Archive for November, 2006
Thursday, November 30th, 2006
The best way to fiqure out how much water you should drink a day is to take your body weight and divide it in half. That number is the amount of ounces you should drink a day. If you are exercising, every 20 min you should consume another eight onces of water.The best way to hydrate yourself is pure, clean water. Take your […]
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Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
Very simply, this means that we should “take out the bad” and “leave in the good.” In his book Healthy Water for a Longer Life, Dr. Martin Fox researches the relationship of Heart Disease and Cancer to drinking water. He concluded that the best water we can get is Hard Water (high mineral content) with […]
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Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
1) It is vital to consume good clean water. Your body does more work to remove chemicals and minerals that can be found in most water.
2) It reduces the risk of epidemic diseases that can contaminate water.
3) Tap water could potentially be contaminated with over 2,100 known contaminants including several poisons. According to the CDC, […]
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Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
Many water companies have started treating public water supplies with Chloramines, which is a combination of Chlorine and small amounts of Ammonia. This combination creates three known varieties of chemicals: monochloramine, dichloramine, and trichloramine. The chloramines can easily be filtered with your average carbon or charcoal filter.
However, there is a much larger health risk caused by this […]
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Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
Almost everyone has picked up a bottle of “designer” water at one time or another. It started as a convenience, when making a pit stop for gasoline, restroom, and munchies while traveling. If you’re really thirsty, nothing can take the place of water. When you’re away from home, grabbing a bottled water from the refrigerator makes […]
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Monday, November 27th, 2006
In an article by PBS Frontline the topic was “What’s in Your Water Bottle?” The article includes information on safety and lots of interesting facts about just how clean some bottled waters really are.
If you want to eliminate the risk of disease or harmful chemicals than you should avoid bottled water. After testing 1,000+ bottles of […]
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Sunday, November 26th, 2006
Never before has there been as great a need for water filtration, not only at home, but more importantly when away from home. America’s tap water is, in some cases, highly contaminated with toxic chemicals including heavy metals, organic compounds, chorine and other chlorinated compounds, pesticides, and virtually thousands of other known harmful contaminants. EPA […]
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Saturday, November 25th, 2006
Most people don’t know about alternatives to bottled water. If asked, many would say the only alternative is tap water. However, most people would agree that this option is only a last resort, mainly because of the common “bad taste” associated with tap water. There is a more affordable, more convenient way to get great tasting water […]
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Saturday, November 25th, 2006
Water flows to your home through a vast network of underground pipes that are often decades old with loose joints and broken pieces, allowing additional contamination from groundwater laden with industrial chemicals. Dozens of chemicals and live organisms are found in unprocessed tap water in major cities. For example, in 1993, in the city of Milwaukee, […]
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Saturday, November 25th, 2006
The FDA turned up more scary information about perchlorate, which is the by-product of rocket fuel production. At certain levels, perchlorate can cause a variety of health problems, including thyroid disease. It has been found at contamination levels in water sources for many consumer products, including milk, lettuce, and bottled water.
Perchlorate is both a naturally […]
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