The average person can only live about 3 to 5 minutes without air, 3 to 5 days without water and about 3 weeks
without food.
This makes clean water the second most precious resource on earth (second only to air) and it is essential for good health. Your body depends on water to properly hydrate so it can carry nutrients to your cells, flush out toxins from vital organs through perspiration, urination and bowel movement as well as numerous other essential bodily functions.
Therefore, how much water is really necessary on a daily basis?
One simple method is to divide your body weight (in pounds) in half and drink the result in ounces. So a person who weights 200 pounds needs about 100 ounces of water. While many factors can affect this amount, including a person's health, age, physical activity, where they live, body type, etc., typically most experts say eight 8-ounce glasses of water a day is the basic rule to follow.
Drinking water is something that should come naturally. If drinking this amount of water feels like a chore, you probably won't do it, despite being beneficial and making you feel better.
Many of us turn to the convenience of bottled water to make it easier to drink the ideal amount of water.
However, what is the toll on our environment when we decide to get our water from a convenient plastic bottle?
The Business Of Water:
Water, as a commodity, is known as
"Blue Gold" and many financial experts consider it to be one of the best
investments of the future.
In the 1990's, a clear trend towards bottled water began, as people became aware of the health benefits of drinking less soda. This naturally slowed down the sales of soft drinks. Unknown to the general public, many of the large bottling companies such as Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Nestle, among others, began to bottle water in addition to soft drinks, in an effort to monopolize on the new trend. In fact, the profit gained from producing bottled water has been estimated to be as high as 1900%. Even more astounding, is that often the bottled water sold in an area comes from the same municipal water source as their own local tap water.
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by Peter Shane
WATER,
TOXIC PLASTIC
BOTTLES,
YOUR BODY
AND THE EARTH'S
DWINDLING
SUPPLY
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