Why You Should Never Drink Bottled Water Again

Not surprisingly, sales of bottled water are soaring, despite its cost (the American Water Works Association estimates consumers are paying an average cost of $7.50 per gallon for bottled water - almost 2,000 times the cost of an average gallon of tap water and twice the cost of a gallon of regular petrol). 

Water is the second most commonly purchased drink in America after sweetened carbonated sodas, with sales topping more than 15 billion in 2015.
In the UK, people still drink more tea than bottled water, but the gap is narrowing, with 2.7 billion litres produced there in 2016. 


Bottled doesn't mean safe

Bottled water companies go to great lengths to present their products as sparklingly pure and bottled at the source from mountain springs and ancient glaciers. And yet testing by the US-based Environmental Working Group (EWG) in 2008 revealed a far from pristine picture. 


To date, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the US has estimated there are 87,000 mostly man-made chemicals capable of causing endocrine disruption, which can alter breast development, increase the risk of cancer and change the way certain genes are regulated. 

Even though many bottled water companies have moved away from using BPA plastic, a notorious endocrine disruptor that has been linked to cancer, the plastic used in single - use bottles - polyethylene terephthalate (PET or PETE) - also poses a cancer threat. If reused, these bottles can also leach chemicals such as DEHA and benzyl phthalate (BBP), another potential endocrine disruptor. 

The price of bottled water is also high environmentally. The Pacific Institute estimates that plastic bottle production for the bottled water consumed in the US alone requires over 17 million barrels of oil (not including the energy for transportation). On average, it takes three litres of water to produce one litre of bottled water. 

 

Alkaline Water - The road to Health and Vitality

Many alternative health practitioners recommend using alkaline water for drinking and more acidic water for cleaning (whether the kitchen counter or your skin). 
The main advantage for alkaline water is that it balances out the heavily acidic modern Western diet of meats and grains that contributes to cancer and deteriorating bone health. 

Consequently, the alkaline water market is exploding. In-home alkalizing machines such as Enagic's 'Kangen Water'  ionization devices. ( www.kangenwatereurope.co.uk ) are rapidly gaining popularity. 

The Enagic® machine filters out chlorine and other impurities from the tap water, then separates the hydrogen and oxygen with a process known as electrolysis. This process adds an electron to the hydrogen creating a new molecule called diatomic molecular hydrogen gas. When this is added to your drinking water, it produces antioxidant-rich Kangen Water®

Oxidant, by definition, is an oxidizing agent, while antioxidant is any substance that acts to slow or prevent the oxidation of another chemical. In the human body, oxidative damage plays a huge role in many of our modern day diseases such as cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Antioxidants, on the other hand, act to tame the free radicals (or highly reactive chemicals) in the body that have potential to harm cells and cause disease.


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