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DRINKING WATER:  What’s Good, Bad, Why and What to do (Питьевая вода: то, что хорошо, что плохо, почему и что делать.)

DRINKING WATER: What’s Good, Bad, Why and What to do (Питьевая вода: то, что хорошо, что плохо, почему и что делать.)

DRINKING WATER:  What’s Good, Bad, Why and What to do.

(Питьевая вода: то, что хорошо, что плохо, почему и что делать.)


Whether we drink bottle water, tap water, or filtered water, what makes the water we drink“healthy water”? Many people realize that the quality of the drinking water is not ideal. Maybe it’s the taste or odour, smell. Perhaps it’s the various chemical in the water (some are added on purpose and some are from pollution). Some people think that the dissolved minerals in the water are good and others think they are bad.

Можем ли мы выпить бутылку воды, водопроводная вода, или фильтрованная вода, что делает воду мы пьем“здоровая вода”? Многие люди понимают, что качество питьевой воды не является идеальным. Может быть, это вкус или запах, запах. Возможно, это различные химические вещества в воде (некоторые добавляются по назначению, а некоторые от загрязнения). Некоторые люди думают, что растворенных минералов в воде являются хорошими, а другие
     Research on drinking water is highly fragmented and opinionated. Studies on water and heart disease ignore the findings on drinking water and cancer and vice versa.
Healthy Water brings this diverse and confusing research into a coherent focus. Read what makes drinking water both safe and healthy.
Healthy Water is not a book about water pollution, but it's a good idea to be educated about the extent of this problem. Reports from two leading environmental organizations (the National Research Defense Council and the Environmental Working Group) claim that 53 million Americans - roughly 1 in 5 - are drinking polluted water.
               Body:   Water-The Essential Nutrient
     Drinking a healthy amount of water is vital to your health. You can never imagine just by drinking a healthy amount of water, you gain tremendous health benefits, and sometimes you can even throw away your migraine medicine or pain killer.
     Most of us have been told we need to drink a minimum of 6 to 8 glasses of water a day. But if you were to record how much you drink, you'd be amazed at how little it actually is.
     Man of our health problems are the result of dehydration. We've lost touch with our body's demands for water and have instead substituted food or other drinks for water.
     Ironically, many of the liquids we choose, such as alcohol, juice, soft drinks, coffee, and tea actually dehydrate the body - thus adding to the problem.


                         Heart Disease: Soft Water vs. Hard Water
      In numerous published studies on the relationship between drinking water and cardiovascular mortality, two beneficial factors continue to stand out - water "hardness" and total dissolved solids (TDS). Both are associated with lower mortality from heart disease.
     Hardness refers to the amount of calcium and magnesium, or calcium carbonate in the water. The more calcium carbonate, the harder the water; lower
                                    Sodium and Hypertension
     Some studies have reported that higher levels of sodium in drinking water result in higher blood pressure (hypertension). However, most studies do not support this finding.
There is no conclusive evidence showing a correlations between high levels of sodium in drinking water and higher mortality rates from hypertension.
This may be due to water supplies that are high in sodium are also high in the beneficial factors of hardness and total dissolved solids.
If we want to lower our sodium intake, we should look to our diets - 90% of all the sodium consumed is in the food we eat.
                           Cancer: Hardness, TDS, and pH
     It’s estimated 60% to 80% of all cancers are environmental in origin. Several studies have demonstrated the presence of chemical carcinogens in surface, ground water, and municipal treated drinking water.
However, often overlooked are the beneficial properties in drinking water that can help protect us from cancer – namely total dissolved solids (TDS), hardness, and pH.
Drinking water with higher amounts of TDS and hardness results in lower heart disease and cancer mortality rates.
                                          Fluoridation
     Flouridation is a highly emotional and controversial issue in which it's difficutl to separate fact from fiction. The bottom line: Is it effective? Is it safe?
     After a 40-day fluoridation trial in Illinois, Judge Ronald A. Newman ruled, that "a conclusion that fluoride is a safe effective means of promoting dental health cannot be supported by this record."
     Fluoride toxicity has been linked to genetic damage in plants and animals, birth defects in humans, plus a series of allergic reactions ranging from fatigue, headaches, urinary tract irritations, diarrhea and many other problems.
    Dr. Dean Burk, former researcher with the National Cancer Institute, claims "one tenth of all cancer deaths in this country can be shown to be linked to fluoridation of public drinking water."
Worldwide there is very little fluoridation. Countries that start usually end up stopping it.
                         Chlorination: Heart Disease and Cancer
     Is the chlorine in our drinking water acting as a catalyst triggering tumor development both in atherosclerosis (heart disease) and cancer? In the late 1960s Joseph Price, MD, wrote a fascinating, yet largely ignored book entitled, "Coronaries, Cholesterol, Chlorine."
     His experiments clearly demonstrate that "the basic cause of atherosclerosis and heart attacks and most common forms of strokes is chlorine. The chlorine contained in drinking water."
     Can chlorine be linked to cancer too? Chlorine combines with natural organic matter creating cancer-   causing trihalomethanes (THMs).
     
