Water is Life!

Water is essential for cellular function, healing, and also for your PEMF and FSM treatments to be effective.  PEMF and FSM can be inherently a little dehydrating, so we strongly recommend making sure to consume more water than you normally do when you begin treatments with FSM. 

If you stay hydrated throughout the day, you will be safe to run protocols overnight. Stop drinking at about 6 or 7pm so your sleep isn't interrupted by getting up to use the restroom. It is important to maintain good hydration throughout the day. 

Some people find that setting an alarm to ding every 30 minutes on their phone as a water sipping + deep-breathing break is an effective reminder. 



"80% of Americans are chronically dehydrated."

HOW MUCH WATER SHOULD I DRINK?

Adults should drink eight 8-oz glasses of water per day, but that does not take into account things like your gender, if you drink diuretics like soft drinks, coffee or tea, your exercise / activity levels or if you receive an FSM treatment.

A more accurate calculation is to take your body weight in pounds and divide it by 2 = that is the bare minimum water in ounces you should drink daily, and you would add more for various factors.

WATER BEST PRACTICES

• Drink 2-3 cups of water (not coffee!) immediately upon waking in the morning at least 30 minutes before eating, and stop drinking water 2-3 hours before bed.
• Measure your water intake by drinking out of a glass ball jar or a water bottle that shows ounces so you can track them; use an app like MyFitnessPal or write down your daily intake.
• Hydrate the most in between your meals (to avoid diluting your stomach acid and impairing digestion). It is OK to drink water with food if you are thirsty, but it does not count toward you daily hydration.
• By the time you realize you are thirsty, you are already dehydrated.
• If you drink a diuretic (coffee, tea, soft drinks, alcohol), you should add 1.5x the amount of the dehydrating beverage to your water intake. For example: if you drink a 16 oz latte, you should add 25 oz of water to your daily intake.
• Men should consume 125 oz/day and women should consume 90 oz/day (note that this recommendation includes the water contained in the food you eat).
• Add 32 oz of water, sipped gradually, throughout the 2 hours prior to an FSM treatment.
• Add 1-2 cups of water if you work out, if you consume coffee, tea, soft drinks or alcohol.
• You can use the following Hydration scale based on the color of your urine to determine your status throughout the day (image from fullscript.com)

What is the best Water to Drink?

Natural Spring Water is hypothetically the best; however, it is challenging to determine if claims made by bottled water companies are actually true: there have been studies showing medications, industrial toxins, and other pollutants in some of the most popular “spring water” companies’ bottled water.

• Always avoid drinking water out of plastic bottles (even BPA-free plastics can leach chemicals into your water).
• Instead, drink out of glass containers whenever possible (try a ball jar). If glass is unavailable, stainless steel is the next best.
• Brita and other off-the-shelf water filtration systems are not recommended as they are not effective.
• The gold standard for an at-home water filtration system is Reverse Osmosis or a Water Distiller (you can have a system installed under your kitchen sink, for example).
• However, in Reverse Osmosis or Distilled water, there are NO minerals present and drinking it can actually pull minerals from your cells. If you use Reverse Osmosis water, Add 40 drops of Sea Minerals, 20 drops of CT-Minerals, and 30 drops of ReHydrate per day to your water.

RESOURCES

Erwin et al 2013. Effects of dehydration, moderate alcohol consumption, and rehydration on cognitive function. J Alcohol. 47(3). 

Environmental Working Group, 2019. Top 5 reasons to choose filters over bottled water. 

Garcia Arroyo et al 2016. Rehydration with soft drink like beverages exacerbates dehydration and worsens dehydration-associated renal (kidney) injury. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 311(1). 

Popkin et al, 2010. Water, Hydration & Health. Nutr Rev.  68(8).

National Academies of Sciences Engineering & Medicine, 2004. Report sets dietary intake levels for water, salt, and potassium to maintain health and reduce chronic disease. Nat Acad Press.

Urine Colors Image complements of Fullscript.