The Secret Love Affair: Fiber and Water

We seem to always overlook the simple little tricks to a healthier body while searching for the ultimate solution to weight loss. Easy ones we hear to much about but always omit are drinking more water and getting in more fiber. So, let’s talk a little bit about water and fiber.

We can’t discuss fiber without discussing water because the two work as a team in our body. Water as well as fiber work to keep our body clean and fresh, flushing out toxins in our intestines, from our bloodstream and even from our skin. Toxins can interfere with everything our bodies do. Elimination of toxins from the body will not only help to prevent disease and illness but may relieve the body from some ongoing ailments as well. From acne to cancer, toxins are believed to be the cause of the offset function and balance in our bodies.

Build-up of toxins interferes with the complete system our body really is. If you add any ingredients to a machine that do not belong, a decrease of performance can and will be seen. Adding more and more toxins without relief can eventually cause this machine to cease running at all. Great example, add some water to your gas tank a few drops at a time. Over time if you add enough you will not have a running car.

Improper function of the intestines allows the toxins to sit and wait, only to be reabsorbed by the blood stream and deposited throughout the body. This is why fiber is important. Fiber helps keep your digestive tract working by cleaning your intestines as they work through your body. I know it is gross, but consider fiber the director of the dirty jobs' body style. Water works with the fiber to help fill you up faster and keep things running smoothly for you. This cleansing action can affect all of your body. If your nutritional food has no interference with absorption you will reap the benefit of a healthier diet. Your body will get out what it needs and get rid of, rather than hanging onto what it doesn’t need.

Now, the kidneys expel toxins from the liver. When the kidneys fail to work properly, there is again an overload of toxins free-floating in the bloodstream. Fluids build up and cause problems with the whole function of the body as well. Wow, that sounds terrible, doesn’t it? You can just picture the whole mess inside of you! What could be the answer to the perilous situation? Will there be a rescue to our impending doom? Oh, OK sorry — drink some water. Water keeps the filter functioning. Water makes the world go round! (Literally, but that is another topic)

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Maureen Jeanson is the author of several holistic health and fitness articles and co-author to Squeaky Gourmet; a wellness tool and healthy cookbook.Jeanson has competed the requirements for certifications with ACSM, ISSA, as well as with the US Navy. …

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