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Water sits in my stomach and this becomes distended and I begin to "swish" when I walk
I think that happens to everyone when they drink on a very empty stomach.Water sits in my stomach and this becomes distended and I begin to "swish" when I walk. It's certainly not a cure for me.
I think that happens to everyone when they drink on a very empty stomach.
I aver the entire elderly population is dehydrated and suffers many many diseases as a consequence.
It doesn't sound at all idiotic to me. I developed the same thing when I decided to drink 8 glasses of water/day about a decade ago. I kept it up well more than a few days. When I could barely get the water down, I decided that it could not be good for me.I don't know why this is but it's always been hard for me to drink very much and as idiotic as it sounds trying to drink more practically makes me gag.
I now have a headache, something I've managed to do without for some time now.
I question this step. My biology is not superb or recent, but as I recall once liquid is in the bladder it is not being used by the body. It is just being stored until it can be evacuated. Holding "water" in your bladder serves no purpose in terms of "the time the body needs to be able to use the water for its needs".* Try to hold the water in your body for 2 hours (at least 1 ½ hrs). If you are not used to holding the water, you may find it difficult in the beginning. Do the best you can. Gradually, you will be able to increase the time.
which seems to imply that one is "holding water" by choosing not to empty one's bladder.* Try to hold the water in your body for 2 hours (at least 1 ½ hrs). If you are not used to holding the water, you may find it difficult in the beginning. Do the best you can. Gradually, you will be able to increase the time.
* After you empty your bladder, go through the process again.
@SeaShell
I am confused as to how one can choose to hold water in one's blood for 2 hrs. This is not a function that is under conscious control. I was also confused by this:
"Try to hold the water in your body for 2 hours (at least 1 ½ hrs). If you are not used to holding the water, you may find it difficult in the beginning. Do the best you can. Gradually, you will be able to increase the time.
* After you empty your bladder, go through the process again."
which seems to imply that one is "holding water" by choosing not to empty one's bladder.
It is a constant juggle ensuring the electrolyte balance in the body.
A long post.
A few years ago, I faced problems when drinking water. I used to get a number of weird reactions and it really worried me. I thought I had developed an intolerance to water!
My research led me to the watercure.com site and on to some coaches who introduced me to the watercure protocol. I have been following it since then. It did not cure ME but it has made a significant difference to a number of related health issues that I faced. There were some elements of the protocol that were not suitable for me so I adapted it to fit my needs. I will summarise the treatment and my observations here.
The negative reactions I got while drinking water were not because of the water by itself but because it was resulting in an imbalance in the body due to other deficiencies.
As a general rule, drink water in context to your body weight.
(Use these formulas to calculate how much water you should drink per day.
In kilos: Multiply your body weight in kilos by 0.033 (e.g. If you weigh 60kg x 0.033 = 1.98 litres per day).
In pounds: Half your body weight in ounces (e.g., If you weigh 120 pounds, you should drink 60 ounces of water per day)
Divide this quantity of water through the day. So, if you need to drink 8 glasses of water a day, you could have 1 glass per session.
You need to hold the water in your body for around 2 hours. This is the time the body needs to be able to use the water for its needs. If you don’t hold the water for that long, the water is just passing in and out of the body and not giving the body what it needs. It also flushes from the body the other electrolytes, vitamins and minerals.
With the water you drink, you also need to include sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, other necessary vitamins and supplements, so that you are replacing in the body whatever is getting flushed out with the water.
Here’s how to follow the protocol.
* Drink the water that you have worked out as necessary for your body. Put some salt (use good quality sea salt like Celtic salt as this will provide your body with other minerals too) on your tongue and drink up the water. You need to test how much salt you need – trial and error.
* After 10 -15 minutes eat some food. Include carbohydrate like potato, bread etc. This carb will help to hold the water in your body. Again, while eating, add salt to your food.
Take whatever supplements and minerals you need to take.
* Try to hold the water in your body for 2 hours (at least 1 ½ hrs). If you are not used to holding the water, you may find it difficult in the beginning. Do the best you can. Gradually, you will be able to increase the time.
* After you empty your bladder, go through the process again. This way, you are drinking water every two hours. The salt and the carb will help you hold the water in your body. It will get to be a habit – after you flush water out of the body, you follow up with drinking more water and having some salt.
*Make sure that you are taking in all the necessary supplements as your body needs them – all the vitamins, the minerals, electrolytes.
Potatoes and most fruit and veg are high in potassium. With these foods also include salt to maintain the sodium-potassium balance.
*Your diet needs to include foods that supply the body with the necessary nutrients. Unfortunately, for us, ME causes digestive issues and food intolerances so we have problems with tolerating many foods that are nutritious. Do the best you can.
To detoxify your body:
Foot and body baths using sea salt (this can be an inexpensive salt) and Epsom salts. This works two ways. It provides your body with sodium and magnesium as well as flushes out toxins from the body.
If you are not used to detox baths, begin with foot baths.
Drink water after the bath as the body gets dehydrated.
It is a slow process. At the time I started it, I was so sensitive I was on a very limited diet as I could not tolerate many foods. I still have limitations with food but can tolerate many more foods.
I used to find it difficult to hold water for 2 hours, now I can manage to hold the water in the body for 2 hours even if I don’t follow up with carbs.
It is a constant juggle ensuring the electrolyte balance in the body.
I have just provided the basic aspects of the protocol above. There is a great deal of other related information.
I would like to know too , I hope Seashell replies here.Hi SeaShell,
How's this protocol working for you now that some time has passed? So very interested in your observations at this point.