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The Impact of Water's Chemistry on Our Health
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When we ingest water, it enters our system and interacts with proteins that can accelerate or slow down different cellular reactions in our body, from normal metabolism to blood pressure. The temperature, pH, and quantity of water we consume can impact the health, disease, and repair of different cells, tissues, and organs of our body, and affect the availability of water to different regions of our body depending on its acidity.
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Except under certain conditions, the pH of cells in your body and gut does not change much on a moment-to-moment basis.
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Except under certain conditions, the pH of cells in your body and gut does not change much on a moment-to-moment basis. The pH of bodily tissues generally ranges from 7.2 to 7.4.
ChapterThe Impact of Water's Chemistry on Our Health
EpisodeHow to Optimize Your Water Quality & Intake for Health
PodcastHuberman Lab
Higher pH water, if not too high, is absorbed more quickly into the body, partly explaining the affinity for it.
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Higher pH water, if not too high, is absorbed more quickly into the body, partly explaining the affinity for it. Too acidic water may not move quickly from the gut into the rest of the body which results in less water accessed by the cells that require it.
ChapterThe Impact of Water's Chemistry on Our Health
EpisodeHow to Optimize Your Water Quality & Intake for Health
PodcastHuberman Lab
Water is a key player when it comes to biological processes in the body, including normal metabolism and blood pressure.
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Water is a key player when it comes to biological processes in the body, including normal metabolism and blood pressure. Understanding the properties of water can help with the prevention of disease and damage to cells.
ChapterThe Impact of Water's Chemistry on Our Health
EpisodeHow to Optimize Your Water Quality & Intake for Health
PodcastHuberman Lab
The basis for the commonly-held statements such as even a 2% dehydration state can lead to significant reductions in cognitive or physical performance is based on measures of reductions in water intake, rather than direct measures of hydration.
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The basis for the commonly-held statements such as even a 2% dehydration state can lead to significant reductions in cognitive or physical performance is based on measures of reductions in water intake, rather than direct measures of hydration. Though these statements have some truth to them, they may not necessarily apply specifically to dehydration since they are dependent on many other factors.