Salt & Water - Barbara O'Neill

[Music] water the my the second most vital element needed for life so the number one vital element needed for life is oxygen and that that's not a surprise is it the second most vital element needed for life is water you can go three minutes without oxygen you can go a couple of weeks without water i always thought it was three days without water until i read i read a book called the long walk about some people who are escaping the siberian work camp and they were in the desert and they went nearly two weeks without water water is the second most vital element needed for life in fact where there's no water you don't usually get people living do you i always say to people how much water do you drink and these are some of the answers ah i don't like water if i drink water my feet swell if i drink water i'm going to the bathroom all day those last two answers tell me that the water's not getting inside the cell so how do we get the water inside the cell we have to go to the third most vital element needed for life and that is sodium the fourth most vital element needed for life is potassium so let's go back to sodium in nature we find the highest amount of sodium in seawater and seawater contains 92 minerals of those 92 minerals 30 percent approximately 30 percent is sodium and of those 92 minerals approximately 50 percent is chloride now because sodium chloride take up the most amount they're the first crystals formed when the water is evaporated so what man does is he scoops up the first crystals formed he bleaches them white puts aluminium with it so that it runs freely and there's your table salt table salt is a dangerous is a dangerous salt because we now have two very harsh minerals that if you were in inject both of those into the blood you would die there's two harsh minerals and they need all the other 90 to soften them and balance them the highest concentration of mineral inside the cell is potassium the highest concentration outside the cell is sodium and in this biolate membrane that is around every cell there are sodium potassium pumps and these sodium potassium pumps are ever going like this maintaining the balance between potassium and sodium but when someone's not eating enough fruits and vegetables and that's where you get most of your potassium and they're putting table salt on everything far too much what happens now is sodium levels rise and potassium levels drop there is a small amount of sodium in the cell but when this happens you see osmosis and diffusion happens when the highest concentration merges into the lowest so now sodium levels inside the cell are rising which they should not and the cell swells what's that called high blood pressure the doctor is right table salt will will contribute to high blood pressure there's a french doctor named dr lelangry and he's written a whole book on salt he said when people come to me with high blood pressure i put them on celtic salt why does he put them on celtic salt because celtic salt contains 82 minerals it's a hand harvested sea salt so the minerals are in the celtic salt in their balanced form what about himalayan salt in many places himalayan salt is a lot easy to get there's 70 about 75 minerals so it's pretty good but i prefer the celtic salt and one reason is that the celtic salt has three magnesiums it contains magnesium chloride and magnesium bromide and magnesium sulfate magnesium is a water hungry molecule and this explains why the celtic salt is such a moist salt especially when we've had a lot of rain because those three magnesiums absorb the moisture and because magnesium is a water hungry molecule it can be used to help the water get into the cell so when you take a crystal of celtic salt put it on your tongue and some say how big's a crystal well if you've got high blood pressure start small about the size of a sesame seed i don't have high blood pressure so i might have about three times little sesame seeds put it on your tongue your mucous membranes start absorbing the minerals the magnesium is taken to the cell membrane and you drink your water and that magnesium pulls that water inside the cell it's the quickest way to hydrate a body the only time excess water drinking can be dangerous is if people drink too much at once and don't have the minerals that are in the celtic salt to pull that water inside the cell i've had people complain to me they say i'm drinking more water now i'm going to the bathroom all day so i say are you are you having the salt have a little crystal before every glass of water and ideally we should be having approximately eight glasses of water a day and then i say to them and don't drink a whole glass at once i think i mentioned earlier i drink half a class as soon as i get up i go to the bathroom i drink another half glass then i get dressed and have another half glass but when i start every glass i have that little bit of salt so you spread the water over the day and many people have said to me thank you so much that that has made a big difference see huge water in it's not long before huge water has to come out it's like watering a plant and look how god sends the rain little by little by little and when there's a tornado when there's a torrential downpour that's when the soil gets washed away and and flooding can