CORONARY HEART DISEASE
The basics of this condition are explained in the above section on cholesterol formation and its deposit in the coronary arteries (click here). Not much more can be added on this topic. If we also take into consideration that another basic cause of diseases of the heart is continued hypertension and the shearing force of concentrated circulating blood, then the application of the same information will explain the root cause of coronary heart disease and brain damage and strokes.
It should be remembered that this information applies to all cells in each organ. When there is dehydration, all cells in all organs feel the problem, except some feel it more than others, until an emergency water-infusion system begins to hydrate the more essential cells. The heart is not exempt from the problems associated with dehydration. It becomes sufficiently incapacitated to begin showing failure. Often the process begins with the spasm, and then permanent obstruction, of a small artery. The initial spasm causes pain. If at that very moment water is taken, the spasm will subside and the permanent obstruction of the artery may not be the
outcome. In any case, water is immediately more essential to the patient than any other medication. It will at least reduce the extent of the damage. High blood cholesterol can also be an indicator of bone density loss. For more information, read the sections Higher Blood Cholesterol and Osteoporosis.
HOT FLASHES
As I have explained, the nerve sensors of the face receive the same attention for their circulation as do the cells of the brain because they are directly involved with information gathering. At their brain side, they are connected to the serotonin-regulated nerve system that, at the same time, has a regulatory role in the hormonal balance of the body. The level of tryptophan and serotonin activity in the body is directly influenced by the regulatory role of water.
Because of the age-dependent loss of thirst sensation and the establishment of persistent dehydration, at some point or other in the life of any individual, the hormonal balance of the body will automatically become affected by the same dehydration. In women, this hormonal imbalance will eventually lead to symptom-
producing menopause and its hallmark of hot flashes. Historically, some women are known for having given birth to a child when they were in their seventies. It is therefore feasible that there is no hard-and-fast rule to the age in which menopause is established. With the right lifestyle and balanced nutrition, it may be possible to delay menopause and alleviate its symptoms.
To treat hot flashes, you need to hydrate the body well. You need to take a balanced amino acid diet that enhances the serotonin activity of the brain. You also need to take vitamin B6 as a supplement. Vitamin B6 is directly involved in the conversion of the amino acids: tryptophan to serotonin, melatonin, tryptamine, and indolamine; tyrosine to dopa, dopamine, noradrenaline, and adrenaline; histidine to histamine. These neurotransmitters are vital for balancing the hormonal functions of the body, as well as its water-intake regulation. Dehydrated people are all vitamin B6-and zinc-deficient. The addition of 100 milligrams of B6 to your daily diet will prevent hot flashes and alleviate PMS. This prudent precaution will also correct a range of other problems too extensive to discuss here.
GOUT
When the body begins to collect uric acid, and this substance is seen in some of the joints of the body at the same time as there is joint pain, this condition is called gout. Uric acid is a product of incomplete protein metabolism. It seems to be associated with the advanced complications of dehydration. It has been my clinical experience that increased water intake to the point that the urine is always free of color will avert attacks of gout pain. It is my view that formation of uric acid crystals and their collection in the joints is a direct result of chronic dehydration.
KIDNEY STONES
Inadequate water intake and urine concentration are assumed to be responsible for the formation of uric acid and calcium deposits in the renal tissue. Once a primary crystal of these elements has formed, new deposits are made and larger pieces develop until they can become large enough to cause obstruction. Urinary infection will promote stone formation. If kidney stones are formed and passed, realize that you are suffering from a long-term effect of dehydration. The urine should never have become so concentrated as to cause the formation of the initial crystal seeds, which can grow into large stones within the kidneys.
SKIN AND DEHYDRATION
In a dehydrated state of the body, the first site for establishing water conservation is the skin. Skin has the ability to perspire or sweat to cool and regulate body temperature. If there is dehydration, the water reserves in the skin may be used up without being replaced at the same rate as the water is lost. Thus, dehydration is a primary factor in the production of dry and lusterless skin: One, the skin loses moisture and becomes dry and prunelike; two, there is less capillary circulation to the skin area to give it the healthy color it should have. To promote a healthier skin, adequate water intake is essential.
