Not losing weight - what about water consumption.....?

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Hi Bee, I know that you have said it is not necessary to drink the recommended 8

glasses a day, but merely drink when you are thirsty, however, it seems that

plenty of water may be needed to flush the ketones and toxins out of the body

when you are low-carbing.

I know that when I was following Dr Batmanghelidj's protocol before starting

your diet I was very slowly but steadily losing weight - maybe only 1lb or so a

week but at least it was losing rather than gaining. I only did the 8 glasses a

day protocol for around 2 or 3 months but it did help.

I do know that I have NEVER drunk enough water. For years my body always seemed

to interpret thirst as hunger and I would eat instead. I suspect, that at a

cellular level I am probably pretty dehydrated, so I do feel that I need to

drink more water if I can. Some days I have a job to down much more than a

liter of fluid.

I thought this little section was interesting -

http://www.inch-aweigh.com/water.html

Ali.

[Guest guest]

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> Hi Bee, I know that you have said it is not necessary to drink the recommended

8 glasses a day, but merely drink when you are thirsty, however, it seems that

plenty of water may be needed to flush the ketones and toxins out of the body

when you are low-carbing.

> I know that when I was following Dr Batmanghelidj's protocol before starting

your diet I was very slowly but steadily losing weight - maybe only 1lb or so a

week but at least it was losing rather than gaining. I only did the 8 glasses a

day protocol for around 2 or 3 months but it did help.

>

> I do know that I have NEVER drunk enough water. For years my body always

seemed to interpret thirst as hunger and I would eat instead. I suspect, that at

a cellular level I am probably pretty dehydrated, so I do feel that I need to

drink more water if I can. Some days I have a job to down much more than a

liter of fluid.

+++Hi Ali. I found that when I went on high fat and protein I naturally drink

more water anyway, so I still drink to thirst. That's why I have 4 Britta

Pitchers, 2 in the fridge and 2 on my counter.

Cells can only utilize water (hydrate themselves) if you have the correct

combination of goods fats, along with minerals, particularly sulphur, as Dr.

Cowan explains here:

http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com/articles/skin2.php

Of course cell membranes need time in order to change over to 50% saturated fat

(lung cells need 100%).

But as I always say, all of the nutrients (diet plus supplements) work together.

Also toxins cause problems for cellular health as in this article:

http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com/articles/cabout1.php

All the best, Bee