happen so remember that with your body take it little by little by little by little it is the best way to take it lining our gastrointestinal tract of villi and on the villi is a receptor site and that receptor site is to take the glucose through and into the blood so on this villi we've got a blood capillaries that go all the way through now in that receptor site is a carrier and this carrier is designed to take the glucose through to the blood but the carrier will not accept the glucose unless it comes with a molecule of sodium i read this in my anatomy and physiology book in the anatomy and physiology book i memorized the sentence so i could give it to you from the horse's mouth sodium is the main transport system of glucose across the brush border wall and into the blood and yet what are we told don't eat salt well i agree with the table salt because it causes this imbalance of minerals in and out of the scent absolutely and did you know that sodium chloride is so strong it can kill the taste buds have you seen people that eat table salt they put it on everything and they put it on before they've even tasted it well no wonder their taste buds are dying whereas celtic salt with all of its minerals it it enhances the flavor of the food now the red lentils we had this morning a few people have said what's in this i've even served it at my house at breakfast and people have said is there chicken in this and i know why they say that it's because it's so flavoursome well it has a little olive oil some some herbs nice if you can get fresh or italian herbs and some celtic salt and a bit of turmeric that's it i rinse it very well it must be rinsed well first and i do that just before it's fully cooked and yet as you can see it's delicious see i'm not interested in cooking up onions and garlic and much as i love that in my lentils i'll do that at lunchtime but in the morning i've got hills to run up and down creeks to jump in i'm not interested in in being in the kitchen for a long time and that's a very quick dish to to make so sodium not only is required to get the glucose into the blood it's also required to get the water into the cell so it's sodium it's the third most vital element needed for life and you can get that information on the four vitals in any anatomy physiology book chemistry book biology book i'm just giving you the facts here so as you can see water is very important but so is the salt and again the potassium is found in all your fresh fruits and vegetables calcium cannot get into the cell by itself it needs vitamin d when vitamin d is present the calcium is pulled inside the cell and remember i showed you the other day that calcium is called the king because when it gets into the cell all the other minerals piggyback on the back of calcium something else happens i'd like to go back to this for a moment when the magnesians put on the tongue and you have the glass of water or half a glass a little bit later the other half glass that magnesium pulls the water inside the cell and in the biolate membrane these around every cell there's a little motor and when the water's pulled through the membrane and into the cell it causes that little motor to start spinning and the spinning of that motor gives us a unit of energy so when you're feeling a little tired or maybe a little bit peckish mid morning have the salt and have the water and you'll get a little bit of a pick up so when everyone's going outside to have their cigarette or their cup of coffee you have your crystal of salt your glass of water absolutely if you're working in an office go outside and find a tree remember what the trees are giving off life-giving oxygen breathe deep deeply from your abdominal muscle and that blast of oxygen remember what the oxygen does at the cellular level oxygen will give you 18 times more energy we've looked at the inside of the workings of the cell a few times and the way i explain it it looks like there's one energy cycle per cell but it is not true so what i've drawn you drawn for you here is a whole lot of little energy cycles in fact in the muscle cell you can have a hundred energy cycles to a muscle cell i can hardly get my mind around that and that's why the saying that you you will receive more energy than you expend on your morning walk because each one of those little energy cycles will give 18 times more energy if enough oxygen is going into your body glucose it can't get into the cell by itself it has to have insulin insulin's the key that unlocks the door to let the glucose into the cell and what happens with many people before diabetes develops insulin resistance develops you've heard of insulin resistant and when insulin resistance develops the cells resisting insulin so the glucose can't get into the cell so the glucose stays in the blood and the brain says to the pancreas more insulin more insulin but the problem is not more insulin the problem is there's insulin resistance at the cellular level so what causes the insulin resistance it's the high carbohydrate high sugar diet it's just get the cell gets to the point where it says we've got enough sick of the side of you so how to recover from insulin resistance is to get the glucose those carbohydrates right down get the fiber up the good proteins and the healthy fats that's the best way to recover