After a little research it is apparent that nobody really knows where the saying that you need to drink 8 cups of water per day comes from. Some people trace it back to a study in the 1980's, and other people claim that doctors starting telling people that amount because it was a good goal, but didn't have any scientific research to back it up with.
Either way, the point is clear, water does wonders for your body, and your brain. Water is well known to cleanse your body of harmful chemicals through your intestines and also throughout your urine tract. Without proper water intake, our bodies break down very quickly, in a matter of days. Without food, however, some people can live for a week or two. That just shows how important water is to our bodies.
Here are 3 quick tips for taking in more water.
1. Always have water available.
I like to buy the 12 ounce bottles of water and keep them in the fridge. Whenever I go to the gym I grab a bottle. On my way out the door to work, I grab a bottle. Before a trip that will be 30 minutes or longer, I grab a bottle. When I watch a movie, I grab a bottle.
Whenever I am sitting watching TV or a movie, I will keep the bottle in my hand with the lid off. I take a lot of little sips until the bottle is gone. A great way of making sure you drink more water is to make sure it is easily accessible.
2. Keep it cold.
I don't know many people who like to drink room temperature water, I sure don't. If you keep your water cold, you will drink more. I make sure there is always ice in my freezer, this make it very easy to have a cold glass of water anytime.
3. Chose water in restaurants.
Whenever I go out to eat, I always drink water with some lemon. The lemon adds a little spunk to the taste and the water is always nice, cold and refreshing. After a short time you will stop craving your old drink of choice and will begin to appreciate the taste, or lack of taste, that water provides.
Give water a shot and your body will be thankful!
Friday, February 16, 2007
Sunday, February 4, 2007
Don't Drink The Water
Definitely don't drink the water if the locals don't. Aside from this travel guideline, it's tough to judge when it is safe to drink the water in another country. It is often best to rely on bottled water, which is available almost everywhere now, and is cheaper in other countries than in the United States.
Are you safe if you just drink bottled water? Well, was the salad you ate washed in the local tap water? If so, you may not feel well later. If they don't post a sign saying the food is washed in purified water, ask them. Otherwise, it may be best to skip the salad. On the other hand, the Latin-American custom of dressing salads with lime juice may actually kill the bacteria from the wash water. I've taken my chances, with good luck so far.
Ice cubes are often the cause of water-borne illnesses among tourists. If you're not sure that the ice cubes are made with purified water, order your drink without ice. Also, brush your teeth with bottled water to be safe. Showering is usually safe unless you stand there with your mouth open.
Food Safety
Use common sense when choosing a restaurant. The kitchen won't be cleaner than the customer area. In Mexico I saw a box of meat sit unrefridgerated for three days. It was still for sale when I left town. It occurred to me that although I wouldn't buy meat from that store, the restaurant I ate at might. Notice signs of cleanliness, and wipe the edge of our glass before you drink.
My wife and I eat almost anywhere, and have so far been healthy during our travels. We always have a small plastic bottle of waterless hand-sanitizer gel handy, and we use it before meals when traveling. It often isn't the food that gets you sick, but the bacteria from your hands, which have been touching money and other biologically active things all day. Wash your hands a lot, use sanitizer, and you'll cut the risk of illness in half.
Not sure which restaurants are clean and safe? Ask the locals. Also, watch to see what local residents do when eating. Do they refuse the milk, or do they bring their own soup spoons? If you're in an area where the standards of cleanliness and food safety are just plain lower than you like, you can look for a restaurant owned by someone from a country with higher standards.
For total safey when you travel, don't drink the water or eat in restaurants at all, or just don't travel. Seriously though, you can eat quite well from packaged foods, and you can bring iodine pills to make purified water. Eat fruit washed in your iodine-water, and you can even maintain a healthy diet while traveling.
Are you safe if you just drink bottled water? Well, was the salad you ate washed in the local tap water? If so, you may not feel well later. If they don't post a sign saying the food is washed in purified water, ask them. Otherwise, it may be best to skip the salad. On the other hand, the Latin-American custom of dressing salads with lime juice may actually kill the bacteria from the wash water. I've taken my chances, with good luck so far.
Ice cubes are often the cause of water-borne illnesses among tourists. If you're not sure that the ice cubes are made with purified water, order your drink without ice. Also, brush your teeth with bottled water to be safe. Showering is usually safe unless you stand there with your mouth open.
Food Safety
Use common sense when choosing a restaurant. The kitchen won't be cleaner than the customer area. In Mexico I saw a box of meat sit unrefridgerated for three days. It was still for sale when I left town. It occurred to me that although I wouldn't buy meat from that store, the restaurant I ate at might. Notice signs of cleanliness, and wipe the edge of our glass before you drink.
My wife and I eat almost anywhere, and have so far been healthy during our travels. We always have a small plastic bottle of waterless hand-sanitizer gel handy, and we use it before meals when traveling. It often isn't the food that gets you sick, but the bacteria from your hands, which have been touching money and other biologically active things all day. Wash your hands a lot, use sanitizer, and you'll cut the risk of illness in half.
