Water and health

Healthy.living@school.eu
Multilateral Comenius School partnership
2013-2015
Water and health
International Comenius Project Meeting
in
Ibrahim Cinkaya Sosyal Bilimler Lisesi, Denizli / Turkey
This project has been funded with support from the European
Commission. This brochure reflects the views only of the
authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any
use which may be made of the information contained therein.
Emrullah Sedat Südan, Yahya Kisa
Ibrahim Cinkaya Sosyal Bilimler Lisesi, Denizli
Annegret Zozmann, Oliver Seuss
Ernst-Ludwig-Schule Bad Nauheim
Montse Barrera, Vincenç Tena
Collegi Pare Enric d'Osso. L’Hospitalet de LLobregat
Ulla Sabell, Tuire Kangasmaa
SASKY, Huittisten ammatti- ja yrittäjäopisto Kokemäki
Boris Germes, Gilles Colin
Lycee Emile COMBES, Pons
The following pages show the work of a group of young students from different
countries in Europe. These countries are: Turkey, Finland, Germany, France and
Spain. The project is called HEALTHY LIVING, and in every country the students
are going to deal with a different aspect of health. In Turkey, some weeks ago
the students worked on the topic: water in health.
This booklet is divided into six parts:
 quotations from every country expressing what water means to them
 presentations about the visits to thermal sites they did in their
homecountries
 the water properties
 water as a therapy
 a humourous presentation on what is water
 some impressions of our meeting in Turkey
What is water to you ?
Musa Melih Demirbaşcı, Emirhan Kes, Ceyda Koldemir,
Jesus Carpio,
Guilham Ribault, Romain Laville,
Anna Fyhr,
Alvaro Perez Cabrera,
Sena Akyüz, Sven Vollmar
Before starting to work with it, we collected the quotations on water in each
country. Then we put them in common in Turkey. After it, we chose the best
ones, 2 sentences per country. It is funny to see that there are different
opinions between the people.
For spanish, the water is “life”. For germans, the water “reminds us of
sports”. Turkish wanted to talk about the “medical power of water”.
Finish talked about the “age of the water”. And for French, water has a
“great strength”.
We think that water is essential for us and we couldn’t live without it because
it’s our life’s base. Mostly, all the countries vinculates water to health.
However, some countries vinculate water to another kind of things and
meanings, for example: “water is sport for me”. That means that we don’t only
use it for vital activities such as relaxing ourselves, practising sports…
İn short, water always improves the human organism, so this means that water
and health are linked, becoming one of the most important things of the world.
To sum up, water is the most important thing of our lives…so drink and enjoy it.
SPAIN
- “Water means simplicity and life base”
Spanish: El agua es
la base de la vida
Turkish: Su basitlik
demektir ve hayatın
özüdür
Finnish: Vesi
tarkoittaa
yksinkertaisuutta ja
elämän perustaa
- “Water is health.”
Spanish: El agua es salud.
Turkish: Su Hayattır.
French: L’eau c’est la sante.
Finnish: vesi on terveys
German: Wasser ist Gesundheit.
French: L’eau c’est la
simplicite et la base
de la vie
German: Wasser ist
sozusagen der Sinn
des Lebens
GERMANY
- “Water is the spring of life”
German: Wasser ist der Brunnen des Lebens.
Turkish: Su hayatın yaşam pınarıdır.
French: L’eau c’est la source de la vie.
Finnish: Vesi on elämän lähde
Spanish: El agua es fuente de vida.
- “Water is for me sports like swim, surf”
German: Wasser ist für mich Sport wie zum Beispiel
schwimmen, sürfen
Turkish: Su benim için yüzme ve sörf gibi bir spordur
French: L’eau, pour moi, c’est des sports comme la natation,
le surf
Finnish: vesi on minulle urheilua kuten uimista ja surffaamista
Spanish: Para mi el agua es deporte
TURKEY
- “When you drink
the water, remember the spring.”
Turkish: Suyu
içtiğinizde kaynağını
hatırlayın
French: Quand vous
buvez de l'eau,
n'oubliez pas la
source
Finnish: kun juot
vetta, muista
kevät
German: Wenn du das
Wasser trinkst,
erinnere dich an den
Ursprung
-
“Pure
water
Spanish: Cuando
bebes agua
recuerda el
manantial
is
the
world’s
foremost medicine”
Turkish: Saf su doğanın ilk ve en önemli ilacıdır.
