Drinking healthy drinks will certainly make every man sexier and healthier than drinking caffeine, sugar, chemicals, and alcohol. But drinking healthy doesn't come easily to many men. Why? Is there any wonder since there is so much confusing information on this subject? I do not want my articles to contribute to the confusion. I draw knowledge from the first science of life which has given rise to all sciences and been with us for thousands of years. As I like the reliable, I give the reliable. So...

Why is drinking healthy drinks such a big deal?

Because there is so much confusing and quickly changing information out there! Drinking many cups of coffee a day and alcohol really isn't the same as drinking water, herbal teas, or medicated milks to hydrate and nourish the body. The consumeristic society sets people up to drink addictive drinks for profit. People think that they will get energy from those drinks because those drinks are stimulants.

The second reason is that people have little time and thus gradually get used to suppressing biological needs.  Many folks therefore incorrectly interpret or stop noticing them.  People often think that they're hungry when they're thirsty.  It would take only a glass of water or herbal tea and the "hunger" would vanish.  All this is easy to solve with drinking correctly.

Why do so many men not like drinking water?

I wrote all that in this article and therefore won't repeat it here.

Modern scientists and health experts, many of whom highly likely have a vested interest in promoting the drinks industry, maintain that one should drink x litres of water a day. Even the number of litres seems to change with the trend! Ancient medical teachings have stated for thousands of years that one should drink when thirsty. Because if we are not thirsty and drink litres a day, we impair the digestive fire. When we impair the digestive fire, we impair digestion. When we don't digest food well, toxins form. Toxins are the source of all disease. Thus strong digestive fire is the source of health.

But there are men who do not drink water even when they are thirsty!

That is dangerous. They do not register dehydration because they have suppressed calls of the body for so long that they don't realise that they don't drink even 1 glass of water all days! At first the body temperature will only mildly rise. Energy, thus productivity, will decline. A man will feel tired gradually and proportionally to the loss of liquids in the body.  Unfortunately only tired.  Not dehydrated. Many people cure fatigue with strong coffee.  Coffee drains the kidneys, stimulates urination, hence dehydrates even more! That is why drinking drinks that contain caffeine is bad. But if you really must drink coffee, put a pinch of ground cardamom into it. The coffee then won't have the debilitating effect. And remind yourself that coffee is also a habit...

A man used to drinking very little - if any - water often won't realise that his problems are connected only to hydration.  Even when the body lacks less than a litre of water makes one observably less productive, have less energy, feel worse.  Thirst will appear only after the level of dehydration oversteps 2%.  When you're thirsty, drink water. Not caffeine or chemical drinks. Do not eat instead of drinking when you're thirsty.

Not drinking enough water causes:

• fatigue, dry mouth, headache, dizziness, being weak
• skin being so dry that it pulls tightly
• irritability, lethargy, sluggishness
• observable decline in productivity / energy
• higher blood pressure, cramps
• feeling morose, grumpy, annoyed
• slower reactions
• difficulty with achieving an orgasm
• little seminal fluid.

If you often are in any of these states, train yourself to think that they could be connected to not drinking enough water.  And that if you drank more water, you'd have less/fewer or none of this/these state(s).  If a man drinks a cup of coffee in the morning, several signs of dehydration can appear already before lunch. Higher blood pressure + thirst can contribute to heart issues on hot summer days.  If a man feels irritable an hour after lunch, this may be due to the combination of low blood sugar and dehydration.  Being grumpy or angry can suddenly be easy to explain from a different angle.

Long-term dehydration is difficult to observe.

If you're used to drinking few liquids, know that low intake of water over the long term

• slows down metabolism = impairs the digestive fire = creates toxins [ama] - the source of all disease
• can damage the kidneys and liver
• causes kidney stones
• worsens the skin, hair, nails
• causes constipation
• disrupts concentration because you can't hold pictures in the imagination still. [Most people with learning difficulties are dehydrated.]
• alcohol, drugs, nicotine, caffeine, preservatives, E numbers, food colouring, and white sugar also dehydrate and deplete the body of energy, vitamins, minerals, and libido! Coffee is not good to drink in the morning. The best time to drink it if you must is in the afternoon.

And why should you not drink gallons of water either?

Because doing so is the other extreme.  Extremes are bad, hence the golden middle road. If you drink litres of water just because everyone - especially drinks companies - says so, you'll also urinate more often. The body won't absorb all that water anyway, which is why it will pass it out as urine. You won't be hydrated any more than you would be if you drank only when you are thirsty. So what's the point in drinking gallons?

Plus another reason is that it is easy to confuse hunger with thirst. When we confuse the body with eating when thirsty and especially drinking when hungry, we don't treat the body right. That leads to disease. So never drink when hungry - again because you would weaken the digestive fire, and never eat when thirsty because you would dehydrate the system and the stomach would have more difficulty with cooking - digesting - eaten food.

How much should one drink?

• I wrote that in this article and therefore won't repeat it here.
• The recommendation of drinking x liters of water a day will be vague for people who don't have the patience with measuring and numbers.  So what I recommend in the other article is reliable and also measurable.
• Of course, drink more water in high heat and during intense physical activity. And in low heat and during low physical activity you'll want less water.
• A small man will need a different amount from a man of 160kg.
• Eat to fill a third of the stomach, drink to fill a third, and leave a third empty.

Won't be able to go to the bathroom for some time?

The correctly hydrated body eliminates water roughly an hour and a half after drinking it. If you're planning an event during which you won't want to run to the bathroom often, drink 1.5 to 2 hours before its beginning. And sip water during the event if the nature of the event allows you to do so. Plus, the body usually programs itself not to need to eliminate during events until intervals in the events.  So one is usually alright.

So what will you have for the next drink?

It can be:

• water - plain or flavoured with lemon for vata and kapha dosha, lime for pitta dosha, leaves of mint or lemon balm for all doshas.
• Herbal teas before 7pm if you want to sleep well.
• Always warm almond milk after sex to restore immunity.
• Half a cup of warm milk with 2 dates without stones + a pinch of ground cardamom + 5 whole almonds blended in it one evening just before going to sleep,
• and half a cup of warm milk with a third of a teaspoon of ground turmeric mixed well in it just before going to sleep another evening.
• a small [espresso] cup or half a standard 400ml cup of 2 parts of pure pomegranate juice mixed with 1 part of pure aloe vera juice and the juice of 1 round of lime. This is best to drink in the morning on an empty stomach. This drink corrects anaemia and is delicious!

And if you have issues with health, The Light Bringer can bring light on them too.