from insulin resistance but you just imagine for a moment and this is happening in america a lot today people are not drinking enough water they're not having the whole salt and they're definitely not having many greens which is where your magnesium is so the little bit of water they're having is not getting inside the cell they don't go out in the sunshine because they're scared of getting skin cancer so they're not getting their vitamin d so the calcium can't get in and the minerals can't get in and they're trying to lose weight so they've listened to a lot of the media hype that you've got to stop the fat because fat will make you fat so they're on a high carbohydrate diet remember what fat will do it'll give you satisfaction or a satiation a full feeling but if you're not having any fat you just eat and eat and eat and eat and eat and eat the whole packet of cookies goes the whole chips go that there's almost there's not a sign in your body that says enough it's the fiber protein and the good fats that will give you that sign so they're on a high carbohydrate diet thinking that if they go fat free they'll lose weight and can you see what's happening the water can't get in the minerals can't get in the glucose can't get in and the body says what are we going to do because remember this is the cbd of the human body what are we going to do and the body says we've got one last thing up our sleeve we'll just force it into the cell that's high blood pressure so high blood pressure can be a result of dehydration it can be a result of mineral deficiency magnesium deficiency it can be a result of vitamin d deficiency it can be a result of a high carbohydrate high sugar diet it can be a result of inactivity so there's a whole lot of things that can come together to contribute to high blood pressure that's why the detective hat has to be put on to find out why these things are so and in some cases it'll be a bit of this one in some cases a bit of that one in some cases other things and you saw from the first lecture seems a long time ago doesn't it back to monday we looked at how genetics loads the gum but it is lifestyle that pulls the trigger so the cell and understanding the workings of the cell is paramount to understanding how these things affect the body we have a book in our library and i know we have it in the library here inspired an iranian doctor called dr batman geheldige i think that's how you pronounce it it's called one of the body's many cries for water the second title to his book is he's not sick he's thirsty the third title to his book is don't treat thirst with medications his story is fascinating he were i think it was in about the 70s or 80s he was a political prisoner and because he was a doctor everyone came to him when they had problems and all he had was water so no matter what the problem was he'd get them to drink a glass of water he'd come and see them 15 minutes he'd give them another glass of water so usually in half an hour they had three glasses of water and he was just shocked at how the headaches are gone the migraines of ease the stomach ulcer pain had relieved the asthma attack relieved he only gave them water because he had nothing else he just wanted to make i guess a show that he was doing something and because he was doctor they just drank their water so he began to document what he was finding because it surprised him he did not realize he did not expect the water to have that much of an effect i can't remember the period of time but eventually the government changed and he was freed and he said look do you mind if i stay a bit longer i'm in the middle of this fascinating research and he has presented his findings at medical conferences he's presented his findings in medical journals but it's not a very popular subject because you can't make much money out of water now you'll understand why the second title of his book is he's not sick he's thirsty and don't treat thirst with medications it was a fascinating book for me to read and i'd like to take you inside and look at a few body functions and how they're affected by dehydration so let's begin at the mouth did you know that in a state of chronic dehydration too much saliva is produced some people think a dry mouth is a sign of dehydration it is and too much saliva can be a sign of dehydration you see when not water not enough water is going into the body and how much water should go in let's do an assessment of that so our kidneys to know how much water should go in we need to look at how much is coming out so our in our kidneys we urinate out 1. 5 liter loss now a liter is the same as a quart so i'm probably best because i'm speaking to an american audience to say court loss 1. 5 quart loss out of the skin it can be 0.

5 of a quart loss out of the colon 0. 3 of a court loss and out of the lungs it's about a 0. 2 over quart loss so that that equals uh two and a half quart loss every day so two quarts is eight cups so that's uh ten glasses eight ounce glasses of water a day is lost out of the body and we have no reserve tank on the back do we the only water that's going in is the water we take in so we should be drinking at least two quarts a day at least more if possible now at the moment because you're having a steam sauna every day i wouldn't be surprised if you've got a .