French: L'eau pure est d'abord et avant tout la médecine dans le monde
Finnish: Puhdas vesi on maailman ensimmäinen ja tärkein lääke.
Spanish: El agua pura es la primera medicina.
German: Reines Wasser ist die Beste und einzige Medizin der Welt.
first
and
FRANCE
-
“A
little
rain
each day will fill
the
rivers
to
overflowing.”
Turkish: Her gün yağan bir miktar yağmur, derelerin dolmasına sebep olur.
French: Une petite pluie chaque jour remplira la rivière jusqu'au débordement
Finnish: Vähän sadetta joka päivä täyttää joet ylitsevuotaviksi
Spanish: Un poco de lluvia cada dia desbordara los rios.
German: Etwas Regen jeden Tag bringt die Flüsse zum Überlaufen.
Une petite pluie chaque jour remplira la rivière jusqu'au débordement
- “Who digs many wells doesn’t get sweet
water in all of them”
French: Qui creuse beaucoup de
mines ne trouve pas de l'eau potable
dans chacune d'elles
Finnish: se joka kaivaa monta kaivoa
ei saa kaikista makeaa vettä
Turkish: Her kazılan
kuyudan tatlı su
bulunmaz
Spanish: Quien cava pozos, no
siempre encuentra agua en todos
ellos
German: Wer viele Brunnen gräbt,
wird nicht in jedem Süßwasser
finden
FINLAND
-
“Water
is
the
oldest fluid”
Turkish:
Su en
eski
sıvıdır
German:
Wasser
ist die
älteste
Flüssigkei
t der
Welt
Finnish:
vesi vanhin
voitehista
French:
L'eau est
le liquide
le plus
ancien
Spanish: El
agua es el
fluido mas
antiguo
- “Blood is thicker than water”
Turkish: Kan sudan yoğundur.
Finnish: Veri on vettä sakeampaa
French: Le sang est plus épais que l'eau
Spanish: La sangre es mas densa que el agua.
German: Blut ist dicker als Wasser.
Visits
Julian Olejnik, Yasemin Gülsan,
Fatma Nur Hüsünbeyi, Simay Çağla İsanç, Cemal Şergi,
Lindez, Gerard Parra,
Clement Hervaud, Alexandre Boireaud
Cristina Olivera
Before travelling to Turkey, each group visited a place in their home country
where they dealt with water and health. On the following pages you will find
some pictures and a summary of what each visit consisted of. Finally, they
worked on a Europe map where they placed each of the sites.
Turkey, Pamukkale_____________________________________________________
Karahayıt district is a town with a population of 2,400 people. It is located near Pamukkale,
and 20km in the north of Denizli. Pamukkale, the ancient city of Hierapolis, and the thermal
spas were taken under protection by UNESCO.
The spring waters, which are the important resources of Turkey, in Karahayıt and Pamukkale,
have been formed as a result of active geologic movements in Aegean Region. The climate
conditions of Aegean, Central Anatolia and Mediterranean are seen clearly in Karahayıt
town. Summer season is sunny and arid, and winter season is warm and rainy. The avarage
temperature is 15⁰C during winters.
• Water in Karahayıt contains iron ion and this causes it to be red.
• It’s 60C.
• It covers 500 m² areas.
• It is such a fantastic natural beauty that Karahayıt attracts tourists.
Pamukkale hot springs area is a Special Environmental Protected Area.
Karahayıt has a reputation all around Turkey because it has red water which is good for your
health. For example, when you have a bath in it, it is good for:
 Insomnia
 Rehabilition of stress
 Skin and skin diseases
 Revival of hair,nails and skin cells
 Circulatory system diseases
If you drink it, it is good for:
 The stomach and the esophagus disorders
 The osteoclasis
 Increase calcium
If you have a mud bath, it is good for:
 Smoother skin
 Destroying acnes
 Removing creases
France, Thalassotherapy____________________________________
The city of Royan is localated near the sea so the sea water is used in a special center of
thalasso therapy. In this place there are different types of treatment for the body.
Since a long time ago, people have used the propriety of sea water. For exemple, near Royan
there is an antic roman city where we can see baths of sea water and mud. In 1820, in
France we noticed again the nice proprieties of sea water and water baths were open.
Germany, The Sights of Bad Nauheim__________________________________
Bad Nauheim is a town in the center of Germany in the county of Hesse. It is located close to
Frankfurt. You can find a lot of thermal springs there.
It is a spa resort since 1835.
