Questions about water cure

[roselinville]

I had read on the water cure website that the amount of seasalt to filtered water is 1/4 teaspoon per quart of water. I read here on your website that it was 1 teaspoon of salt per quart of water. Was this a typo?

Also, how much is too much? I'm good about drinking water, consuming at least 8 glasses every day, but on some days I can easily drink twice that. At 1/4 teaspoon seasalt per quart, that is one whole teaspoon per day: is this harmful? I have tried reducing my water intake but it just makes me constipated, so I figure my body must need that much water. Also, FWIW, I almost never salt my food, so the salt in my water is pretty much all I'm consuming per day.

Thanks for any input.

[shelley]

Hmmm... I might have typo'd. When I first saw the recipe it said half a teaspoon per quart of water. A quarter of a teaspoon should be right, but one thing the good doctor did not mention is that once we hit middle-age, we don't need near as much salt as when we were younger. Our salt needs totally reduce. So now, I only eat the salt I use on my food to make it taste good. I only salt my water if I had a bout of diarrhea.

How much water you drink should be fluid, cycling from day to day. High-protein days and high grain/nut fiber days require more water than high-fruit days or high veggie days, for instance.

And you should never drink so much water that your food does not digest properly. At a certain point, the Water Cure will totally destroy digestive fire, such as for 200 pound men who try to drink 100 ounces of water a day. The digestive system and kidneys have a limit as to how much water it can absorb and process and the good Dr. never even mentions that. Sigh.

It depends on what kind of constipation you have whether lack of water is the sole cause. Could be the foods you're choosing, how you prepare them, a lack of mucus (Vata people have this problem all the time), lack of Choline, lack of circulation, lack of fats that induce bile and peristaltic action. All these should be looked at if you're prone to constipation beyond the expected acute constipation from eating tons of chocolate or cheese.

Hope that makes sense!