Dr
Bob the Health Builder
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Bottled water recently made
the news about being terrible and a rip off with its cost. As with everything we
experience in life, there are no absolutes and untruth statements reported from
so called 'experts.'
There are certainly
problems with bottled water and much of it is deceiving the public, particularly
when a corporation takes city water, runs it through some charcoal, and then
declares it safe and healthy. This is clearly unethical and dishonest. Not every
bottled water company is dishonest but 'buyer beware' and check each
company.
I will give you some tips
as we go through this ezine on water in general.
The article that I recently
read was very clearly opposed to bottled water but very favorable to community
water. It is my opinion that everyone needs to know most city water is not
healthy and our government does not want us to discover how bad the public water
supply has become.
The following are quotes
from the website of www.hightechhealth.com. This
company consists of good people and maintains high standards. I purchased one of
their water filtration systems 3 years ago and it has been a great
investment.
'A USA Today article
indicates that the average city water contains more than 500
chemicals.'
'According to the EPA, our
bodies accumulate 210 mcg of just plasticizers (phthalates)
everyday.
'Air pollution and water
pollution are only a small part of the toxicity story. There are thousands of
harmful environmental toxins, some of which we're aware of -- such as
pesticides, chemicals, household cleansers, fertilizers -- and others, which
seem perfectly innocent, such as those ubiquitous plastic water bottles, styrene
cups, dental fillings, and plastic wrap. These are just a few small examples of
the alarming amount of harmful toxins our bodies are absorbing every
day.'
There are three things in
our water today the government doesn't want discussed because there is
absolutely no way to remove them from our water.
Hormones - these are so common and are pervasive in all
community water systems. Animals that are fed in confinement industrial settings
are fed hormones and these in turn are consumed by people. The excess is
excreted into our city sewage systems. The second major source of hormones in
our water supply is prescription hormone drugs for women, taken for menopause,
or other ailments. The excess is also excreted into the sewage systems of all
cities. THERE IS NO WAY TO REMOVE THESE DRUGS FROM OUR WATER SUPPLY except through
personal filtration systems such as the one High Tech Health
manufactures.
Antibiotics - these are also common in all water supplies.
Antibiotics come from animals fed in confinement industrial feed lots and
chicken-pork buildings. The animals become infectious because of this 'close'
confinement. Disease becomes common place, due to the
over-crowding conditions. Also,
people are prescribed antibiotics at the drop of a hat. It is estimated that 80
% of the antibiotics prescribed by doctors is useless and only done to make the
patient think they have done something for their colds. These antibiotics are
again excreted into the sewer system and there is no way to remove them, except
with filtration systems manufactured by High Tech Health.
Micronized toilet
paper - when toilet paper is used in a bath
room it is launched into the sewer system. The toilet paper continues breaking
down into smaller particles as it travels into the sewage system. Community
sewage system's have no way to filter this product out of the water. Again, the
only way to get rid of this problem is with a filtration system as mentioned
earlier in this article.
Another common product in
community water systems are heavy metals like cadmium. This metal cannot be removed by filtration.
The only way to remove these toxins for most people is by detoxification with
trace minerals. There are no trace minerals in the food we eat from grocery
stores, and very few from organic foods, but if we supplement with absorbable
trace minerals, our bodies will respond by kicking these toxic metals out of our
bodies. Check out my web site (drbobthehealthbuilder.com) for
more information and purchasing of 'Dr. Bob's Total Ocean Nutrition Trace
Mineral Supplement' & other healthy products.
All this being said
regarding water comes full circle back to the question 'bottled water - is it
safe?' The answer is NO unless you read the labels.
City water is not safe
unless you buy your own personnel filtration system.
Bottled water can be safe
if it has come from underground springs which are not associated with our rivers
or lakes and if the water is treated with reverse osmosis, UV light source, and
electrolysis. Such sources are very good, but unfortunately if the water is
placed in plastic bottles, the water then becomes contaminated with plasticizers
from the container itself.
So what is the best
solution to healthy water in this day and age?
Decide which is better - contaminated public water
supply or spring water in a plastic bottles.
I don't like either of
these solutions. I recommend you find Mountain Valley Spring water from
Arkansas.
This water is 'alive' and comes from natural springs from deep below the earth's
surface. Unfortunately, they use the plastic bottling method--but unlike most
companies, they also offer a glass bottles which are inert and will not out gas
plasticizers (these cause cancer and imitate hormones).
Another solution that I use
every day is to take my green (color is green) glass bottle from Mountain Valley
Spring water and fill it with water from my www.hightechhealth.com
filtration system - I then have healthy water in a glass bottle (we also use
glass glasses in our house with the filtration system.
To your good health from Dr
Bob
Dr Bob the Health
Builder
www.drbobthehealthbuilder.podomatic.com