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Bottled Water
Here is a site about waters of the world. Ever considered avoiding bottled water altogether? In 2013 Oklahoma had the best tasting tap water according to EWG. Minnesota pulled in at the number two spot in the best water tasting city water competition of 2013.
Penta®
Studies at a leading medical university may have uncovered how Penta works to help its drinkers feel and be their best. A team led by Professor Jean Krutmann, M.D., published a study which revealed that Penta may enhance antioxidant activity and help protect against the effects of skin aging. Dr. Krutmann is a Professor of Dermatology and Environmental Medicine and Director of Institute fur Umweltmedizinische Forschung (IUF), (Institute for Environmental Medical Research) at the Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf gGmbH, Germany.
SmartWater®
Electrolyte enhanced vapor distilled water. (99 cents at Healthy Life Markets / Drug Emporiums throughout WV, USA). Ingredients: vapor distilled water + electrolytes (calcium chloride, magnesium chloride and potassium bicarbonate). Before Gatorade there was Kool-aid; the next generation of sports drink is Smart Water, and sister product Vitamin Water. Made by a US bottler called "Glaceau, "Smart Water begins as an artesian spring in Northern Connecticut. After the water is distilled,a balance of Magnesium, Potassium, and Calcium is introduced, adding electrolytes. The attractive bullet shaped plastic container with the traditional sport cap reinforces the product's image. Smart Water is a product for anyone who wants to look and drink their best during tennis, golf, workouts at the gym,or in the school lunch room.
Essentia®
EssentiaŽ purified drinking water enhanced by ionic separation electrolytes added for taste. A proprietary microprocess to purify and transform water's natural properties, increase alkalinity and promote smooth taste. Increased alkalinity to 9.5 assisting in balancing our acidic dietary intake. Infused pure electrolytes formulated physiologically for intracellular hydration. Ingredients: Purified water (3 ppm TDS by reverse osmosis) enhanced with electrolytes derived from sodium bicarbonate, magnesium sulfate, dipotassium phosphate and calcium chloride . . . then ozonated. Bottled for: Essential Water Phoenix AZ 85018 phone 602.912 9500.
Evamor®
To maintain good health, your body constantly works to keep a slightly alkaline pH. This often requires tapping into alkaline reserves found in your bones to offset the highly acidic average American diet. When your body is acidic, it becomes vulnerable to serious health problems. eVamor's alkaline minerals help support neutralizing acid, safely and effectively. It's a great way to have a balanced, healthy pH.
Fiji Water
FIJI Water is drawn from an artesian aquifer, located at the very edge of a primitive rainforest, hundreds of miles away from the nearest continent. That very distance is part of what makes us so much more pure and so much healthier than other bottled waters.
Hawaiian Springs Water
Hawaiian Springs natural artesian water comes from the extraordinary Big Island of Hawaii.... known for it's abundant beauty, snow-capped mountains and pristine natural water. Our source is located on Mauna Loa, in the District of Puna, which in ancient Hawaiian means,Spring Water. This unusually pure water, which nature constantly replenishes, begins as rain and snow which then naturally filters through the majestic mountain slopes as it forms an underground aquifer. Hawaiian Springs is bottled from its protected source, providing you with naturally pure water from paradise. Taste the naturally pure difference of Hawaiian Springs. , Hawaii by Hawaiian Natural Water Co. 96749 USA. 1 800 733 1088.
Lead in the Water Pipes
Students conducted a study to determine if anything could lower the lead content of water. They tested 3 hypothesis with these results:
Running water before using it in the morning reduces the lead content.
Running water through a filter reduces the lead content.
Bottled water has a low lead content.
Running the water for two minutes before drinking significantly reduced the lead content.
How does lead get into the drinking water?
Through the early 1900's it was common in some areas of the USA to use lead pipes for interior plumbing. Lead piping was also used for the service connections used to join residences to public water supplies. Lead piping is most likely to be found in homes built before 1930. Copper piping replaced lead piping, but lead-based solder was used to join copper piping. It is likely lead-based solder was used in any home built before 1988.
Today, brass materials are used in nearly 100 percent of all residential, commercial, and municipal water distribution systems. Many household faucets, plumbing fittings, check valves and well pumps are manufactured with brass parts. While brass contains some lead to make casting easier and the machining process more efficient, the lead content of brass plumbing components is now restricted to 8 percent. Even at this low level, however, lead can be leached from new brass faucets and fittings. Eventually, if the water is not corrosive, hard water minerals deposit on the interior of plumbing. These deposits form a calcium carbonate lining inside pipes and fittings which protects against lead contamination. It may take up to five years for an effective calcium carbonate lining to form. Softening naturally hard water with an ion exchange water-softening unit can either prevent or dissolve the calcium carbonate scale, eliminating its possible protective effect.
Low Sodium Bottled Water
PERRIER = 10 mg
APOLLANARIS = 100 mg
S. PELLIGRO = 10 mg
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What is acceptable drinking water?
Solé, Mineral water, spring water, artesian well water, natural spring water that is filtered through volcanic rock, filtered water, and in a pinch, tap water that has been left out over night to dissipate the chlorine are all good sources of drinking waters.
Bisphenol A
Bisphenol A BPA has been widely used in cosmetics and foods. However Bisphenol A is an estrogen disruptor. Bisphenol A was investigated in the 1930s during the search for estrogen mimics. From this study the synthetic compound diethylstilbestrol was shown to be a better competitor with estrogen rather than plastic from Bisphenol A. Bisphenol A, can activate estrogen receptors, leading to similar physiological effects as the body's own estrogens The first evidence of the estrogenicity of bisphenol A came from experiments in the 1930s in which it was fed to rats who had had their ovaries removed. Liver cysts have estrogen receptors. Some hormone disrupting effects in studies on animals and human cancer cells have been shown to occur at levels as low as 2-5 ppb (parts per billion). It has been claimed that these effects lead to health problems such as, in men, lowered sperm count and infertile sperm. Recent studies have confirmed that bisphenol A exposure during development has carcinogenic effects and produces precursors of breast cancer.
Increasing water intake for some can improve PKD kidney health