The water is salty and carbonated. It contains Carbon dioxide and also other minerals. (eg.
Iron). The water is 30- 33° C warm.
The water is used for medical treatment: drinking,
bathing and inhaling therapies. The big fountain of
the Sprudelhof: it looks rusted orange.
The Drinking cure complex with its three different foutains; it was built in the Modern Style.
The springs contain essential minerals and trace elements (like iron,iodine,zinc …) in a
composition that is especially beneficial to the organism
The Inhalatorium is a building with branches of
Blackthorne
The salty water runs 10m down over bundles of
blackthorn
Visitors experience a fresh sea breeze
This process is very healthy
Spain, Caldes de Montbui__________________________________________
Caldes de Montbui is a little town in Catalonia, Spain. It’s located in Vallès Oriental in
Barcelona and there are living 16,000 people there. The name “Caldes” has to do with
“warm” and “hot” and refers to the warm waters which the natural resources produce.
The most important monument is the fountain called “Font del Lleó” from 1581, where we
can find water over 70ºC, the hottest natural water in Spain and the third in Europe.
The first men living there were in 3,500 a.C. and they were farmers. The Roman conquerors
found thermal resorts. They made popular “Caldes” and it was visited by a lot of foreigners,
but then, in the Middle Age city was an important commercial center. Between the
thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, Caldes began to be called "Montbui“ for its proximity to
the barons of Montbui.
In ancient Rome, Thermae and balnea were facilities for bathing. Thermae usually refers to
the large imperial bath complexes, while balneae were smaller-scale facilities, public or
private, that existed in great numbers throughout Rome. Also considered to be meeting
places and people who could not afford to have one in their home went there, as
commoners or slaves. Sometimes the emperors or the patricians granted free baths for the
rest classification of the population.
So the thermal water is a remedy that has been used for ages. The benefits of thermal water
are:
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Natural remedy for headache
Healthier skin
Improves our exercise
Reduces the risk of cancer
Relieves tiredness
Better mood
Purifies your body
Nowadays, there are medical thermal centers all over the world.
Caldes de Montbui has got an important museum too. Its museum Montbuí was firstly a
hospital which was built in the XIV century. Then, in 1403, it was joined to the chapel of
Santa Susanna. Nowadays, it’s a museum of the uses given to the thermal waters along the
history. There, we can find an explanation of the different applications of thermal water
along the centuries. Also, some sculptures of artists such as Pablo Picasso can be seen there.
Water and health
Johanna Behrens, Lara Woblick
Veera Kalevo
Damla Çetin, Ece Selen Güneş, Dilana Er
Garcia Rodriguez, Erik Miedes Bragado
Lola Delcroix, Alan Ehouarne
Gerard
Water is one of the essential elements for our
health because two thirds of Earth’s surface is
covered by water and the human body
consists 70 percent of it. As we can see in
nature, for example, in rivers or oceans when they transport minerals and nutrients, water
does the same work fulfilling the most important function in our body keeping us alive.
Like rivers take waste to the sea, our blood is also carrying away waste materials.
Water has always been an important part of the human history. At first, we used water just
to drink. Then we learned to control it and later we discovered its medical purposes. For
example, bathing to relax, drinking to cure illnesses, make our body stronger or just
improving our body getting it fitter.
Technology helps us a lot with the treatments of water but we must take care of it because
technology can also pollute it. We can use water for ourselves but it can damage the
environment. To sum up water is involved in all bodily functions and it is necessary for life on
Earth so if we pollute the water we harm ourselves.
Water as a therapy
Blathnaid Gardian
Maeva Troine, Benoit Maugeix
Çeştepe, Abdullah Haşim Akgün
Sinja Henriksson
Meryem Kolukısa, Ahmet
Anna Garcia Tello
Thalassotherapy
We use Thalassotherapy to relax and to be less tired. We use alguae and mud just
for well-being and cosmetic to relax.
Balneotherapy
Balneo therapy is used for example against arthristis
or fibromyalgia (chronic pain). To treat ıt we use spa
treatment, drinking water, natural vapor baths and
various kinds of muds and sands.
Swimming
We use swimming for mind therapy and
rehabilitation of body. Swimming developes the
muscles and allow you to get away. A good
example is Philippe Croizon because he lost
his arm and his leggs but wıth swimming he
had a rehabilitation and a new goal: he
crossed the Manche.
Water Birth
Water birth offers perineal support for a birthing mother, which decreases the risk of
tearing and reduces the use of episiotomy.
