It is difficult for the body to get water from any other source than water itself.
 
Did you know?

• Soft drinks steal water from the body ~ for every glass of soft drink you have, you need to drink 8 to 12 glasses of water to compensate the dehydrating effects!
• Milk, juice and coffee also require water and minerals from the body to be properly digested.
• Soft drinks and other caffeine-containing beverages don’t allow the water to stay in the body long enough.  Within an hour, your child will urinate more than the cup of beverage they drink.

When children are given fruit juice and soft drinks to the exclusion of water, it only compounds the dehydration problem.  At the same time, this cultivates their preference for the taste of soft drinks and juices and reduces their natural urge to drink water.
 
THE FACTS ON WATER
 
1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. (Likely applies to half the world population.)
2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is mistaken for hunger.
3. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one’s metabolism by 3%.
4. One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University of Washington study.
5. Lack of water, the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
6. Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.
7. A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on a printed page.
8. Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, slashes the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and you are 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer. 

THE FACTS ON COCA-COLA

1. In many US states the highway patrol carries two gallons of Coke in the trunk to remove blood from the highway after a car accident.
2. You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of Coke and it will be gone in two days.
3. To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl and let the “real thing” sit for one hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in Coke removes stains from vitreous china.
4. To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a rumpled-up piece of aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola.
5. To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion.
6. To loosen a rusted bolt: Apply a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes.
7. To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of Coke into the load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and run through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains.  It will also clean road haze from your windshield.

Why do we get such a charge from a can of Cola or manufactured beverage?  Its pH of 2.5 acidity (water to hydrate the body needs to be alkaline at around 7.4) sets alarm bells ringing all over the body.
 
Alakline chemical stores that should be used elsewhere are sacrificed to call the adrenalin that floods the system.  The “high” you learn to expect is the same high as a drug user gets as he/she experiences his artificial sensory elevation.  Your body is actually screaming “HELP”!
 
Excess acid forces the body to borrow minerals (already 100% engaged in children’s vital body function and growth needs) including calcium, sodium, potassium and magnesium, from key organs and bones to neutralise the acid and safely remove it from the body.
 
This excess acidity weakens all body systems.
 
“It’s not the germs we need to be concerned about ~ it’s our inner terrain.”  Louis Pasteur