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To avoid the diuretic effects of alcohol and the chronic state of dehydration induced by it, if you drink alcohol for the antioxidants and the sense of live nutrients, here are some alternatives:

There are some very nice live food drinks that can be something special for you, in addition to the water and living-green tea you are already drinking.

Fresh-squeezed orange or grapefruit juice (winter)

Watermelon meat (summer)

Fresh apple cider (fall)

Fresh-made carrot juice

Disclaimer: These ideas are presented as experiments only. Neither Wilma Zalabak nor The Atlanta Listenary, Inc. participates in any diagnosis or prescription, or the "practice of medicine" in any way. The reader of these experiments carries full responsibility for the use he or she chooses to make of them and for any health or medical results thereby achieved.

 

Caffeine and alcohol are diuretics, causing various states of chronic dehydration in the body. Listen to your body and your inner child to find out what it is about coffee that you love.

If it is the stimulant that you crave, then plain water, good breathing, and time to think will do the job, maybe not so fast but better.

If it is the warmth that you crave, warm the plain water.

Listen and find a substitute for caffeine.

Here is a coffee substitute I like: instant, warm, bracing, and a great antioxidant. Heat water. Add a few drops of cranberry juice concentrate and a shake or two of stevia. Swizzle and sip.

Disclaimer: These ideas are presented as experiments only. Neither Wilma Zalabak nor The Atlanta Listenary, Inc. participates in any diagnosis or prescription, or the "practice of medicine" in any way. The reader of these experiments carries full responsibility for the use he or she chooses to make of them and for any health or medical results thereby achieved.

 

Boil a kettle full of water on the stove for 20 minutes. Let it cool and pour it into a container for drinking. Use a glass container if possible, hard plastic if necessary.

Use this for your drinking water. If you can distill your own water or buy distilled water in hard plastic or glass, then you may drink this distilled water.

Listen to the boiled water flooding your stomach and digestive tract, grabbing and dissolving mucus and all the poisons mucus collects. Boiled water will even absorb some gasses your body needs to discard.

Note: Do not worry about minerals missing or taken away by drinking boiled or distilled water. You are replacing those with better ones in your living green tea each morning.

Disclaimer: These ideas are presented as experiments only. Neither Wilma Zalabak nor The Atlanta Listenary, Inc. participates in any diagnosis or prescription, or the "practice of medicine" in any way. The reader of these experiments carries full responsibility for the use he or she chooses to make of them and for any health or medical results thereby achieved.

 

Most of us have become so accustomed to parched tissues and drought conditions, that we have effectively masked the thirst signals and do not hear them anymore.

So, find yourself some water triggers that can be kept private while effectively reminding you to drink additional sips of water throughout the day. Here are some that work for me and may actually be some of your body's thirst signals.

a. Whenever you think you are hungry, drink 3-4 swallows of water, except at mealtime.

b. Whenever you pass some gas, drink some water.

c. When something hurts, anywhere, drink some water.

d. When you feel tired or irritable, drink some water.

e. When you can't catch your breath,—or your nose runs, or your feet smell,—drink some water!

Disclaimer: These ideas are presented as experiments only. Neither Wilma Zalabak nor The Atlanta Listenary, Inc. participates in any diagnosis or prescription, or the "practice of medicine" in any way. The reader of these experiments carries full responsibility for the use he or she chooses to make of them and for any health or medical results thereby achieved.

 

This is to get you into the mood to experiment and then ponder the results of the experiment. Think about water. Touch and taste different forms of water. 


a. Freeze some water. Touch the ice and watch it float in your glass. Try to discover why it floats rather than sinks.

b. Boil some water and let it cool. (If you can distill your own water, use distilled water for this experiment.) Rub the boiled water between your fingers and compare that sensation with that of rubbing tap water between your fingers.

c. Place two dry glasses on a sturdy surface in front of you. From a small container, slowly pour some tap water into one dry glass and boiled water into the other. Study the differences in the ways the water piles up or clings to the sides of the glasses. Think about how water might act in the containers and pipes of your body.

 
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