we take in the form of food is rapidly digested and absorbed
by the intestines into the blood. Since water is drunk in the empty stomach
it flushes the gastro-intestinal system, how does water then flushes
out nutrients when they are not present in the intestines?. Whatever
then water flushes out are the unabsorbed material, which form the stools.
Therefore there is no chance for nutrients to be lost by rectum by doing
water therapy in the empty stomach.
Once water is absorbed it enters the blood stream. The blood volume increases
and reaches the kidneys. Water is used by kidneys to flush out waste
through urine. No nutrient can pass into the urine without the notice
of the kidneys unless there is a defect in the kidneys. Kidney is a highly
meticulous sieve and therefore no nutrients are lost.
So where is the question of nutrient loss by water therapy. Nutrients
are lost in the body itself because they are consumed in the metabolic
reactions that counteract the toxic chemicals. So to conserve once body's
nutrient one should avoid least exposure of toxic chemicals. Refined
and processed foods are the major culprits and environmental pollutants
contribute equally. In fact then water helps to conserve the nutrients
in the body.
Can one stop the
water therapy after goals have been
achieved?
Yes. But you will not stop it. You would have experienced healthy being
doing water therapy so that you would continue doing it. In fact its
good to do as a life long practice because it will help you prevent form
all illness like colds, flu.
Other diseases like diabetes, hypertension, cancers etc will not develop
if you do water therapy with some care
in your diet and your mind too.
Instead of weight
loss what should I do if I gain weight
doing water therapy? Very rarely
I have heard from people about this
type of experience. Well it could be
that the body's absorption has increased
and the body is healthy. These person's
should still continue with water therapy
but switch to whole foods like whole
brown rice, whole wheat flour and reducing
refined products, sugar etc. They should
also do juice fasting once a week and
castor oil cleansing once a month.
This will help them to lose weight.
Can one achieve
weight gain doing water therapy? Body
balances hormones and various physiological
aspects after doing water therapy.
Generally the fat weight of the body
is lost and the bone and muscle weight
increases. Good absorption of digested
food increases bone and muscle weight
, while fat weight does not.
Can water therapy
be done during pregnancy? We think
its good. Priya did during her entire
pregnancy. She did not have any complications,
no digestive problems, no body pains,
no constipation, even she was able
to control nausea and vomiting with
water therapy. Her birth assistant
told her amniotic fluid was the best
she ever saw, clean like pure water.
The good health of the kid , we believe
is also due to the water therapy she
did. She did normal weight gain and
the kid was around 6 pounds. She
did not want to have a huge baby.
Other women who had done water therapy
did have babies of more than 7 to 8
pounds. The best
thing is that after birth priya lost
all the extra pounds she gained during
pregnancy…back to slim and healthy.
Who cannot do
water therapy?
Al most any one can do water therapy even very sick people too. Kids
require less water and so they can drink according to their age. After
15 years of age they can drink 1.2 liters and after 20 years of age,
1.5 liters of water. For younger kids based on their age one tea-cup to
few tea-cups of water could be given first thing in the morning.
Is it good to
drink water in general while eating
meals?
In fact drinking water during meals is considered not good for digestion.
But drinking water an hour before and after meals is good to improve
digestion.
Is it
true that some one died of drinking too much water?.
Yes.
that is correct, but look at the amount the person drank to die. He
consumed more than two gallons of water in a short time. That is
almost four times the volume of water recommended for water therapy.
Please click here
to continue reading
|