Human skin is the tissue that houses the inner workings of the body. Its cells need water all the time. They are exposed to the environment and lose water through surface evaporation, perspiration, and sweating—three different rates of water loss from the skin surface. If water does not reach the skin from the circulation at its base, the rate of skin repair will decrease, and dehydrated cells will cover the body.
This is one of the reasons why you often see young women with their skins already aged beyond their years; why you see middle-aged women with deep furrows—crow's feet—all over their faces. The face is most exposed to wind and the sun's rays, elements that enhance water loss from the skin's surface. Men have coarser skin than women, which is why men's skin does not show its damage from dehydration as readily as women's skin. Men have another advantage. In order to make facial hair grow, male hormones bring more circulation to the skin of the face. Nonetheless, persistent dehydration does produce rough and fur-rowed skin in men's faces, too.
The ultimate in dehydration-produced skin problems is scleroderma—the skin becomes atrophied and thin, or scaly like an alligator's hide. In its early stages of scleroderma, the skin begins to resemble a crocodile's. Exposed areas of the skin—arms, knees, shins, hands, and feet—are first to show the sign of the disease. The skin becomes fibrous, thick, and scaly. At later stages the skin becomes very thin and almost “shrink-wraps” the anatomical parts under it. When it affects the face, it can disfigure the nose, mouth, and eyes, as if the person is wearing a pale, shiny mask. The condition is very painful as well.
The good news is that at its early phase, scleroderma can be reversed by increased water intake. I have seen the change back to normal skin in a young woman who was ecstatic with the outcome. She had been dreading the progress of her seemingly incurable crippling problem. What amazes me is the number of ways the human body can manifest dehydration—and how we in medicine have never understood the missing role of water in the conditions we have labeled diseases.
The most common irritant to the skin is the deter-gent residue on washed clothes that are not well rinsed. The detergent can dissolve in sweat and cause contact dermatitis and even hives. Always double rinse anything you wash.
Click here to continue learning other dehydration caused diseases.
The basics of this condition are explained in the above section on cholesterol formation and its deposit in the coronary arteries (click here). Not much more can be added on this topic. If we also take into consideration that another basic cause of diseases of the heart is continued hypertension and the shearing force of concentrated circulating blood, then the application of the same information will explain the root cause of coronary heart disease and brain damage and strokes.
It should be remembered that this information applies to all cells in each organ. When there is dehydration, all cells in all organs feel the problem, except some feel it more than others, until an emergency water-infusion system begins to hydrate the more essential cells. The heart is not exempt from the problems associated with dehydration. It becomes sufficiently incapacitated to begin showing failure. Often the process begins with the spasm, and then permanent obstruction, of a small artery. The initial spasm causes pain. If at that very moment water is taken, the spasm will subside and the permanent obstruction of the artery may not be the
outcome. In any case, water is immediately more essential to the patient than any other medication. It will at least reduce the extent of the damage. High blood cholesterol can also be an indicator of bone density loss. For more information, read the sections Higher Blood Cholesterol and Osteoporosis.
HOT FLASHES
As I have explained, the nerve sensors of the face receive the same attention for their circulation as do the cells of the brain because they are directly involved with information gathering. At their brain side, they are connected to the serotonin-regulated nerve system that, at the same time, has a regulatory role in the hormonal balance of the body. The level of tryptophan and serotonin activity in the body is directly influenced by the regulatory role of water.
Because of the age-dependent loss of thirst sensation and the establishment of persistent dehydration, at some point or other in the life of any individual, the hormonal balance of the body will automatically become affected by the same dehydration. In women, this hormonal imbalance will eventually lead to symptom-
producing menopause and its hallmark of hot flashes. Historically, some women are known for having given birth to a child when they were in their seventies. It is therefore feasible that there is no hard-and-fast rule to the age in which menopause is established. With the right lifestyle and balanced nutrition, it may be possible to delay menopause and alleviate its symptoms.