8 of a quart loss coming out of your skin because you perspire profusely the other half can come in your fruits and your vegetables maybe your herb teas a vegetable juice through the day so that's how much water we need and dr batman geheldi he showed that the first place that we feel that water loss if we're not replacing the water the body goes into a form of drought management and it releases a hormone to manage this drought management it's called histamine and if someone has an allergic response what to something what are they given antihistamines you know the best antihistamine is just water so the first place that water is taken from to try and maintain full blood volume in the in the veins and arteries is the lining of the stomach we have a thick mucosal wall lining the stomach and so now we've got a very thin mucosa wall now in that mucosal wall there's sodium bicarbonate and the sodium bicarbonate is in the mucosa wall to neutralize any stomach acid that might try and get through and basically protect against uh against uh stomach ulcers so what is a stomach ulcer it's basically a breakdown of the tissues now let me give you a scenario here it was probably about maybe 20 years ago a couple of australian doctors in western australia discovered that helicobacter pylora caused stomach ulcers you've heard of heard of that theory they even put helicobacter pylora bacteria into some people's stomach and and got stomach ulcers so we had a man do our program from south africa and he and his wife came he was not interested in being at our retreat but his wife had pain the full amount so he came reluctantly and when i'm talking to him he's about 57 he he did not want to answer my question he answered them abruptly and shortly he wasn't annoyed at me i know he was annoyed at his wife that he was even there i said to him do you drink water two liters a day so i i just moved on from that i didn't ask any more questions i said you want any medication he said yes i'm on a different antibiotic every month to kill the helicobacter pylori in my stomach because i have had stomach problems for 25 years i've been all over the world so the latter the latest thing he was trying was antibiotics because they found he had helicobacter in his stomach i said ah how long have you been on this program he said four months so he's had four doses of helicobacter pylora and guess what it's still there and he's still got the stomach pain i said are you interested in trying an alternative to your medication he said no i'm very happy with my medication thank you very much and i always give everyone respect i respect everyone's choices isn't that our god-given right absolutely i just said ah and i left it there now after the first lecture where i talked about the body's ability to heal itself so that we have a problem we should be looking at how the body heals and work with it he and his wife and she was on the medication too they came straight up to me he said that made more sense than anything i've ever heard i'm willing to do what you suggest i said to him i have no authority over your medication but i said if it was me i would cease it because it hasn't worked so far and i would try the herbs that i suggest he said i'm willing so what i did was i gave him a herb called slippery elm which coats and soothes the lining of the gut he did our basic program two days on juices and we encourage people of course to drink water between every juice at the end of the week i had a very happy man in front of me he was he was eager to tell me something i said yes he said i've had no stomach for two days first time in 25 years i said that's good news and he said and i've worked out the problem to me that was even better news because who's the doctor we are we are i said what's what was the problem he said i was drinking nothing between meals and i was drinking almost a whole litter of water with every meal so i want to show you what was happening in his gut so what was happening in his gut he's drinking nothing between meals which means the lining to his gut is very thin which means the hydrochloric acid is breaking down the tissues and remember the bacteria is an opportunist organism and so what happened is the body started to its own microorganisms changed role and came to the cleanup team remember the garbage collectors and they started to clean up the dead tissue and their name was called helicobacter pylora see why you have to ask why are they there no wonder they find helicobacter pylora in every case of stomach ulcer they're there to clean up the mess now as god would have it when we smell food and we start to chew food hydrochloric acid here's hydrochloric acid hydrochloric acid is released and hydrochloric acid connects with pepsinogen to release pepsin which breaks down protein but hydrochloric acid does something else it's antifungal antibacterial and so it has the ability to wipe out these guys and just as hydraulic acid is considering going down and wiping these guys out he has a big glass of water and what does water do to hydrochloric acid it just dilutes her so helicobacter pylori's chomping away at the dead tissue and it goes that was close chomp chomp chomp what this man discovered is that he was drinking water at the wrong time do you remember i said to you earlier i said how much water did you drink a day and he said two letters and because he was a little bit abrasive with all his answers i decided not to push it anymore so now he drank early in the morning he stopped drinking half an hour before his meal