What's in Your Bottled Water?

There's a great article in the February issue of Reader's Digest on the hazards of drinking bottled water."Chemicals, contaminants, pollution, price: New Reasons to Rethink What you Drink." I just had to share this with you.

Here's just one quote: Labels can be misleading... In one notorious case, water coming from a well located near a hazardous waste site was sold to many bottlers. At least one of these companies labeled its product "spring Water." In another case.
H2O, sold as "pure glacier water" came from a "public water system in Alaska."

"In 1999 the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) tested more than 1,000 bottles of 103 brands of water... At least one sample of a third of the brands contained bacteria or chemical contaminants, including carcinogens, in levels exceeding state or inductry standards." Since that time, the industry has not made an major changes, so the risks are most likely still there.

"The NRDC found samples of two brands were contaminated with phalates... one case exceeding EPA standards for tap water." Phalates are endocrine disrupters, "which means they block or mimic hormones, affecting the body's normal functions. And the effects of exposure to the widespread chemicals may add up." Imagine, bottled water can have all that and is usually very acidic, too, which we can show people.

More next time on the pollutants in the water and how they affect us.

To your health,
Stephen & Donna
Any questions, contact us at steve@be-alkaline.com . We'll be ahppy to answer them.

P.S. For a visual demonstration on just how acidic what you drink is, please go to our website, www.be-alkaline.com and scroll to the bottom of the page and click on demo. Most everything from energy drinks, sports drinks, to Bottled Waters, especially those that are reverse osmosis, are acidic. This is so important to know for your health. Add to the chemicals in the water, the acidic content of the bottled water, and that is what you are paying for. Take care, and "rethink what you drink!"

Wellness depends on Alkalinity

Some have asked us, "Why is our pH level so important?" Well, let's see what some experts say.

Dr. Theodore Baroody, in his book,"Alkalize of Die," makes this comment, "The countless names of illnesses do not really matter. What does matter is that they all come from the same basic root cause…too much acid tissue waste in the body!"

Sang Whang, writer of "Reverse Aging," says that even if we consume the most beneficial of healthful fruit and vegetables, 97% of our food still consists of carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen and oxygen, and assuredly will be brought down to acid waste in the body. He tells us that it is not what we put into our bodies, it's what remains in our bodies as waste that creates our over-acidic condition which is one contributing factor to premature aging.

In terms of the delicate acid/alkaline balance in our bodies, the only difference between the 'good' food and 'bad food,' is that 'good' food will cause less acidic waste and more acidic neutralizing effects. And, what we drink can greatly affect how well our bodies can cope with the resulting acidic condition in the body from what we eat.

Life is in water. We need water: Can't live without it. Our bodies are over 70% water! So it just makes sense that what we put into our bodies in the form of liquids, is very important to our overall health. It can either contribute to the acidic condition, or it can greatly neutralize it and bring to a more alkaline state.

Most people don't drink enough water. They feel that other liquids can substitute for water, which is a misnomer. Nothing substitutes for water. God didn't give Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden a juice bar, coffee maker, or soda dispenser: It was water!

So, if we need water-nature's elixir, what water do we drink? This is the important question and one that desperately needs to be addressed. As I mentioned last time, it needs three components to be truly healthy water for you: Alkaline, micro-clusterd/hexegonal, and have anti-oxidant factors. I will discuss more in detail in my next post.

Till next time...Good health to you,
Stephen

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