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Hydration As Related To Age
 Hydration or
water availability to cells and
tissues is important for
increasing the overall function
and health of cells. Research
has shown that babies have a
higher level of intracellular
water typically than aging
adults. Szent-Gyorgyi in the
“Pathology of Water: made the
association that muscle tissue,
cartilage, connective tissue
including skin, “aged” or became
less pliable with time due to
the lack of water provided to
cells and tissues. Much of his
early research was with muscle
tissue and he realized that the
aging process was substantially
due to cellular and tissue
effects of dehydration
(Szent-Gyorgyi 1971). Lack of
intracellular water or
dehydration is predicted today
to be part of the “aging”
process. It stands to reason
that water and the many roles it
plays generally and specifically
for all parts of the body will
enhance may biochemical and
physiological functions
important to overall health when
it is available to cells and
tissues.
SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS OF WATER
IN THE BODY
It has recently been discovered
that cell membranes have
specific enzyme transport
proteins that specifically
regulate water molecules into
the cell, called aquaporins. The
coiled DNA molecule (blueprint
instructions directing the
construction and activity of all
cell components) is saturated
with water at specific sites
that are necessary for its
structure, repair, replication,
and function. Numerous chemical
reactions depend on water and it
is a factor itself in many
biochemical reactions. Water
availability is important to
cells, and to the fluid
surrounding the cells called
interstitial fluids (fluids that
surround joints, muscles, and
organs) and to the matrix of the
blood.
Cell membranes contain hundreds
of embedded large protein
molecules (enzymes) that are
responsible for recognizing
hormones, transporting nutrients
(vitamins, trace elements, and
salts), and water itself. Large
molecules on cell surfaces and
within the cell often attach
water at specific locations and
the water molecules assist in
helping the molecules hold their
shapes in order to function
properly when necessary.
Fluids fill every space in cells
and between them. As the primary
fluid in the body, water serves
as a solvent for minerals,
vitamins, amino acids, glucose,
and many other nutrients. Water
also plays a key role in the
digestion, absorption,
transportation, and use of
nutrients. Water is the medium
for the sale elimination of
toxins and waste products and
whole body thermoregulation is
critically dependent on it. From
energy production to join
lubrication to reproduction,
there is no system in the body
that does not depend on water (Kleiner
1999).
Written by: Dr. Edward F. Group
III , D.C.. Ph.D
Pictures and some text from "The
Message from Water" by Massaru
Emoto.
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