A three-day old fetus is 97 percent water, and at eight months the fetus is 81 percent
water. By the time, a human has grown to adulthood, the adult body is still 50 to 70
percent water, depending on the amount
of fatty tissue.
Human beings’ natural alliance with water
is best witnessed in human babies who
can swim naturally and easily long before
they learn to sit up or crawl. During their
first year of life, babies will calmly and
happily paddle underwater, gazing around
with eyes wide open.
Asthma (water therapy)
Asthma, which affects 14 million children and kills several thousand of them every
year, is a complication of dehydration in the body.
It is caused by the drought management programs of the body. In asthma free
passage of air is obstructed so that water does not leave the body in the form of
vapor - the winter steam. Increased water intake will prevent asthma attacks.
Asthmatics need also to take more salt to break
the mucus plugs in the lungs that obstruct the free
flow of air in and out of the air sacs.
Not recognizing asthma as the indicator of
dehydration in the body of a growing child not
only will sentence many thousands of children to
die every year, but will permit irreversible genetic
damage to establish in the remaining 14 million
asthmatic children.
Thermal bath
The Romans built several of these thermal baths, some
of which are still functioning today. The baths source
their water from natural thermal and mineral water deep
in the ground. People had great faith in the power of
bathing in mineral water to cure arthritis, rheumatism
and skin complaints, and to improve conditions as diverse as gout, impotence,
obesity, haemorrhoids, liver disorders and eye problems. Drinking mineral water was
usually considered to improve digestive disorders, but was sometimes recommended
for insomnia, goitre and even syphilis.
Sound of WaterfallSome
psychologist use sound
of nature for relaxing their patients. Especially they use
water sounds to relax tneir patients bodies and minds.
Water as a therapy
6%
10%
Spa
17%
6%
4%
10%
41%
Mud bath
Knepping
Thermal bath
6%
Ice Swimming
Turkish Bath
Turkish Bath:If you stay in Turkish
bath for along time,it is good for our
health.The best bathing technique is with
hot water and soap. The body perspires
in the bath, washed and massaged with
a soft cloth or sponge, facilitates blood
circulation in the body gives comfort to
people.
Mud Bath:The body stays in mud, which
contains lots of variety of minerals.The mud
is good for mild aches. It improves
circulation system and relaxes the muscles.
It also increases skin resistance. It makes
the skin more healthy. It cleans the body.
Jacuzzi:The water in jacuzzi
comes of small
holes and it massages the body.It relaxes the
body after a long day.
SPA: Aroma theraphy oils and different stones
using in SPA.
Ice Swimming:For ice-swimming you
have to dig a hole in the ice and you take a
bath in it. After you go back to the Sauna.
The blood circulation is stimulated by this
temperature change. It is very relaxing. This
principle is very popular in Finland.
Kneipping: Kneipping is a therapy which was
named by a priest Sebastian Kneipp. He didn’t invent
Kneipping but made it popular. İt includes a bath in
cold and warm water, but you also have to eat healthy
and relax. This is very good for your blood circulation,
the metabolism, digestion and more.
Swiss shower:Swiss shower is a massaging shower with 16
nozzles, which changes temperature from warm to cold. This
massage aids circulation and helps relieve the painof arthritis and
rheumatism.
Mineral bath:Mineral baths
are baths enriched with minerals like salt or stiff.
You can either bath in a natural spring or in an
artificial one, These baths are usually warm and
reduce stress and are good for your skin.
Hot Roman bath:For Romans bathing in
public places was an everyday thing. Men and
also women met here and took a bath. These
baths are great to reduce stress and help to
relax.
Using water every day
Gül Eda Toksöz, Raziye Tanış
Emilie Mechain, Lucas Blandin, Camille Vinet
Giraldez Deu, Raul Cruz Lara
Açelya Ucan
Alvaro
Moving on, we can see a piece of comic where three little monkeys disscus
about water, its qualities and the future of it. With it, they want to express in
an original way what they think about water.
Monkey -1: Hi, how are you?
Monkey -2: Fine! As you can see I’m having a shower,and you?
Monkey -1: Fine too, I’m going to drink some water. What about you?
Monkey -3: I’m drinking water too, I’m thirsty.
Monkey -1: Finally, we have water after a dry season!
Monkey -2: Yes, we’re lucky!
Monkey -3: We have to take profit of this water, we don’t know how long the
water will last.
Monkey -2: We have to keep this water for dry season and then share it, that
way we will always have water.
