Primal Body, Primal Mind by Nora Gedgaudas

Author:Nora Gedgaudas
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Health/Nutrition
Publisher: Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
Published: 2017-08-21T16:00:00+00:00

depression

stress

dyspeptic pain

colitis pain

false appendicitis pain

hiatal hernia

rheumatoid arthritis pain

low-back pain

neck pain

anginal pain

anxiety

headaches

high blood pressure

high blood cholesterol levels

excess body weight

excess hunger

asthma and allergies

chronic fatigue

irritability

constipation

cognitive impairment

Feeling symptomatic? If in doubt, try drinking a tall glass of pure, clean water! But please make sure it’s properly purified and filtered first.

An article in National Geographic News stated, “Around the world, scientists are finding trace amounts of substances—from sugar and spice to heroin, rocket fuel, and birth control pills—that might be having unintended consequences for humans and wildlife alike” (Dell’Amore 2010). Even the best-quality water-treatment facilities in the country don’t actually test for more than about two hundred compounds (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations require testing for only about one hundred), even when there are potentially over one hundred thousand toxic chemicals—not including pharmaceuticals, viruses, parasites, bacteria, and heavy metals—affecting our water supplies worldwide. The same article also stated, “In a 2008 study scientists discovered a by-product of cocaine in 22 of 24 samples of drinking water at a Spanish water-treatment plant—despite a rigorous filtering and treatment process.”

The Washington Post in December 2010 reported, “An environmental group that analyzed the drinking water in 35 cities across the United States, including Bethesda and Washington, found that most contained hexavalent chromium, a probable carcinogen that was made famous by the film Erin Brockovich” (Layton 2010). This is a shocking, very real, and very dangerous problem.

I personally would never habitually drink regular, unfiltered tap water. A high-quality water-filtration system for your home drinking water (if not also your shower water) is a critical investment everyone should make. Reverse-osmosis systems are a potential option (though if you choose this option, I recommend remineralizing your water prior to drinking it, using Himalayan or Celtic sea salt or using ConcenTrace Trace Mineral Drops by Trace Minerals Research). Reverse-osmosis drinking water is quite acidic in pH, however, and completely lacks any inherent structure or electrolyte content (though the process does remove most impurities, except possibly bacteria).

A surprisingly affordable option for quality home and emergency filtration and purification is a countertop gravity-powered (nonelectrical) unit called a Berkey Water Filtration System (www.directive21.com). The value and quality are exceptional, as is its elegant simplicity. The Berkey filtration system effectively removes viruses, pathogenic bacteria, cysts, and parasites as well as undesirable chemicals and toxic heavy metals to nondetectable levels, leaving beneficial minerals intact—all by using a simple gravitational, microporous, long-term reusable, ceramically based filtration system. Each filtration element is able to purify (not just filter) up to three thousand gallons of water. The very-long-lasting ceramic filtration element also adds quite a bit of alkalinity to the water, which may have some potential detoxification benefits.

Finally, deep-artesian springwater is some of the purest and healthiest water available on the planet. You can locate one near you by going to www.findaspring.com. Just don’t expect to get the real stuff from bottled water companies.

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