WATER: Vital to a Man’s Life
Man needs water to live. Our human body constitutes water, and therefore, very vital to a person’s life. Aside from oxygen, man cannot live without water. It has a lot of function and role in our body. It determines how well our body functions. The more water we drink, the healthier we become. Water does not only increase the quality of life, but it also prolongs one’s life.
Water plays a vital role in the absorption and digestion of food, as well as, in the transportation of oxygen and nutrients to the cells. It also protects and relieves our body from body pains such as back pains, muscular pains, joint pains, stomach pains and the like. Water also relieves headaches, migraines, depression, disorientation, constipation and allergies. More importantly, it prevents man from illnesses such as an ulcer,, hypertension, cholesterol, asthma, and other form of sickness. Water also regulates our body temperature; It takes away toxins and dirt from our body; It lubricates our joints; It protects tissues, organs and the spinal cord from damage. Water gives us a healthy and clear skin and also maintains muscle tone. Life, therefore, is nothing without water.
Man, aside from water, drinks other forms of beverages such as juice, tea, coffee, soft drinks and etcetera. However, these drinks do not really substitute water in the proper functioning of a man’s body. Instead, they sometimes do not give us any good when used in the wrong way and is unhealthy to our body. Like for example, drinks that constitute caffeine stimulate a person’s adrenal gland. While a drink that contains sugar increases the insulin level in our body and takes our body out of its fat burning state. With the given disadvantages of the other form of beverages, it does not necessarily mean that we do not have to drink them. We can drink them moderately and even lower. Water is still the best to drink for it has no side effects and no disadvantages.
Water is a very important factor when a person wants to decrease weight. This is because, water has no calories, fats and cholesterol. When a person drinks plenty of water, fat deposits in the body are being lessened and therefore, may help in the reduction of weight. Water also helps in the proper digestion of our solid foods and gets rid or our body wastes. When a person drinks plenty of water, he may also perspire a lot, thus cools down his body. Proper intake of water also prevents us from dehydration, which sometimes causes headache, stress and migraine.
With all these advantages, it is but important for us to drink water with an average of eight to ten glasses a day. In this way, our body organs and tissues can function properly, thus, giving us a healthy and well-balanced body.
Health: A Life’s Treasure
“The first wealth is Health”
~Emerson
We in this day and age, work hard to prepare for whatever tomorrow brings us. We spent our time, our effort and our money building our career, our family and our dreams. We struggle to any obstacle that blocks our way and fights even harder. For achieving our success and capturing our goals in life’s career is the only thing that matters to us most and no other. We even tend to go further that not even any relationship problem involving our friends and family can stop us from pursuing our dreams. We have sacrificed so much that it came to a point where there is no turning back. And if we are fortunate enough to be able to achieve our dreams, by then we tell ourselves that everything is now perfect. Until with just a snap, everything falls apart when we are stricken with a dreaded disease like heart attack, stroke or cancer. Now we ask ourselves what really matters most in our life.
There is a saying that “you are what you eat”, that anything that you eat affects your health. If we take our health diet for granted, most certainly it will result to unhealthy status of our physical well being in the future. One thing we should put in mind that every time we wake up in the morning, we have the drive to do our work and to function efficiently because we are in the best of physical health. We are able to function well in doing our task for it is all due to our healthy body. For without a healthy body, it would be impossible for us to do our work at the optimum level. We feel pain, body malaise and any other symptoms of an unhealthy body. Thus, by eating the right food, regular supplements of vitamins and minerals and regular exercise, there is no doubt that our immune system will be given a boost, and we can function well.
Apart from having a healthy physical body, emotional or mental health is also one important aspect of our health. We cannot deny that, even if we are physically healthy, we still cannot function effectively if we have problems with our emotional or mental state. To have such problem, these results to losing one’s concentration and focus in doing one’s task. This might be due to depression, anxiety or other mental disturbances. So in order to avoid such problems in relation to our emotional or mental health, we should give an ample rest to our mind, just as we give the ample rest to our body. For we are not like machines; our mind and body have its own limit. Unlike machines where it can be wholly repaired in just a short time, our mind and body needs time to regenerate to be totally repaired. For the body cannot function without a mind and the mind cannot be aptly expressed without the body, thus making both the mind and body go well together in maintaining a healthy living.
Proper diet, regular exercise and enough rest are all it takes to achieve a healthy well being and staying fit in both mind and body is the key to good health. However, if sickness persists and cannot be relieved by a rest alone, consult your doctor as early as you can.
“He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything”
~Arabian Proverb
Nonetheless, our health is our greatest treasure above all. It is very important not only in achieving our goals or in fulfilling our dreams, but because it is our life and with this, it is everything. What can we do with all the money and material things we have if we are dead? Hence, we should live our life to the fullest but also respect life to the fullest.