Essential Duo
H2O4U and O24U
Part I H2O4U and O24U
Chapter One 9
HOLY H2O 9
How Much? 10
Are Sport Drinks Better than Water? 13
Electrolytes -- not an electric subject 14
Water Keeps the Fat Away 15
Chapter Two 17
THE BAD GUYS 17
Water Questions 17
Magic Elixir or Flowing Poison? 18
‘Tap’ping the General Problem 19
Boiling Your Water Clean? 20
I) Microorganisms 21
II) Toxic Minerals 22
III) Organic Chemicals & SOCS (synthetic organic chemical) 25
IV) Radioactive substances 26
V) Additives 28
Fluoride 30
Ways of Pollution 33
Chapter Three 35
TREATING OURSELVES TO TREATED WATER 35
A Brighter Note 35
Filter Foundations: The Goal is Good Water 37
Bottled Water Vocabulary 42
Hard Water, Soft Water? 43
Water in ‘Foreign Parts’ (traveling) 46
Field and Stream 47
Water Trivia Quiz 50
Chapter Four 51
HEALING WATERS 51
In Hot Water (or any water) 51
Home Techniques 53
Therapeutic Waters 55
Water Rigors 55
Have a few minutes only? 56
The Aqua Workout 57
Chapter Five 65
KEEPING WHAT WE’VE GOT 65
Water Conservation 65
Leak Prevention 67
Xeriscape 67
Half of the Essential Duo 68
Part II O24U
Chapter Six 69
THE BREATH OF LIFE 69
And the Breath goes on... and on 70
Why is the Sky Blue? 71
Chapter Seven 73
DEEP DIAPHRAGMATIC BREATHING 73
Now, Take A Big Breath 73
Bad Breathing 74
Medium Breathing 74
Good Breathing 74
The Deep Diaphragmatic Breath (DDB) 77
Chapter Eight 79
FINDING IT HARD TO BREATHE 79
Stumbling Blocks 79
Singultus 80
Continued Interference to Breathing 81
Nose Battles Mouth 84
Neti Pot 85
Sprays 87
Chapter Nine 89
HOME, HEARTH AND HAZARDS 89
Air Purifiers 89
Humidifiers 90
Tips for Improving the Indoor Air You Breathe 91
Specific Home Health Hazards 92
Household Hazards Replaced 96
Alfresco -- Inside The Outside Air 97
How’s the air Up There? 100
Chapter Ten 101
I CAN’T BREATHE 101
The Difficult Breath 101
Specific Conditions, Specific Tips 103
Truth about Asthma 105
Bad Breath . . . not in dogs (only) 106
Tips to Avoid the Bad and Concentrate on the Good 107
Chapter Eleven 109
SAVING THE BREATH OF ANOTHER 109
Artificial Respiration and CPR 109
Step A-Airway Opened 110
Step B-Breathing restored 111
Artificial respiration 113
Head Position 114
STEP C-Circulation restarted 115
CPR Directions 116
Chapter Twelve 117
MAKE THE SKULL SHINE 117
Pranayama 117
Alternate Nostril Technique 118
“Make the Skull Shine” 118
The Long Long Breath 119
Appendix A Water Testing laboratory Information 121
Appendix B Water Trivia Quiz Answers 122
KEY ACTIONS 123
BIBLIOGRAPHY and READING REFRENCES 127
INDEX 130
