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26th Aug 2024

Soul Water Part 1 - The Body

Ghia- It’s late summer, how much water have you been drinking? Want your whole life to be better? Consider drinking more water. 

Water for People https://www.waterforpeople.org/women-and-water/



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Hurray.

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Ghia here.

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I'm this week's host of the creative,

spiritual journey podcast, where we

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talk about connecting with nature.

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Connecting with Jesus Christ

and our heavenly parents.

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Seasonal living and anything else

I've been learning about on this

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remarkable journey we call life.

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Today.

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I want to talk about soul water.

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Never heard of soul water.

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That's because I made it up.

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To me, it means water meant to support

and sustain the body and the spirit.

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In doctrine and covenants,

Joseph Smith defines the spirit.

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With the body as the soul of ban.

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Or woman as the case may be.

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There are other ways to define soul.

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But for now, this combination of body and

spirit equaling the soul is my definition.

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So let's talk about soul water.

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Originally, I thought this would be one

podcast, but I have so much to say about

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water that I've divided it into two parts.

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Today.

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I want to talk about

soul water for the body.

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My next podcast will be about

soul water for the spirit.

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But keep in mind.

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I wouldn't ideally separate the two.

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What's good for the body is

always good for the spirit.

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And vice-versa.

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Here in the Northern hemisphere.

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It's late summer.

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And while the days are getting

shorter and fall is beckoning

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around the corner where I live.

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It's still hot.

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I relish water year round, but if

there is any time, I particularly

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want to focus on water for the body

it's during this late heat of summer.

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So water.

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Water is the second feet

tackle during the creation.

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Day one was separating

the light from the dark.

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Day two was separating the water

above and below the firmament.

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Now I know all days of creation

weren't necessarily the same length.

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But assuming they are

some close approximation.

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I think it's interesting that

it took about the same length

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of time to create the animals.

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As well as the humans as

to separate the waters.

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I don't know about you, but I've

always thought of living creatures

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as being more complicated than water.

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Perhaps I was wrong.

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It's interesting to note that when

discussing water people are in two camps.

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Those who think water is weird

and those who think it's amazing.

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And as far as I can tell the amazing, our

weird inferences are for the same reasons.

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The word choice seems to simply

depend on attitude and preference.

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Part of this weird, amazing debate

has to do with the 70 anomalies

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scientists have identified in water.

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Let's talk about one.

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So you get the idea of an anomaly.

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Uh, most liquids contract when

they get cold, but water expands.

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This means ice occupies more

volume, but it's less dense than

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liquid and is why ice floats.

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This might not strike you as

extraordinary, but wait, there's

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more about this freezing water.

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Most substances freeze from the bottom up.

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But water freezes from the top down.

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I imagine a lake in winter.

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The top will freeze.

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And the water right below.

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It will be cold, but warmer than the ice.

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And the water at the bottom of

the lake will be even warmer.

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This means that plants and fish don't die.

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If water was like other substances,

all life in the lake would freeze.

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In fact, without this anomaly, I suspect

there wouldn't be life on earth at all.

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Do you think this is weird or amazing?

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I happen to really like weird things, but

for me and water, I'm going with amazing.

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I believe water is amazing.

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And we only talked about one anomaly.

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There are 69 more.

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Water.

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Water is truly amazing

and incredibly important.

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Here are some facts.

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Water is an inorganic transparent

tasteless, odorless, and nearly

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colorless chemical substance.

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Water is vital for all known forms

of life, even though it provides

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no calories or organic nutrients.

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And water is the only substance that is

found naturally on earth in four forms.

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Yes.

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You heard me for forms.

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Solid.

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Liquid vapor.

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And gel.

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Gel.

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Did you know that scientist recently

identified a fourth phase of water?

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And I mean, recently, as in,

since I was in high school.

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Because that wasn't very long ago, right?

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This Jill state would come

between a solid and a liquid.

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Gel water has a bunch of different names,

including ordered water, structured

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water and E Z water to name a few.

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Hmm.

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I had no idea.

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Maybe you've already heard about

this, but it's new to me and I

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think it's absolutely fascinating.

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There was actually so much

scientists don't know about water.

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But they are learning.

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Water appear simple.

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Right?

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We know it's H two O.

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Two hydrogen molecules to one oxygen.

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But it turns out that the molecular

structure of this gel water is different.

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The hydrogen oxygen molecules

are lined up and connected like

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a net, the shape of a honeycomb.

