Bottled Mineral Water Was Found Contaminated

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:17:57 +0000

Although it was revered in ancient times, no one knew what made mineral water healthy. Today, some of us know a lot about natural mineral water H20 and other bottled brands. To buy or not to buy is your choice, but let me just give you a little information, before you make that decision.

Except for squeezing and capturing the juice from fruit, nature provides us with few beverage options. Imagine life as a hunter-gatherer. Stopping for a drink from a bubbling spring, you notice a different taste, somehow uplifting. Perhaps, you were the tribe’s healer. You were the one that tried new things first. It was the ancient healers that first considered mineral water healthy for many different ailments.

Trial and error was how traditional healers learned. In this day and age, we don’t have the need or the time to try different things like natural mineral water H20 for health reasons. Of course, those who spend too much time listening to commercials or watching them on TV think that if their favorite actor says something is good for you, then it must be.

Of course, if you just want a different tasting beverage then, I guess you could try natural mineral water H20, Perrier or another bottled brand for that matter, unless you care about the environment or are concerned about contaminants. The bottles create extra trash for the landfills and you can never be sure about the quality of the purification system the company uses.

They say things like “Nature’s springs make mineral water healthy!” But, most brands do not come from springs. They come from a tap somewhere and usually, they run the liquid through some kind of purifier, unless someone makes a mistake.

Perrier does come from a spring in France. It is naturally carbonated and contains calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium. So, it really sounds like all that would make Perrier mineral water healthy, but never assume.

In 1990, the company recalled its entire United States inventory. County officials in North Carolina were sure that they would find Perrier mineral water healthy and pure. They were about to use their test results as a point of comparison for their treatment facilities. What they found was a chemical called Benzene.

Benzene contamination is a world wide health threat. The EPA limits the amount that can be present in the public’s drinking-water to .005 mg per liter or 5 parts per billion. The amount found in the Perrier was 12.3 to 19.9 parts per billion. Testing was repeated in a number of bottles in North Carolina and Georgia. All results agreed. Officials expected to find that natural mineral water H20, Perrier and other brands were pure and health giving, they found instead a cancer causing chemical.

The company claimed that it was an isolated incident, an employee error, but several different lots, manufactured at different times were all tested. This is one of the problems with buying anything in a bottle. You simply cannot know for sure “what’s in there”.

Only the best, most technologically advanced purification systems block benzene. Installing one in your home and drinking only what has been filtered by it is the only way to ever be completely sure about the safety of your beverages.

By: Ronald Frommert

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Diet Health and Acid Reflux

admin — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:54:52 +0000

Your diet health is critical if you have acid reflux and don’t want to experience all of the uncomfortable symptoms associated with the condition. Therefore, you need to educate yourself on what foods you should be eating.

Many doctors and other health experts will tell you that there isn’t really any specific diet to help acid reflux sufferers and you really have to find out what you can and can’t eat for yourself by trial and error.

That is such nonsense and doesn’t solve anything. You don’t have to experience more uncomfortable symptoms just to find out what you can’t eat.

Diet Health and Fitness Never Fails

What you need to understand is that you didn’t just happen to get acid reflux. Diseases don’t just happen to people. They are caused by the way people think and the lifestyles they live.

Your reflux was probably caused by poor diet health and lack of fitness in your life. If you are sick of the uncomfortable symptoms of this condition you need to get honest with yourself and focus on making some positive changes. These changes include a strict diet change, exercising hard everyday for one hour, and making a commitment to feeling good and living a long healthy life.

The exercise is often the hardest thing for people who have lived a sedentary lifestyle to get the daily motivation for. So try to always do something that is fun for you. A lot of people think fitness has to be done with weights in a gym or pounding the pavement for five miles, but that is not true.

Just get out and move. Have fun, do whatever you want as long as you are getting significant exercise. Also, once you make it through the first two weeks of consistent exercise your body will want to exercise and you will enjoy it even more.

If your acid reflux is severe you may need the help of your doctor to help you make some of these lifestyle changes. But the good news is that these diet and health changes, once you make and work at them, will enable you to completely rid yourself of the condition.

The Diet

You need to switch your diet to one that is full of organic fruits and vegetables and nuts. I know you have probably heard this before and it may sound to simple to be true, but I assure you it works.

Have you ever really tried eating a healthy diet for a prolonged period of time? Probably not if you have acid reflux, so give it an honest try for six months and see if you have any problems anymore.

However, there are just a few foods in this group that you may want to avoid because they could spur symptoms. They are:

* Raw garlic
* Tomatoes
* Raw onions
* Fats and oils
* Peppermint
* Citrus fruits

Get real with yourself and understand that the days of eating processed food and going out to eat at restaurants all the time are over. You can still eat unhealthy sometimes if you want to. However, if you really want to feel better you need to mostly make healthy choices when it comes to your diet health.

It is not easy at first, but once you make the changes and see and feel the results you may never want to go back to your old unhealthy habits.

By: Brue Baker

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