Drink Water from the faucet – Bottled water is not healthier than tap water but it is much more expensive. Not only that; manufacturers that bottle spring water are drying up those natural resources and the bottling process, plastics bottles and transportation of bottled water are also not good for the environment.
Drink a lot of water – Your body is made up of 70% water (just like the planet Earth) and in the summer you lose a lot of water due to extra sweating. It is important to replenish your body with all the water that it loss in order to maintain the 70% level and not dehydrate. In the summer months when you are outside a lot it is really easy to dehydrate. Even if you are at the beach or by the pool and you do not really feel the heat. Therefore it is very important to remember to drink a lot of water, even in places where it is cool.
Drink only water – Many people already know that it is important to drink a lot and they do - but they drink a lot of coffee or tea or soft drinks. Even though all these drinks are based on water the other ingredients in the drink can often times do damage to you health. Did you know that coffee is dehydrating?
Try not to drink sweet drinks – The big soft drink companies invest millions to entice you to drink their sweet and delicious soft drinks. These soft drinks may be tasty, but are they good for you? They are loaded with fattening calories. It is also reasonable to assume that they also have a lot of artificial flavors, colors and preservatives. Stick to tap water, it is all natural and relatively free.
How do you know that you have drunken enough? It is recommended to drink about 8 cups (1.6 liters) of water a day. Prepare a 1.5 – 2 liter bottle or pitcher of water every day and drink from it throughout the day, with the goal of finishing it by the end of the day. Check yourself and let us know if you manage to finish the bottle/pitcher by the end of the day. Prepare a separate bottle/pitcher for every individual in the household.
Water with a twist – If you find it difficult to drink water because you have become used to the taste of sweetened (including artificially sweetened) drinks, add a twist to give it some extra flavor. Add lemon slices or lemon verbena leaves or mint leaves in the warm months since they have a cooling effect. Add ginger, sage or rosemary leaves in the winter since they have a warming effect.
To your health, your well being and of course your pocket.
Neomi
Drink a lot of water – Your body is made up of 70% water (just like the planet Earth) and in the summer you lose a lot of water due to extra sweating. It is important to replenish your body with all the water that it loss in order to maintain the 70% level and not dehydrate. In the summer months when you are outside a lot it is really easy to dehydrate. Even if you are at the beach or by the pool and you do not really feel the heat. Therefore it is very important to remember to drink a lot of water, even in places where it is cool.
Drink only water – Many people already know that it is important to drink a lot and they do - but they drink a lot of coffee or tea or soft drinks. Even though all these drinks are based on water the other ingredients in the drink can often times do damage to you health. Did you know that coffee is dehydrating?
Try not to drink sweet drinks – The big soft drink companies invest millions to entice you to drink their sweet and delicious soft drinks. These soft drinks may be tasty, but are they good for you? They are loaded with fattening calories. It is also reasonable to assume that they also have a lot of artificial flavors, colors and preservatives. Stick to tap water, it is all natural and relatively free.
How do you know that you have drunken enough? It is recommended to drink about 8 cups (1.6 liters) of water a day. Prepare a 1.5 – 2 liter bottle or pitcher of water every day and drink from it throughout the day, with the goal of finishing it by the end of the day. Check yourself and let us know if you manage to finish the bottle/pitcher by the end of the day. Prepare a separate bottle/pitcher for every individual in the household.
Water with a twist – If you find it difficult to drink water because you have become used to the taste of sweetened (including artificially sweetened) drinks, add a twist to give it some extra flavor. Add lemon slices or lemon verbena leaves or mint leaves in the warm months since they have a cooling effect. Add ginger, sage or rosemary leaves in the winter since they have a warming effect.
To your health, your well being and of course your pocket.
Neomi
Hi M&N - I saw your thingy today and I was of the same opinion regarding Israeli tap water for many years until one day while trying to import industrial lubricants that get mixed with water, a large German concern asked me to first send them both Israeli tap water and water run through a heavy duty UV filtration machine like a commercial Tami4. The results were: We hope you're not drinking this water as we only have seen such bad water in India & Turkey. So since then I schlepp bottles from major water company which I personally visited 4 times. Their microbiological lab checks water quality every 15 minutes and has shut down the facility at least twice that I can remember. I feel safer drinking this than Kinneret water that often has dead fish floating on it from surrounding agricultural chemical fertilizer /rain run-off during winter.
ReplyDeleteDoes it have to do with the local water supply? Where I live, there are independent checks once a quarter and the reports are of public record and look good.
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