Functional medicine doesn’t understand water as a charge carrier. In the bioelectric body, water is not just fluid — it holds and distributes charge, structures enzymes, and stabilizes reactions. Properly structured water supports protein shape, enables enzyme turnover, and buffers electrical stress by absorbing and redistributing shifts in charge. When this structure breaks down, enzymes lose function, signaling becomes unstable, and the system can’t regulate pressure or detox effectively. So it’s not about how much water is present — it’s about whether that water can hold and move charge.