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And when you count the molecules,

there are actually three hydrogen

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for every two oxygen molecules.

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That means gel water is H three O two.

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No way.

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That's so cool.

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And it gets better.

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This fourth phase of water, this

gel is the kind of water that

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occupies the cells of our bodies.

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If you could squeeze a body, it's

not liquid that would come out.

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It's gel.

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And you know, what else?

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It's the same kind of water that's found

in the cells of plants, which means that

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when we eat plants, we are getting the

same kind of water we need in ourselves.

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This is highly important because we

can hydrate our bodies more quickly

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and directly by eating plants.

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Think cucumbers, celery,

radishes, romaine lettuce,

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tomatoes, zucchini, summer squash.

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Asparagus bell peppers, cabbage,

cauliflower, spinach, strawberries,

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watermelon, and iceberg lettuce.

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Yes iceberg.

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We always poopoo iceberg as not having

many nutrients, but think again.

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It turns out it's full of gel water.

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Just something to keep in mind.

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You probably know that

we are two thirds water.

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But there's an even more

impressive statistic.

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Because water molecules are so small.

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99% of all the molecules

in our body are water.

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So, if you were to start

counting molecules, you would say

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water, water, water, 99 times.

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And then protein.

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Or magnesium or calcium.

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And then be back to water.

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Water water.

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Water is mandatory for our existence.

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And I believe that if you want a

healthy, physical, emotional, and

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spiritual life, you will pay close

attention to the water in your life.

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How much water should you consume a day?

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There are lots of different answers

to this question, but one way to think

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about it is to say you should drink

half of your body weight in ounces.

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So if I weigh 150 pounds, I should

drink 75 ounces of water a day.

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But water intake depends

on a lot of variables.

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So this is a rough guide.

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My goal is only to encourage you

to think about water consumption.

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And if you should be taking in more.

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Do you have any idea how much water

you actually drink during a day?

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I was a river guide in the desert

regions of the Southwest for many years.

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One of the most important ways I could

keep people safe while on the river.

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Wasn't rowing the boat

safely through the rapids.

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It was making sure people

drank enough water.

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On desert river trips, not

getting enough water kills people

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more often than the rapids.

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Believe me.

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I know how important water is.

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That's why I never truly questioned

how much water I was drinking.

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Of course I was drinking water.

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I always had a water bottle with me.

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Because I knew how important water was.

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Eventually I had a frustrating

thing began to happen.

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I quit sleeping between 2:00

AM and 6:00 AM in the morning.

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Can you relate?

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It was terrible.

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The sent me to researching, I

read the fascinating book, why

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we sleep by Matthew Walker and I

implemented all of his suggestions.

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None of them improved my sleep.

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I learned from traditional Chinese

medicine, that the energy in

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our bodies circulates through

our organs in a 24 hour cycle.

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And that if I was awake at

2:00 AM, it might be because

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I needed to detox my liver.

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Which I did.

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Still no sleep.

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Then finally I moved from half moon

bay, California, and incredibly

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foggy lush, moist place to the

south Eastern desert of Utah.

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And you know what happened.

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I went off the deep end.

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I found myself getting really

grumpy and my fingers got so stiff.

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I woke up in the morning feeling

like I had claws instead of fingers.

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I'm not exaggerating.

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When we first arrived in Utah, we had an

outdoor bathroom and shower, which is fine

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for a week or even a month of camping.

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But as a place to live permanently,

it wasn't going to work.

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So the first order of business upon

arrival was to build a bath house.

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It took way longer than we expected.

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And I got grumpier and

grumpier and grumpier.

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Now during a river trip, I have often said

if the person next to you seems to get a

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little grumpy, hand them a water bottle.

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They're dehydrated.

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This often causes a woman to say,

oh, that's, what's been wrong

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with my husband all these years.

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It always gets a good chuckle.

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But the reality is it's probably true.

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We live in a chronically

dehydrated society.

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Long story short.

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It took until my second summer

of being grumpy before I figured

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out I needed to drink more water.

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Now at a minimum, I try

to drink 75 ounces a day.

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And ideally I add more if

it's particularly hot or

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I'm hiking or working out.

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Yes IP more, but I don't care.

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I'm not as grumpy.

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My fingers are almost normal.

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and you know, what's even better.

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My sleep has dramatically improved.

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All the things I read all

the research I did not.

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One of them mentioned drinking water.