Monkey -1: I want to take profit of all this water now by myself, I want to use
it now.
Monkey -3: I agree with monkey 2, you don’t have to be so selfish, you have to
think about others who haven’t got anything to drink.
Monkey -1: We hardly ever have this opportunity, we have to take profit of it
now.
Monkey -3: If you drink and use all water now, you’ll regret it when we don’t have
water. That’s the reason why we have to keep some.
Monkey -2: That’s true, we have to keep some water for the future. We don’t
know if we’ll have some.
Monkey -1: I don’t mind about the future, I want to live in the present.
Monkey -3: You have to think about your descendants, what will they do if we use
all the water and don’t keep some?
We have to be thankful because we are lucky of enjoying water every day, we
don’t know how lucky we are because we have water in our daily life, we have
to be responsible with water because we want that next generation enjoy of
this precious good. We think everybody should have the same amount of
water, because maybe we don’t know if it could be a serious problem in a not
very far future. As we know not everybody is able to enjoy water, we ought to
think of people and begin to forget the money, because it’s not the most
important thing in the world.
Impressions from the meeting
composed by the reporter-group:
Anni Matikainen
Alvaro Fernandez Munoz
Antje Jekel
Adrien Giraudot
Sara Soyak
The rooster:
It’s a special kınd of rooster and it has a special color and a special
sound. You can only find it here in Denizli and that’s why it’s the
symbole of Denizli.
Interview:
What’s your name ?
My name is Alexandre Boireaud.
How old are you ?
I’m 16 years old.
Where are you from ?
I’m from France.
What’s your job ?
I’m a student.
Why are you in the Comenius Project ?
Because I like speaking English and it’s a
good way to travel all around the
World.
Are you interested in sports ?
No, not really.
Have you ever been to Turkey ?
No, it’s my first time.
Do you have any siblings ?
Yes, one older brother.
What are your hobbies ?
Playing computer maybe.
Did you know any Turkish people before
coming there ?
Yes, but only the one who came in
France earlier.
A poem about the
meetıng
We came all around Europe
to ask each other: what’s up?
to meet in Turkey
in the city of Denizli
what a lovely view we can enjoy
and so kind and friendly people
who welcome us here
of course we saw also Pamukkale
most of us dıdn’t know
what for our eyes wıll show
so much new thıngs from Turkey
oh, we’re so lucky!
But not only from Turkey
Also from these countrıes:
Spaın, Fınland, France, Germany
this meeting opened our minds
And gave much to our hearts
Summary of The Sightseeing
At first we were going to the Hierapolis with the bus. The way this place took half an hour. It’s an
ancient place with old broken houses and many pillars. We took many photos. After that we went to
Pamukkale. Pamukkale is so special, because the water is very calciferous and the ground by the
springs is white from it. Many people were swimming in the water but we didn’t. At last, we were
going to a hotel. There, after having lunch we swam and relaxed. That was our day.
Photos with
speech bubbles
Photos with descriptions
from Tuesday
On the Picture you can see Julian . He
is playing on a fluet.
But it isn’t a normal fluet. It is called
Ney.
COMMENTS
-İt was cool because the people were very polite and the program was so good.
-It was very interesting to see the other cultures and how the people live. We have had a lot of fun.
-The food is very different compared to other countries.
-We would like to repeat that wonderful experience
-Wednesday was very funny and interesting, the growing is different of our own countries.
-I have learnt about a new culture and there are things which I love like food some things which are
strange for me.
-I want to come again to this country because its culture and food are very interesting.
-It has been a wonderful meeting, really! İ met a lot of very nice people. This week has been one of
the best of my life. Thank you very much Turkey!
-It has been an amazing experience and we loved Pamukkale a lot! Weather has been really great
and warm!
-Turkey is a very good country, I loved it! The food is very tasty and spicy and people are very nice. I
think that this travel has been one of the best of my life.
A Funny Incident
We went to the waffle shop at Wednesday afternoon. After we have left the waffle shop some of the
other ones went to other friends. They met at café. They were sitting and talking. They told Sven that
another friend would come. They also told him that this friend has mental diseases and that he’s
crazy. He believed them.
Later this friend came to the place and the other ones made this friend angry although he did not
have any diseases. The friend started to tease them. Sven got afraid of him. Then the friends told the
friend Sven has said something bad about him so friend started to tease him. Sven was shocked. But
after that the friends told Sven the truth and everyone laughed.
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