Testimonials
WASHINGTON — A
study of 8,280 male and 12,017 female participants 38 to 100 years
old claims that drinking large amounts of plain water is as important
as exercise, diet in preventing coronary heart disease.
According to the Water Quality Association (WQA), a report entitled "Water,
Other Fluids, and Fatal Coronary Heart Disease: The Adventist Health
Study," was published in the American Journal of Epidemiology by
researchers at Loma Linda University.
It found that the California Seventh-day Adventists in the study who
drank five or more glasses of plain water a day had a significantly lower
risk of fatal coronary heart disease compared to those who drank less
than two glasses a day.
Dr. Jacqueline Chan, principle investigator and lead author of the article
said not drinking enough water can be as harmful to a person's heart
as smoking, the WQA reported.
The study indicated that things like whole blood viscosity and plasma
viscosity, which are considered independent risk factors for coronary
heart disease, could be elevated by dehydration, the article said.
The degree of benefit from drinking plain water reportedly surpasses
drinking a moderate amount of alcohol, taking aspirin, and other preventive
measures, WQA said.