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Now that I know if I specifically

searched for water and sleep,

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I find lots of references.

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But water didn't come up

in my initial searching.

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Don't misunderstand me.

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I'm not saying water is the cure

for all of your sleep problems.

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I'm saying that for me, it was

a missing piece to the puzzle.

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There is a super interesting book

called your body's many cries for water.

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You're not sick.

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You're thirsty.

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by free dune Batman.

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M D.

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After the Iranian revolution in 1976, Dr.

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Batmanghelidjh was incarcerated

as a political prisoner.

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The inmates there began seeking

him out as the only medical

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doctor they had access to.

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The problem was Batman Gilead.

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Didn't have anything to treat

these patients with except water.

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Which miraculously began to help.

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Amazed Batmanghelidjh began

prescribing water to all his patients

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and continued to get results.

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Eventually the civil unrest in Iran

settled and Batman village was scheduled

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to be released, but you know what he did.

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You won't believe what he did.

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He asked to be left in prison

another three months because he

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was right in the middle of a water

experiment and he wanted to finish.

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Another long story short, he published

a bunch of his findings about

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water, basically claiming that water

can cure just about any ailment.

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But in the end, he was accused by

his peers of being unscientific

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and he was dubbed a quack.

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He died quietly in 2004.

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Here's what's crazy.

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Now 20 years later, I did a two second

search and found a health line article

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touting the importance of water.

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Here are all the ways they

claim water improves health.

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Water helps create saliva,

which helps with digestion.

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It regulates our body temperature.

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it protects our tissues,

spinal cord and joints.

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It helps excrete waste.

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It helps maximize physical performance.

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It helps prevent constipation.

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It aids in digestion.

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It helps with nutrient absorption.

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It helps with weight loss, it

improves blood oxygen circulation.

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It helps fight illness.

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It helps boost energy It aids in

cognitive function, it helps improve mood.

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It keeps the skin bright and prevent

swelling in the brain as well

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as kidney failure and seizures.

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Now, you know what.

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I'm not a doctor or a scientist, but I

don't believe Batman Gilead was a quack.

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Just look at this list and you can tell

that water helps just about everything.

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I mean, even if it only helped

with nutrient absorption, how

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many things would that improve?

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And that's only one thing on the list.

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Now before you go crazy

drinking water, make sure you're

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getting enough electrolytes.

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I E salts.

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If you drink too much water, which I

have done UPF all your electrolytes and

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are left, feeling weak, tired, and sick.

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There are tons of electrolyte products.

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Don't use the kind full

of sugars and dyes.

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My go-to is to lick my finger and stick

it in a bowl of Salt, picking up three or

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four grains and putting them in my mouth.

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I do this two or three times

a day during the summer when

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I'm drinking lots of water.

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Just make sure it's a good mineral, rich

sea salt or Himalayan salt or something.

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Not the girl with the umbrella salt.

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One brand I like is called real

salt, which is mined in Utah.

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So as well as eating

lots of plants drink up.

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Water has truly made just about

everything in my life better.

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I feel better.

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I sleep better.

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I think better.

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I write better and I have

better relationships.

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Now, this podcast is almost over and

there are still lots of things I could

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say, but let me close with a couple

more facts about water and the body.

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More than 2 billion people on earth,

do not have a safe supply of water.

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Americans use an estimated 88

gallons of water per day, per person.

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Which is about 50 gallons, more than the

amount of water used daily by Europeans.

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On average, an African woman walks

four miles a day to collect water.

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What can we do about this?

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I'm sure there are lots of things, but

t to share that on October of:

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elder Dallin, H Oaks mentioned several

organizations worth collaborating with.

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One of them is an organization

called water for people.

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In the show notes, I will include

a link to the water for peoples

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woman's page, Where you will find

beautiful videos about women and water.

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I hope you will be inspired to check

them out and to act on any promptings.

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All of us working together with

small means can produce big results.

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My dear friends.

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I know there are lots of

things you could listen to.

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Thanks for sharing your valuable time.

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Listening to me.

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And if you suspect you

have a dehydrated friend.

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Thanks for sharing this podcast with them.

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The more people that learn about

the importance of water, the

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better all of our journeys will be.

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And remember as the Nobel

Laureate, Albert Suzette said.

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Water is life's batter and matrix.

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Mother and medium.

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There is no life without water.

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And so I say with love to

all our fabulous listeners.

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Drink up.

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And Nama stay.

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