| It is impossible to say too much about the | | | | technologies used today to provide pure water. |
| importance of pure water when the body detoxes. | | | | Some feel that distillation is the best way to get |
| The whole point of detoxification programs is to rid | | | | clean drinking water. Others deplore the mineral |
| the body of accumulated toxins, so why ignore the | | | | deficiency of distilled water. |
| fact that many of these toxins come from unfiltered | | | | When you detox, you are trying to restore health |
| water? | | | | and vitality. People try different foods, herbal teas, |
| The water that is delivered to many homes today, | | | | fasts, or pills to speed this process. Often, your body |
| or is available to an area's population, is contaminated | | | | will detox on its own if you can give it what it needs |
| with bacteria and tainted with chemicals from farming | | | | - pure, natural water. The fact that bathing in toxic |
| and industry. Even the residues of prescription drugs | | | | water can harm the skin, your body's largest |
| and birth control pills are found in drinking water. | | | | detoxification organ, is ignored by many. |
| Moreover, water treatment programs can actually | | | | Virtually all cities and major towns deliver chlorinated |
| add toxins to the water they are trying to make | | | | water to their customers. Today similar compounds |
| safe for human use. | | | | called chloramines are coming into use. These are |
| To be safe, all of us should drink and bathe in filtered | | | | major toxins. The EPA states that showering with |
| water. Additionally, we must understand how various | | | | chlorinated water is a cancer risk, both because the |
| filtering systems work and if they are effective in | | | | chlorine gets on your skin and because it vaporizes in |
| the context of our daily lives. There is a bewildering | | | | the heat, causing you to breathe it in as well. Why |
| amount of information available, but study will make | | | | spend a small fortune on natural soaps and |
| us familiar with the questions we should ask and the | | | | shampoos, and soothing cosmetics, and then subject |
| answers we want. | | | | yourself to harsh, drying chemicals in your daily |
| Filters can be either point of entry, which means that | | | | shower? |
| they treat the water as it comes into the house, or | | | | There are many whole house filters, point of use |
| point of use, such as shower heads, faucet filters, | | | | filters, cheap filters, high ticket filters, easy to use |
| counter-top pitchers, and filters in refrigerators and | | | | filters, and complicated, multi-stage filters. Don't be |
| ice makers. The filters can be made of many | | | | fooled by sales hype or by thinking that a high price |
| compounds, from activated carbon to mineral | | | | will guarantee you pure water. When your health is at |
| combinations. They can filter only certain things or | | | | stake, and that of your family, only careful research |
| give you water that is distilled and purified of all | | | | and real understanding of the issues will get you |
| pollutants. You must decide if you need total water | | | | what you want - safe, health giving water. |
| supply purity or only want to filter the water you | | | | There are exciting new ideas out there, like using |
| drink and use for bathing. | | | | Vitamin C to purify water, and the ability of alkaline |
| Many are familiar with the common technology of | | | | water to restore health and balance. There really are |
| reverse osmosis(filtering water through a membrane), | | | | filters that use these technologies. Read the science, |
| or the activated charcoal filters found in water | | | | know all the pros and cons, and make an informed |
| bottles and pitchers. There are many other | | | | choice about water as part of your future detoxes. |