You’re thirsty after working in the sun on a hot Saturday

afternoon. You head to the kitchen and pour yourself a cool

glass of water and gulp it back greedily. The immediate

effect is to cool you down, quench your thirst, and re-

hydrate your body.

But did you give any thought to what it’s doing to your

body? It’s true that doctors suggest we drink 8 glasses of

water a day, but if you don’t drink the right kind of water,

it can have a harmful effect on you!

Wait a minute, you say: “The right kind of water???” How

many kinds of water are there?

The answer is: several! Water is not just a colorless liquid

that quenches our parched tongues. Water is a necessary part

of life and not just for keeping us hydrated. Most people

don’t know that water contains other properties that allow

you to live a healthy life:

1. Your water is supposed to deliver essential

nutrients and minerals needed to live. For example, calcium,

magnesium, potassium and trace elements — which doctors

recommend we take in — can be found in some drinking

waters, but not all. Are you spending an arm and a leg on

supplements to ensure you’re getting these minerals when

instead you can get them simply and cheaply by drinking the

right kind of water?

2. Your water should help balance out the acidic state

of your body. Simply put, our bodies’ tissues produce waste

that is acid in nature. When these acid wastes accumulate —

because of pollutants, modern diet and stress — our tissues

slowly deteriorate. Chronic diseases such as cancer,

arthritis, diabetes and osteoporosis are associated with

this acid condition. Water should help balance out our

acidic state by being alkaline.

3. Like a natural stream, your water should have

antioxidant properties. Oxidization hastens cell breakdown,

while foods with antioxidant properties prevent it. You

don’t need anyone to tell you that you want a body that

generates cells, not destroys them!

4. Your water should be free of contaminants. Many

people are shocked to learn that there can be over 2000

contaminants in an ordinary glass of tap water.

So aside from quenching your thirst, water should also be

full of minerals, be alkaline, and be antioxidant. But did

you know that most water is exactly the opposite? And did

you know that waters from many water purifier systems fail

these basic requirements?

It’s true. People buy water purification systems thinking

that they will successfully filter out the “bad stuff” and

keep the “good stuff” in water. Unfortunately, many systems,

even the expensive ones, either do an inadequate job of

filtering out the “bad stuff” or they filter out everything

— both good and bad. In fact, there are filtration systems

for which people pay top dollar, that doctors recommend you

don’t drink from on a long term basis — because they can

make your body even more acidic!

But before you completely swear off water, know this:

it’s not all bad news. There are excellent purification

systems that do a good job of creating healthy, alkaline

water with as much antioxidant property as a glass of orange

juice!

Protect the health of your family. Before believing the

advertising claims of any system, and before spending a

fortune on bottled water, really compare the choices in home

purification systems. Find out:

1. How do the health benefits of each system compare? (contamination, acidity, antioxidant, minerals)

2. What’s the taste like? If you don’t love the taste, you won’t drink enough water.

3. How much will it cost me?