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    Every Sip Counts: How Drinking More Water Can Improve Your Health and Change Your Life
    Every Sip Counts: How Drinking More Water Can Improve Your Health and Change Your Life
    Every Sip Counts: How Drinking More Water Can Improve Your Health and Change Your Life
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    Every Sip Counts: How Drinking More Water Can Improve Your Health and Change Your Life

    By Kaaren S. Paras DC

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    Water is the human body's main component, an essential nutrient that keeps every major organ running well. From the brain and heart to the digestive system and connective tissue in the joints, healthy cells depend on good hydration. "Every Sip Counts" takes a fresh look at the benefits of consuming healthy fluids regularly. It also looks at the risks of dehydration, which is a serious condition that affects more than half of all Americans. Author and chiropractor Kaaren Paras researched the subject extensively after realizing how patients who are hydrated respond much better to chiropractic adjustments. Counseling the importance of healthy hydration now is a routine part of her practice. The findings she shares in this book come from that research and include a discussion of how proper hydration helps prevent health issues like headaches, constipation, heart attack and strokes, kidney stones, urinary tract infections and other complaints. Dr. Paras goes into detail on the dangers of dehydration, discussing why older people and children are most at risk but also how poor hydration affects people with chronic illness and other groups. There is advice on how to measure hydration levels and determine a healthy daily level for each individual. The book contains easy-to-follow strategies for putting healthy hydration into practice and lists fluids and foods that can help people achieve daily healthy hydration. "Every Sip Counts" is a lively reminder that simple solutions can be the best remedy.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateOct 9, 2018
    ISBN9781543950694
    Every Sip Counts: How Drinking More Water Can Improve Your Health and Change Your Life

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      Every sip counts, literally. Hydration is key and super beneficial to a wholesome life.

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    Every Sip Counts - Kaaren S. Paras DC

    Disclaimer

    In Every Sip Counts, the author presents information based on her training, research, and professional and personal experience. This book’s contents do not constitute medical advice or a diagnosis. The information is not a substitute for treatments or medications prescribed by a doctor. Readers should contact a physician or other qualified healthcare professional regarding specific medical conditions or concerns. All recommendations contained in this book are made without guarantee on the part of the author or her agents, who disclaim all liability in connection with the use of the information presented here. Reference to any product, service, third-party website or other information by trade name, trademark, suppliers or otherwise does not constitute or imply the author’s endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation.

    Copyright © 2018 by Kaaren S. Paras, DC

    All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part of any portion or in any form without permission of the author is prohibited.

    Edited by Mary Maher, Writing & Creative Concepts

    Printed in the United States of America

    Copies or more information available at:

    www.everysipcountsbook.com

    eBook ISBN: 978-1-54395-069-4

    Dedication

    To my beautiful daughter

    Sofia Irene

    Through you, I have been given wisdom and peace.

    I am eternally grateful and I love you.

    We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.

    - Jacques Yves

    Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

    - W.H.Auden

    Acknowledgements

    Many people in my life inspired me to write this book. My daughter is top of the list. Steady, loving encouragement from my husband was another welcome—and necessary—spur to achieving seemingly impossible goals.

    Having my parents and other family members in my corner on this project was very important. They quietly cheered me on even as I bugged them ceaselessly to hydrate more. Close friends also did their part. After hearing for years how serious I was about making every sip count, they urged me to share my ideas more widely.

    Staff in my practice and so many patients over the past 20 years have heard me out, too, and contributed to my understanding of how staying hydrated benefits healing. Colleagues in chiropractic and other health fields have been valuable sounding boards for information and recommendations that appear in this book.

    A special thanks to my editor, Mary. Thank you for constantly motivating me, keeping me focused and for providing invaluable guidance.  I couldn’t have done this without you.

    Nothing we do happens in a vacuum. That goes double when you’re a first-time author. I’ve been fortunate in the encouragement these individuals gave me to make the publication of Every Sip Counts happen. My thanks are boundless.

    About the Author

    Kaaren Paras, DC, grew up in Madison, Wisconsin, and graduated from Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa, in 1998. She owns Paras Chiropractic in Middleton, Wisconsin. Dr. Paras is a certified nutritional counselor in addition to her chiropractic practice.

    After starting her practice, Dr. Paras began to notice that some patients who came to her for relief from the effects of misalignments in the body also suffered from poor nutrition and dehydration. When these patients followed her advice and increased their water intake, they experienced a notable improvement in their condition.

    In addition to her practice, Dr. Paras has provided chiropractic services at retirement homes and assisted living facilities in her area. There she witnessed an epidemic of elderly people suffering from the consequences of chronic dehydration and realized residents of these care facilities needed both education and help with handling dehydration. Dr. Paras began to explore the topic with regular presentations where she discusses chiropractic applications and stresses the importance of hydration in older people, aging adults, children and athletes.

    Dr. Paras also is an entrepreneur. Besides founding Paras Chiropractic, she invented a hydration reminder device called the MiniMinder®. Her inspiration came from realizing that although people want to do better about drinking water regularly, they sometimes need a cue to remember.

    Publication of Every Sip Counts is an attempt to help people better understand the importance of proper hydration and adopting the practice of taking sips of water or other healthy liquids throughout the day. Dr. Paras researched the topic over several years and gathered information in a simple, concise format readers can use to improve their lives. Her goal is to make a good case for hydrating regularly and giving people the tools to make that practice a natural part of every day. It is her belief that through quality hydration people can experience better health, greater vitality and a longer independent life.

    Preface

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