Consider the case of Juan Ponce de León. On April 2, 1513, Ponce, a Spanish explorer and conquistador, became the first European to lay eyes on what would eventually become the state of Florida. In his maniacal search for the mythical Fountain of Youth, Ponce forged ahead through the impenetrable jungles and swamps of southern Florida. Bugs, bears, gators, snakes: nothing could stop Ponce and his men.
He was a Spanish Ahab, obsessed with a white whale of his own – he simply had to have a sip of rejuvenating water. After all, it’s not really a suicide mission if it leads to eternal life, right?!
Wrong. As you’ve probably guessed, Ponce and his men never found the Fountain of Youth. If he had, he’d still be here to tell us about it. In 1521 on the Gulf Coast, Ponce was shot in the leg with an arrowhead carved out of a fishbone. The wound festered and Ponce died several days later in Cuba.
The actual Fountain of Youth, it turns out, was literally bubbling up beneath him the entire time. Water!
Drink! Drink! Drink!
Drinking a minimum of 8-10 glasses of water daily is recommended for optimum health benefits and proper hydration.Plain old water can help men look up to 10 years younger, according to health and beauty experts.
Of course, there will always be affordable and expensive eye creams to assist you in your quest for youthful-looking skin, and plastic surgery is always an option when it comes to delaying the signs of aging. But truth be told, drinking lots of water each and every day may improve not just your overall health, but also your looks.
Everybody knows that they’re supposed to lots of water. Lots of water. You’ve probably been told that drinking a minimum of 8-10 glasses of water daily is recommended for optimum health benefits and proper hydration. But not everyone likes to drink tasteless water, as most people prefer drinks with taste and color. If they only knew how bad those drinks are for their skin and body, then they would probably not even think of drinking one.
Bottled waters and juices that are marketed as “health drinks,” such as tend to be anything but healthy. For example back in 2009, the Center for Science in the Public Interest sued Coca-Cola for making deceptive and unsubstantiated health claims about the products, including vitaminwater. In 2010, a U.S. federal district court judge rejected Coca-Cola’s motion to dismiss the suit, noting that Coke’s lawyers had made a remarkable argument: “At oral argument, defendants suggested that no consumer could reasonably be misled into thinking vitaminwater was a healthy beverage.” Can you believe it?