De- Mineralized Water: Reverse Osmosis (RO) and Distillers
De-mineralized water contains little or no minerals. This is the type of water you get if you use a distiller, reverse osmosis (RO), or de-ionization.
Creating a "healthy water" means removing the harmful agents while retaining beneficial minerals. According to Dr. John Sorenson, a leading authority on mineral metabolism, "Minerals in drinking water are more easily and better absorbed than minerals from food."
                          Bottled Waters: Are They All Created Equal?
 Bottled water is big business. Bottled water usually tastes better than what comes out of the tap. But is it "healthy water?" It depends on several factors.
Is it hard? Is it moderately high in TDS (total dissolved solids)? Most bottled waters in the United States do not give the information you need to answer these questions. Request a complete water analysis from the company or check their web site.
Many bottled waters are processed water using distillation, reverse osmosis, de-ionization or filtration. Frankly, you can do this yourself and save money.
Of the more than 700 brands of bottled water available in the US, around 80% are processed water.
Purchase only bottled natural spring or artesian well waters that come closest to the "healthy water" criteria - hardness 170 mg/l and TDS around 300 mg/l.
                                Conclusion:
     The human body is anywhere from 55% to 78% water depending on body size. A rule of thumb, 2/3 of body is consists of water, and it is the main component of human body. A healthy drinking water then is a vital need and must not be neglected.
You will be amazed of the benefits of drinking water as follow:
•    LOSE WEIGHT:      Drinking water helps you lose weight because it flushes down the by-products of fat breakdown. Drinking water reduces hunger, it’s an effective appetite suppressant so you’ll eat less. Plus, water has zero calories.
•    NATURAL REMEDY FOR HEADACHE:    to relieve headache and back pains due to dehydration. Although many reasons contribute to headache, dehydration is the common one.
•    LOOK YOUNGER WITH HEALTHIER SKIN:You’ll look younger when your skin is properly hydrated. Water helps to replenish skin tissues, moisturizes skin and increases skin elasticity.
•    BETTER PRODUCTIVITY AT WORK: Your brain is mostly made up of water, thus drinking      water helps you think better, be more alert and more concentrated.
•    BETTER EXERCISE: Drinking water regulates your body temperature. That means you’ll feel more energetic when doing exercises. Water also helps to fuel your muscle.
•     HELPS IN DIGESTION AND CONSTIPATION: Drinking water raises your metabolism because it helps in digestion. Fiber and water goes hand in hand so that you can have your daily bowel movement.
•     LESS CRAMPS AND SPRAINS: Proper hydration helps keep your joints and muscles lubricated, so you’ll less likely get cramps and sprains.
•     LESS LIKELY TO GET SIC AND FEEL HEALTHY: Drinking plenty of water helps fight against flu and other ailments like kidney stones and heart attack. Water adds with lemon is used for ailments like respiratory disease, intestinal problems, rheumatism and arthritis etc. In another words one of the benefits of drinking water is that it can improve your immune system.
•     RELIEVES FATIGUE: Water is used by the body to help flush out toxins and waste products from the body. If your body lacks water, your heart, for instance, needs to work harder to pump out the oxygenated blood to all cells, so are the rest of the vital organs, your organs will be exhausted and so will you.
•     GOOD MOOD: Your body feels very good and that’s why you feel happy.

•    11. REDUCE THE RISK OF CANCER: Related to the digestive system, some studies show that drinking a healthy amount of water may reduce the risks of bladder cancer and colon cancer. Water dilutes the concentration of cancer-causing agents in the urine and shortens the time in which they are in contact with bladder lining.



Literature
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