Guest guest Posted April 17, 2006 Report Share Posted April 17, 2006 > There is some evience of a link between sodas and colon cancer but it is > not verified yet. Soda business is billions of dollars profit yearly, > getting someone to stop drinking them profits no one but the ex drinker, > so I can imagine further studies on the connection to colon cancer are > underfunded. sodas and colon cancer; yes it does. www.marthajefferson.org/php-bin/news/newsArticle.php?id=235 - 42k www.hotlib.com/articles/show.php?t=Colon_Cancer_-_The_Maori_Factor - 39k no it doesn't www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12155793/ - 48k any more? TridaNDi BhikSu, Bhakti Visrambha MAdhava Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 19, 2006 Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 > Dear Vaisnavas > > I have a couple of questions about this . Firstly a sort of blanket > recommendation is being given to drink 2 to 2 and a half litres of water but > doesn't this vary according to the season and other factors such as one's > workload. > Weight would also make a difference I'm sure. the recommendation is to drink your quots of water, and add whatever you sweat out. > Secondly can this be overdone? There are studies about marathon runers who rink so much during a race they actually weigh more at the end then at the beginning of the race. The problem is sodium depletion in combination with great exertion. Sort of outside the realm of probability for most. >I know some devotees who drink copius > quantities of water then spend an unnecessary amount of time going to and > from the bathroom? To drink enough water, it should be to the point where going to the bathroom is a bit inconvenient. to call it a waste of timee... That is fairly subjective and could be applied to other things devotees do too. > I've heard in the macrobiotic system that too much water > drinking is discouraged but I do not know the scientific explanation for > such? Not familiar with macrobiotics but remember, if you use part of a system, use the whole system. It works together in concert, and to pick a bit from here and a bit from there and ignore the rest of it may invalidate the little bits. Drinking plenty of water is cheap preventive maintenance. So is doing something everyday that causes you to sweat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 19, 2006 Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 Dear Vaisnavas I have a couple of questions about this . Firstly a sort of blanket recommendation is being given to drink 2 to 2 and a half litres of water but doesn't this vary according to the season and other factors such as one's workload. Secondly can this be overdone? I know some devotees who drink copius quantities of water then spend an unnecessary amount of time going to and from the bathroom? I've heard in the macrobiotic system that too much water drinking is discouraged but I do not know the scientific explanation for such? YSYS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 19, 2006 Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 > According to the U.S. Military Survival Manual, the way to tell if you need > more water is if your urine is yellow. If it is clear you are all right. That is about right. Clear or at least very pale yellow. Though if you are taking B complex supplements, it will be bright yellow for a while afterwards regardless of intake. > They also advise that while in the desert to be very careful about the one > activity that consumes large amounts of liquids -- eating and digesting. My son did a 2 week US Marine Corp training in Death Valley, the hottest place in the US. In the morning, he said they would shoot some BIG guns, then he would spend the rest of the day manning a stretcher carrying all the guys who succumbed to dehydration because they weren't drinking enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 Dear Prabhus, PAMHO. AGTSP. Some comments about water and health from my own personal experience. I was diagnosed last year with pneumonia, from xrays showing fluids in my lungs. As some of you know it is advised to consume more liquids when you have pneumonia, which I did. It turns out that the diagnosis was incorrect and instead of pneumonia what I really had was Dilated Cardiomyopathy, which is basically heart disease, characterized by a large dilated heart that is unable to pump sufficiently, leaks blood into other organs, such as the lungs, along with filtration of water into the lungs. So, when I consumed more liquids, I began to literally drown internally, losing at the same time the ability to breath (lungs are for breathing air not liquid). By Krishna´s arrangement the devotees rushed me to the hospital emergency ward and while sitting there I began to lose consciousness, which probably would have proven fatal. At that time I chanted intensely the Lord´s Holy Names and miraculously regained consciousness. The doctors immediately put me on diuretics to reduce the water retention. So, from that time on I have been very careful about my liquid intake, controlling strictly my weight, which will basically tell you if you are retaining. The doctors usually tell you that if your mouth is dry then your body is telling you that you need water. According to the U.S. Military Survival Manual, the way to tell if you need more water is if your urine is yellow. If it is clear you are all right. They also advise that while in the desert to be very careful about the one activity that consumes large amounts of liquids -- eating and digesting. Hari Bol! Ys, Jagajivana dasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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