Sleep, breath and water all interest me. As a kid, I thought they were free. I hadn't heard of air pollution, although I know now that London in the age of Dickens and early British manufacturing had bad air conditions. I hadn't experienced much insomnia and when I couldn't sleep, it was due to my level of excitement anticipating some big event, such as Christmas.
Somewhere along the way, I learned about hydration for the body. Wrestlers and other athletes didn't have bottled water in all vending machines and they certainly didn't carry individual aluminum or plastic water bottles. Many athletes and coaches thought that doing without water would toughen them. Andrew Weil, a physician and health writer, said that every time he got on the subject of drinking water with someone, he found that they said they didn't drink as much as they should. The book by Morehouse and Gross, "Total Fitness in 30 Minutes a Week", was nationally popular and contributed to the idea that staying properly hydrated was helpful in keeping one's energy up, as was "Eat to Win" by Robert Haas, advisor to Martina Navratilova, an outstanding tennis champion.
The Mayo Clinic Health letter featured information about the digestive system. The article stated that all the parts and contributors to the process of digestion slow down and lose some of their function. We both thought the idea of our stomachs becoming less elastic was interesting. That may well be part of our feeling that we have less appetite and can eat less. Both of us have experienced some eye discomfort or difficulty which our doctors say is due to drying up a bit at our age. The pancreas and other parts of us seem to be losing some of their capacity to hold and use moisture.
Bill
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