Known and Unknown Health Benefits of Drinking Water

Last year Dr. Oz filmed an experiment for his TV show, "Dr. Oz on Food Myths" with identical twins over the period of a week, to see the effects of water in the diet. The purpose was to see how it affected skin, complexion, weight and overall health.

For one week identical twins followed different diets, one drank water and the other did not. The results were compelling, as was Dr. Oz's simple conclusion. I had often wondered about the benefits of drinking plain water, as opposed to juice or tea (which my family prefers) as compared to the water absorbed from foods and other liquids.

Conclusive Results

Dr. Oz claimed drinking water made absolutely no difference in the twins' skin, as proven in their before and after pictures; and cited the main reason was that beverages and food also contain water. In summarizing his experiment Dr. Oz said; "We get a lot of water already without having to go and get extra water. Now assuming you're not dehydrated-and neither of these sisters were-you won't have that problem."

Dehydration Symptoms Mimic Debilitating Disorders

I have personally witnessed dehydration mimic other diseases and disorders in several of the foster children placements I received, and was fortunate enough to address, and correct their nutritional deficiencies while they stayed in our home. Other adult friends have also suffered from dehydration while dieting, and strangely enough suffered symptoms of early onset arthritis, seizure disorder, constipation, loss of muscle strength, stiffness, and a host of other debilitating problems, in both children and adults.

Neurological Disorders Can Be Minimized

My own son was prone to febrile seizures (while ravaged by uncontrollable fevers) and a host of symptomatic neurological problems, many of which are quickly neutralized, when treated with purified drinking water. Put simply, drinking water is the best way to prevent dehydration, and so much more.

Not only will water quickly treat dehydration, but it will cure many other symptomatically false diagnoses, by immediately self-correcting after your patient drinks water. Drugs and other medications are simply not necessary. I still must remind my son to drink water daily (13 years later) and question his liquid intake, especially at the onset of any of the aforementioned neurological symptoms.

Although Dr. Oz says drinking water doesn't matter to the skin, it does have numerous other benefits. "Water's great to lose weight. It satisfies your satiety center. You don't get the urge to eat quite as much," he says. "It's got lots of benefits that go beyond its ability to affect your skin, but you don't have to force fluids to get that benefit."