Build Your Self-confidence Discover the Difference Between Alkaline, Bottled, and Tap Water

What is this big craze over the pH level in the water we drink? The water bottled industry is currently a multi-billion dollar industry. It has not been to long ago we experienced a paradigm shift from tap to bottled water. Drinking tap water has become somewhat taboo with all the chemical additives not to mention the thought of the recycling process (recycling bathroom water into drinking water, ugh). You may have heard these terms used before I had no idea what they meant: pH level, alkaline, and acidity. What are the health benefits in drinking alkaline water? Why not drink acidic water? Well, I have attended a couple of seminars and did a little research on my own to see what all this fuss about the pH level of our drinking water. Build your self-confidence discover the difference between alkaline, tap water, and bottled water. Potential Hydrogen (pH) is the measurement of hydrogen-ion concentration of any solution. It measure the acidity or alkalinity of a solution. The pH scale starts at 0 – 14 and 7 being neutral. Tap water is usually found at a neutral level. It is not alkaline or acidic. However, it has been chemically treated to make it neutral. Anything above 7 is alkaline. This means the pH reading is more alkaline and is an oxygen rich fluid. In an cancer update article published by John Hopkins hospital reported, “cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment.” Conversely, they also reported, “cancer cells thrive in an acidic environment.” A pH reading below 7 is acidic. The lower the reading the more acidic and oxygen deprived the fluid is. Bottled water and tap water are both acidic. Some of the bottled water and tap water are from the same source. If you look on the label of some of the bottles you will notice the source of the water is PWS. This stands for Public Works System this means the source of the water is same source as your tap water – municipal water. The only difference is it has been “purified” whatever that means. So, I started “purifying” my own tap water by boiling it and saved some money. It is recommended that you use a carbon filter to “purify” your tap water and save yourself some money not to mention filling up the landfills (that is another story). This is just a start to educate you on this alkaline water frenzy, feel free to expand your knowledge about the health benefits. In my research I read testimonials and at the seminars people shared the health benefit they experienced by drinking alkaline water. One of the alkaline water companies report that drinking their water can: normalize blood sugar and insulin; normalize blood pressure; support healthy colon function; resolve urinary tract infections; relieve asthma and chronic respiratory infections; stop abnormal gastro-intestinal putrefaction; reduce proliferation of candida, fungus, and undesirable microforms, reduce chronic pain, improve wound healing. Build your self-confidence discover the difference between alkaline, tap water, and bottled water. rnConduct your own test – drink the water for two to four weeks and determine with your own body whether you experience any health benefits.