The Importance Of Water And Male Menopause

If you travel to a new city, you can get a real feel for the place very quickly simply by drinking a glass of their water. Some cities take pride in their drinking water and having a drink is a pleasant experience. Water in many communities close to the ocean has a musty, salty smell with a good whiff of chlorine. Some locales even recommend boiling their water before consuming. Las Vegas' water hit this writer's nose with a jet fuel smell that precluded even a sip.

There are some people who enjoy drinking water, and there are those that drink it almost as a reflex. With the fitness movement in recent years, many people have discovered that water is essential to true fitness. Yes, water is essential to good health for every one, but with men experiencing male menopause it is even more tremendously important.

As your body changes and your hormones sometimes play ping-pong with each other, water not only keeps your whole body functioning, but also plays a huge part in cleansing toxins and keeping you in balance.

Dr John R Lee states, "Dehydration can cause an imbalance of minerals which will affect hormone balance." Drinking several glasses of good, clean water every day is essential to the body to help reduce water retention, bloating, metabolizing fat, clearing waste and toxins, regulating body temperature, transporting nutrients and oxygen to cells, cushioning joints and protecting organs and tissue. A cursory glance at that last sentence will highlight several symptoms and issues for those men dealing with andropause (male menopause). More benefits of adequate hydration include preventing recurring kidney stones; lowering levels of histamines in the body, therefore reducing allergy symptoms; water drank before and in between meals can even act as an appetite suppressant!

Here's the rub. Water quality in the United States is not as pure or safe as it has been in the past. Relaxing health regulations, crumbling infrastructure, and the movement that regards lowering taxes as the most important function of government have all acted singularly or in aggregate to lower the standards of many water supplies. Chlorine, heavy metals, benzene, lead and mercury lurk in our water in levels unheard of before. The money gained in lowering taxes and water safety standards are surely eaten up in the necessity to buy filters or bottled water.

Bottled water gets expensive in a hurry. The good news is that water filters need not be prohibitively expensive to get the job done. There are filters advertised in the media that can be bought at nearly any store, and install on your faucet with no need for tools. True, the filters can be a bit pricey, but then again, they are filtering toxins you want nowhere

near your insides and give you a nice tasting drink of water in the bargain at much less cost than buying bottles.

It's a real blessing, then, to know that something so primal and close at hand can be such a benefit. If you are going through male menopause and you're not adequately hydrated at this time, give it a try and see what happens.

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