Pure Water for Better Health

Pure Water for Health

Clean water is one of the most important needs of our bodies. Water makes up 2/3rds of our body weight. Without water in just a few days we will die. A drop of just 2% of the water in your body will cause signs of dehydration: short term memory loss, fatigue, and trouble focusing. Without water our bodies cannot function.

Water allows our bodies to work by:

Lubrication

Base for saliva

Regulates body temperature

Surrounds and protects your joints

Prevents constipation, thus cleansing the body of bad things

Regulates the metabolism

Simply drinking 8 glasses of water a day can decrease the risk of colon cancer by 45%, and bladder cancer by 50% and even possibly reduce the risk of breast cancer. That is the good news about water!

However, there is bad news too. Because water is the ‘universal solvent’ it is also the most easily contaminated substance on earth. Virtually every source of our drinking water has some contamination. Some of the contamination leaches from the soil or possibly even the pipes that bring your water to you. The air is another source for contamination. Also, more contamination is from man-made chemicals and by products such as: MTBE (a gasoline additive), pesticides, chlorine and even sewage. Many contaminants may be in the acceptable range but long-term exposure can cause severe illness such as liver damage and various cancers. There are 35,000 pesticides containing 600 chemical compounds. Cities and municipalities are only required to test for 6! The General Accounting Office has reported that 20% of our nations 65,000 municipal water systems are unable to meet the minimum standards set by the Safe Drinking Water Act. It is a funding issue.

In response, many have turned to bottled water. Those names are really appealing but may be false too. Ordering bottled water has become the “in” thing to do when going out to eat. However, bottled water may not be any better than most tap water. The National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) did a 4-year study and discovered that from 25-40% of all bottled water is merely bottled tap water. Just yesterday, July 27, 2007, Aquafina water was discovered to be just plain tap water!

Almost all these bottled waters are stored in porous containers. Look at the bottom of your containers and see what the number is in the triangle on the bottom. Most milk jugs have a 2 on them which is acceptable, but those with a 1 in the triangle are porous enough to leach plastics from the bottle into the contents as well as to allow contaminants into the containers too. That is a scary thought!

What can we do? Home filter systems could be one answer. However, too many times the filters are not changed often enough and then the water is dirtier than before. Also, most filters just cannot get out all of the contaminants. It appears that ionic water treatment does a much better job.

You can go one huge step further and change the pH level of your water too making your body a hostile environment for all the toxins that are there or ingested from the fast food restaurants and any other source of contamination. Purified, ionized-alkaline water is the best source of this healthy alternative. One company has even named this Kangen water. The Japanese word Kangen means back to source. Find the book, The pH Miracle by Dr. Robert Young. There are a few companies that make this type of water alkalizing-purifying machine and prices are the main difference. This water will help your body fight disease and to keep your health. How many more bad scallions or spinach outbreaks are you ready for? Make yourself well using Kangen water like that being used by the Hunza people who live long healthy lives, even bearing children in their 80s. Alkalize your body for your health!

Have a Great Day!

Nancy

http://www.bestnaturalhome.com