Water Is A Solvent

Water is an excellent solvent for certain things like salts, sugars and other compounds. The solvent action has to do with the water molecules and their polarity. Since the body is almost ¾ water, composing  somewhere around 70 percent average, water’s solvent properties are vital in all living things. In biology, many chemical reactions in the body can only take place in water-based solutions.
Water molecules form when two hydrogen atoms form a chemical bond that shares a pair of electrons with an oxygen atom. This is called covalent bonding. When the hydrogen and oxygen atoms share the electrons pairs the bonding is not equal in the water molecules. The oxygen atom attracts the electrons more strongly than the hydrogen atoms so two hydrogen atoms bond with the oxygen. This causes an uneven charge in the molecule. Each end of the molecule has a partial negative and positive charge which creates what is called a polar molecule. It is this polarity that attracts another polar solute molecule to it.
When a polar or ionic compound enters water, the water molecules surround it. Because water molecule clusters have very weak bonds that create and recreate themselves they are constantly moving. The positive polar ends of the water molecules are attracted to the negative ends of the solute compound and the negative end of the water molecules are attracted to the positive ends of the solute. Water molecules are generally smaller than the larger solute molecules so many water molecules can surround one solute molecule.
In the body, the solvent action of the water acts like a transport system to move electrolytes and nutrients that are needed by the cells and also the solvent to carry away toxins and metabolic wastes to an exit point. If the body doesn’t have enough water to carry nutrients and wastes, the body begins to stagnate like a swamp, rather than flow like a river. Every biochemical process in the body relies on water and its solvent ability.
When the body’s water becomes acidic, it starts to lose electrons and become a free radical. It starts stealing electrons from surrounding cells, creating a chain reaction. If you can eat more alkaline forming foods and drink a high antioxidant alkaline water, you can stop the chain reaction of damage and tip the body into a repair mode. The more available antioxidant the body has to use, the more repair can take place. It’s a good thing that the water has the antioxidant activity to keep its solvency efficient. That way, you don’t necessarily look or feel your chronological age.