Bad news for bottled water junkies! You know the type that carry around the "yuppie" cups.
I am a huge advocate for drinking pure "structured" great tasting water, and am often spotted with my own "yuppie" cup or my Wellness filter bottle.
Here's the Bad News: A Study found 6 to 100 times more toxins can be absorbed by the skin and by breathing the steam and air around unfiltered showers! [1] 600% or more toxins are absorbed into your open pours in one hot shower than compared to drinking that same amount of water all day long.
Just when you thought you were doing everything right it seems another action is required to protect yourself from the toxic planet we live in.
Here we will discuss a few things that no one wants to drink or absorb through their skin and what to do about it.
First, all municipal treatment plants use chlorine to eradicate organic matter that pollutes the water.
Guess what? You are organic matter.
Have you ever noticed dry, itchy, or even crackling skin? It may be from the chlorine.
Chlorine along with other chemical contaminants increases the risk of certain types of cancers, disease, and definitely accelerates the aging process of your skin.
Did you know Chlorine gas is a banned bio-warfare agent? Why would you want this to even touch your body let alone be absorbed into it? When you take a hot shower some of the chlorine in the water turns into a gas and becomes inhaled into your lungs.
Many people complain of being tired even after taking a "refreshing" shower that should invigorate them.
Do you think it's likely that these toxins in the water lower your energy levels? Drugs in the water! For years we have used the saying, "it must be in the water" to describe individual behaviors.
This may now be a legitimate claim! "A vast array of pharmaceuticals -- including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers, and sex hormones -- have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, as shown by an Associated Press investigation.
" "The EPA says there are no sewage treatment systems specifically engineered to remove pharmaceuticals.
" "In the United States, the problem isn't confined to surface waters.
Pharmaceuticals also permeate aquifers deep underground, the source of 40 percent of the nation's water supply.
" [2] My question would be how long does it take to filter water from the surface to the aquifers? If it takes 10 or even 20 years we are in for big trouble since drug use has increased exponentially in the last decade! Another concern would be anti-biotic resistance of bacteria since they would regularly be exposed to these drugs in non-lethal doses.
Are we ready for yet another round of "super bugs" as Time magazine wrote about in 1992, "Using marvelous powers of mutation, some strains of bacteria are transforming themselves into new breeds of super bugs that are invulnerable to some or all antibiotics?" [3] Anti-biotics are supposed to be reserved for major illness not common use.
How about hormonal affects from drugs, detergents, etc.
"These so-called "feminized" fish, first found in the late 1990s, are thought to be victims of human hormones and hormone-mimicking chemicals - flushed into the water from sewage-treatment plants, factories, storm-water drains and runoff from roads - that had made their reproductive systems go haywire.
" [4] How is this affecting our human populations? Hormones are powerful and they can certainly increase the growth of cancers in certain regions of the body.
So far the water treatment facilities are downplaying the latest findings and are even saying the results should not be made public because the public would not understand.
I am aware that we have been lied to for many years from many different sources and believe we have a vested interest in knowing what products we are paying for! Here's a quick list of pollutants in typical tap water that need to be filtered out: Fecal Matter (up to 5 quarts a year!) Viruses Parasites Bacteria Fungus Pesticides Heavy Metals Chlorine/chloramines Pharmaceutical Drugs Hormone Blockers Cancer causing Nitrates Estrogens Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC's) Trihalomethanes (THM's) Bad Taste and Odors and a few other things we are not allowed to say! On a positive note there is hope! There are quality filtration systems for your shower and your drinking water.
I personally have been using the Wellness Shower Filter for about 4 years; the results are amazing! My skin always feels refreshed, smooth, and hydrated.
One of my favorite things to do is jump or roll out of bed in the morning and take a nice hot refreshing shower! The Wellness shower filter is unique because it has enhancing components and minerals gathered from all around the world.
For over 10 years the Wellness Filter® has been under formal study in Japan with positive results.
A good rule of thumb with filters is you get what you pay for and make sure you change the filters often enough.
An excellent filter will do the following, which will lead to high quality water and better health! · Allow better hydration by increasing solubility and stability · Trace minerals added that enhance cellular and biological function · Stabilize the pH of H2O while adding alkaline minerals · Bacteria and fungus are inhibited · 99% of contaminants safely removed · Easy installation · Increased absorbability by humans, animals and plants · Green Friendly (wastes zero water) Only a few people on earth get to enjoy this quality of water naturally.
Is it any surprise that those communities youthfully live past 80-100 years on their own strength, free from disease and dis-ease.
For the rest of us we must rely on filtration and purification; my choice, the Wellness Filter®.
Your body is over 70% water, your blood is up to 90% water, and your "noodle" or brain is approximately 80% water! If you are drinking polluted and chaotic tap water your body will take on those characteristics.
It is time to make a change.
As Warren Miller says, "If you don't do it this year, you will be one year older when you do!" Common Questions I get asked are: "How about Reverse Osmosis?" Reverse Osmosis or RO strips the water of all its minerals in the process of trying to purify the water.
This means that the water is void of the essential trace minerals you should be absorbing.
It has been said that up to 90% of your trace minerals come from the water you drink.
RO also removes the alkaline mineral constituents of water, thus producing acidic water.
Acidic water is dangerous to the body system, causing calcium and other essential minerals to be stripped from bones and teeth in order to neutralize its acidity.
It makes sense if you remember back to science class when the teacher taught about osmosis; how water is moved to a balanced state in plants.
Then showing how salt water and pure water with a semi-permeable membrane in between will balance out to the same state.
If dead and void water is put in your body it will steal from your body to become balanced.
RO wastes up to 3 gallons of water to make just 1 gallon of "purified" water.
This also increases the costs of filter replacement and maintenance due to the encrustation or scaling of minerals on the membrane.
Not Green Friendly, Not Cost Effective, Not Safe for Regular Consumption.
"What about Distillation?" Distillation also produces acidic mineral-free water.
Distillation does not remove chlorine, chlorine byproducts, or VOC's.
80% of the water is discarded with the contaminants; wasting up to FIVE gallons of water for every one-gallon of purified water produced! Definitely Not Green Friendly, Not Cost Effective, Not Safe for Regular Consumption! "What is your favorite commercially available bottled water?" My favorite is Fiji, it has a high silica content which is considered an essential in the body and a building block of nature.
It helps give Fiji it's smooth feel when you drink it.
Silica is said to enhance skin, connective tissue, and hair while it also helps in the manufacturing process of antibodies/antigens in the body.
[1] NEW SCIENTIST September 1986 [2] CNN March 10, 2008 [3] TIME August 31,1992 [4] THE SEATTLE TIMES April 1, 2007 localnews/2003645892_hormone01m.
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