Get your good hydrations… If you are are diabetic, prediabetic or hypoglycemic, drinking more water could be one of the most important factors for keeping  optimum blood sugar levels.

“Drinking sufficient amounts of water and remain[ing] well hydrated may decrease the risk of developing high blood sugar levels or hyperglycemia, a French study says.”

Researchers took 3,615 people and found that those who drank four or more glasses of water each day were less likely to develop blood sugar issues compared to those who drank lesser amounts. All participants had normal blood sugar at the beginning and those that drank more than one liter of water per day were 21 percent less likely to develop diabetes over the next nine years versus those who drank less than 16 ounces.

People with high blood sugar levels but not diagnosed as diabetes stand a greater chance of developing diabetes, heart disease and stroke. Controlling blood sugar levels and incorporating good hydration habits is crucial for prevention as 79 million Americans already meet the pre-diabetic criteria. Twenty-six million already have type 2 diabetes according to the CDC.

Not convinced entirely, the next step for the research team is to test using participants who start out with blood sugar problems. They don’t believe the study proves a cause and effect just yet.

Researcher Dr. Ronan Roussel of Paris also noticed a correlation between vasopressin, a water regulating hormone, and diabetes. “Despite the known influence of water intake on vasopressin secretion, no study has investigated a possible association between drinking water and risk of high blood sugar,” he said.

Actually, this dehydration-diabetes and vasopressin link was previously discovered in Your Body’s Many Cries For Water. The book explains how water can prevent and help cure early adult-onset diabetes and devotes a chapter to vasopressin.

Adult-onset diabetes is another adaptive state to severe dehydration of the human body. To have adequate water in circulation and for the brain’s priority water needs, the release of insulin is inhibited to prevent insulin from pushing water into all body cells. In diabetes, only some cells get survival rations of water. Water and some salt will reverse adult-onset diabetes in its early stages.

Not recognizing adult-onset diabetes as a complication of dehydration will, in time, cause massive damage to the blood vessels all over the body. It will cause eventual loss of the toes, feet and legs from gangrene. It will cause eye damage, even blindness.

Water cure advocates will, no doubt, say go for the water! Don’t wait for research to confirm what can already be verified as a healthful choice.

~Health Freedoms

Sources:

http://www.watercure.com/wondersofwater.html

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/187356.html

http://diabetes.webmd.com/news/20110630/drinking-water-may-cut-risk...