To treat hot flashes, you need to hydrate the body well. You need to take a balanced amino acid diet that enhances the serotonin activity of the brain. You also need to take vitamin B6 as a supplement. Vitamin B6 is directly involved in the conversion of the amino acids: tryptophan to serotonin, melatonin, tryptamine, and indolamine; tyrosine to dopa, dopamine, noradrenaline, and adrenaline; histidine to histamine. These neurotransmitters are vital for balancing the hormonal functions of the body, as well as its water-intake regulation. Dehydrated people are all vitamin B6-and zinc-deficient. The addition of 100 milligrams of B6 to your daily diet will prevent hot flashes and alleviate PMS. This prudent precaution will also correct a range of other problems too extensive to discuss here.
GOUT
When the body begins to collect uric acid, and this substance is seen in some of the joints of the body at the same time as there is joint pain, this condition is called gout. Uric acid is a product of incomplete protein metabolism. It seems to be associated with the advanced complications of dehydration. It has been my clinical experience that increased water intake to the point that the urine is always free of color will avert attacks of gout pain. It is my view that formation of uric acid crystals and their collection in the joints is a direct result of chronic dehydration.
KIDNEY STONES
Inadequate water intake and urine concentration are assumed to be responsible for the formation of uric acid and calcium deposits in the renal tissue. Once a primary crystal of these elements has formed, new deposits are made and larger pieces develop until they can become large enough to cause obstruction. Urinary infection will promote stone formation. If kidney stones are formed and passed, realize that you are suffering from a long-term effect of dehydration. The urine should never have become so concentrated as to cause the formation of the initial crystal seeds, which can grow into large stones within the kidneys.
SKIN AND DEHYDRATION
In a dehydrated state of the body, the first site for establishing water conservation is the skin. Skin has the ability to perspire or sweat to cool and regulate body temperature. If there is dehydration, the water reserves in the skin may be used up without being replaced at the same rate as the water is lost. Thus, dehydration is a primary factor in the production of dry and lusterless skin: One, the skin loses moisture and becomes dry and prunelike; two, there is less capillary circulation to the skin area to give it the healthy color it should have. To promote a healthier skin, adequate water intake is essential.
Human skin is the tissue that houses the inner workings of the body. Its cells need water all the time. They are exposed to the environment and lose water through surface evaporation, perspiration, and sweating—three different rates of water loss from the skin surface. If water does not reach the skin from the circulation at its base, the rate of skin repair will decrease, and dehydrated cells will cover the body.
This is one of the reasons why you often see young women with their skins already aged beyond their years; why you see middle-aged women with deep furrows—crow's feet—all over their faces. The face is most exposed to wind and the sun's rays, elements that enhance water loss from the skin's surface. Men have coarser skin than women, which is why men's skin does not show its damage from dehydration as readily as women's skin. Men have another advantage. In order to make facial hair grow, male hormones bring more circulation to the skin of the face. Nonetheless, persistent dehydration does produce rough and fur-rowed skin in men's faces, too.
The ultimate in dehydration-produced skin problems is scleroderma—the skin becomes atrophied and thin, or scaly like an alligator's hide. In its early stages of scleroderma, the skin begins to resemble a crocodile's. Exposed areas of the skin—arms, knees, shins, hands, and feet—are first to show the sign of the disease. The skin becomes fibrous, thick, and scaly. At later stages the skin becomes very thin and almost “shrink-wraps” the anatomical parts under it. When it affects the face, it can disfigure the nose, mouth, and eyes, as if the person is wearing a pale, shiny mask. The condition is very painful as well.
The good news is that at its early phase, scleroderma can be reversed by increased water intake. I have seen the change back to normal skin in a young woman who was ecstatic with the outcome. She had been dreading the progress of her seemingly incurable crippling problem. What amazes me is the number of ways the human body can manifest dehydration—and how we in medicine have never understood the missing role of water in the conditions we have labeled diseases.
The most common irritant to the skin is the deter-gent residue on washed clothes that are not well rinsed. The detergent can dissolve in sweat and cause contact dermatitis and even hives. Always double rinse anything you wash.
Click here to continue learning other dehydration caused diseases.
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