that half an hour before the meal immediately thickened that mucosa wall the water he had the day before fed the hydrochloric acid that's made in the liver so let's have a look at what's happening now now being at the health retreat he's drinking water at the right time between meals his mucosa wall is getting thick and then when he eats his meal hydrochloric acid which is not being watered down anymore comes down and wipes out helicobacter pylora what a wonderful process who healed him his body healed itself when given the right conditions when someone comes to me with helicobacter pylora one of the first things i do is increase their hydrochloric acid because if you increase the hydrochloric acid remember what one of its roles is antibacterial anti-yeast antifungal now i'm not criticizing the doctors that discovered that helicobacter pylora causes stomach ulcer it is there it does play a role but why is it there can you see that and unfortunately on the board that awards nobel prizes are representatives from the pharmaceutical companies so we won't go any further there and i certainly am not saying people in it get nobel prizes don't deserve it absolutely they do because of their their their great work but i'm just presenting you the facts i'm just giving you the basic anatomy and physiology so this man who'd had stomach pain for 25 years found relief by just drinking water at the right time which allowed his body to heal itself dr batman held him he would call him dr b he found the first place that we lose water is the lining of the gastrointestinal tract he also found that if you go down the gastrointestinal tract you come to the pancreas and the pancreas releases two hormones into the blood to help balance blood sugar levels that's your insulin and your glucagon but if you're dehydrated those hormones aren't being made as they should be so people that are dehydrated that can be a contributing factor to diabetes he also discovered that there are hormones released from the pancreas to finalize digestion so there's pancreatic lipase to finalize starch digestion sorry fat digestion there's pancreatic amylase that's what finalizes starch digestion there's trypsin and chymotrypsin that finalize protein digestion now they're all made out of water if you don't have enough water your your digestion will be compromised at every stage water is needed for every body function so no wonder dr beat entitled his bot his book when a person has a symptom of disease he says must be one of the bodies many cries for water that's the title of his book our brain cells shrink when they don't have enough water headaches are common when we don't have enough water negative thought patterns can develop when our brain cells don't have enough water i can get my hand to go in and out like that without pain because around every joint there's fluid and that fluid is synovial fluid and it is 99 water in a state of dehydration the body can take some water from there to maintain full blood volume in the major arteries and veins and so if i have pain in there maybe it's called arthritis but actually maybe it's just a state of dehydration our eyeball moves around in water so we need water at every single step also our lungs now at the bottom of our lungs i'll draw you a small picture of our lungs so that you'll understand this so here's our here's our lungs here that's one lung so your trek splits and comes down and then it splits again into little bronchials it's quite a process and then at the end of every bronchial there's looks like a little bunch of grapes but they're alveoli so at the end of the bronchials you've got the alveoli and this is where the gaseous exchange takes place over every alveoli there's a little blood capillary network and it is in that blood capillary network where the oxygen is picked up from the alveoli and the blood drops the carbon dioxide and we breathe out in every alveoli there's a minuscule droplet of water and because of the surface tension of water when you breathe out that little alveoli collapses which allows all the carbon dioxide the majority of it to be breathed out so that now when you breathe in you can breathe in more oxygen in a state of dehydration that little droplet of water is not as it should be which means that doesn't totally collapse when you breathe out which means you can't get your full quota of oxygen but what also happens the body to prevent the water loss it can start constricting the uh alvi the the um the little bronchials so that we don't lose water and so one of the signs of dehydration can be constricted constricted breathing the blood gets very thick in dehydration our blood needs to be nice and thin so the heart can pump it easily so that the little filtering units in our kidneys can can filter it with ease so water is needed for every single body function i'm going to give you a story of a man that came to our retreat who had three main problems he had chronic headaches which he took a lot of painkillers for he had a very congested chest and also he had terrible lower back pain did you know that 75 of weight held in your lower back is held by water the other percentage of course is taken with um your ligaments your muscles and so a state of dehydration lower back pain is quite common so that's what this man had and when i was consulting with him i said to him how much water do you drink a day he said i don't drink water i said you don't drink water i said what do you drink he said ah coca-cola coffee because he has a lot of painkillers he was only 44.