Not sure which restaurants are clean and safe? Ask the locals. Also, watch to see what local residents do when eating. Do they refuse the milk, or do they bring their own soup spoons? If you're in an area where the standards of cleanliness and food safety are just plain lower than you like, you can look for a restaurant owned by someone from a country with higher standards.
For total safey when you travel, don't drink the water or eat in restaurants at all, or just don't travel. Seriously though, you can eat quite well from packaged foods, and you can bring iodine pills to make purified water. Eat fruit washed in your iodine-water, and you can even maintain a healthy diet while traveling.
Water: Drink At Your Own Risk
When discussing water quality and water safety issues, the prevailing question is, Is bottled drinking water safe?
Water treatment companies and bottled water services are not exactly forthcoming with water testing procedures and test results for our drinking water. We take baths and showers, brush our teeth, wash our food and dishes with this water and often take health safety for granted. However, with a water purifier for our homes we have more control over the quality of our drinking water which is of utmost importance considering that recent studies by the Natural Resources Defense Council found bottled drinking water is laced with chemicals that leach from the plastic bottles.
The bottled drinking water industry is pushed by big profits. If your bottled water service can make you believe their water is clean and safe it increases profits. How do they get us to believe this? In one word…advertising. Bottled water services advertise their bottled drinking water as being clean and pure, usually from some remote moutaintop spring. Here’s an interesting fact- there are no federal regulations that govern bottled drinking water quality or safety. Regulations only apply if the product is transported across state lines. Therefore some bottled water services bottle and transport their so-called “remote mountaintop spring” water within state lines to avoid the regulatory laws.
And, furthermore, there are no requirements by law or regulations that bottled drinking water must be safer than regular tap water! Isn’t that the whole point in drinking bottled water- because we desire a safer alternative to tap water? Basically, bottled drinking water could be plain tap water in a bottle!
Under these circumstances, a water purifier or water ionizer starts to look pretty good, and make a lot of sense. A water purifier can be more economical in the long run by eliminating the dependency on bottled drinking water. How much money do you spend on bottled drinking water every month- whether delivered by a bottled water service or store bought? That was an expense that added up to a big chunk of change at my house.
Most importantly, a water purifier gives you the peace of mind in knowing that you and your family are drinking the purest, safest water available. No more guessing about something that is vital to health and wellness. Clean, pure water is a major factor in the prevention of disease and illness. Every toxic chemical that we use and flush down the drain, inevitably ends up in the water we drink, bathe, and brush our teeth with. Water treatment companies only remove a fraction of these toxic chemicals and visible sediments. They then add chlorine to “kill off” whatever bacteria or parasites might be left. Chlorine is toxic to the immune system!
Bottom line, a home water purification is the best form of health insurance we can get. It’s effective and economical. It’s time to take responsibility for our health and ensure that we are promoting wellness- not setting ourselves up for disease.
Make your water safe and clean!
Water treatment companies and bottled water services are not exactly forthcoming with water testing procedures and test results for our drinking water. We take baths and showers, brush our teeth, wash our food and dishes with this water and often take health safety for granted. However, with a water purifier for our homes we have more control over the quality of our drinking water which is of utmost importance considering that recent studies by the Natural Resources Defense Council found bottled drinking water is laced with chemicals that leach from the plastic bottles.
The bottled drinking water industry is pushed by big profits. If your bottled water service can make you believe their water is clean and safe it increases profits. How do they get us to believe this? In one word…advertising. Bottled water services advertise their bottled drinking water as being clean and pure, usually from some remote moutaintop spring. Here’s an interesting fact- there are no federal regulations that govern bottled drinking water quality or safety. Regulations only apply if the product is transported across state lines. Therefore some bottled water services bottle and transport their so-called “remote mountaintop spring” water within state lines to avoid the regulatory laws.
And, furthermore, there are no requirements by law or regulations that bottled drinking water must be safer than regular tap water! Isn’t that the whole point in drinking bottled water- because we desire a safer alternative to tap water? Basically, bottled drinking water could be plain tap water in a bottle!
Under these circumstances, a water purifier or water ionizer starts to look pretty good, and make a lot of sense. A water purifier can be more economical in the long run by eliminating the dependency on bottled drinking water. How much money do you spend on bottled drinking water every month- whether delivered by a bottled water service or store bought? That was an expense that added up to a big chunk of change at my house.
Most importantly, a water purifier gives you the peace of mind in knowing that you and your family are drinking the purest, safest water available. No more guessing about something that is vital to health and wellness. Clean, pure water is a major factor in the prevention of disease and illness. Every toxic chemical that we use and flush down the drain, inevitably ends up in the water we drink, bathe, and brush our teeth with. Water treatment companies only remove a fraction of these toxic chemicals and visible sediments. They then add chlorine to “kill off” whatever bacteria or parasites might be left. Chlorine is toxic to the immune system!
Bottom line, a home water purification is the best form of health insurance we can get. It’s effective and economical. It’s time to take responsibility for our health and ensure that we are promoting wellness- not setting ourselves up for disease.
Make your water safe and clean!
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