Water Quality Matters
- Amy Salter Whitford
- Sep 29, 2021
- 2 min read
Drink your water is the #1 thing you tend to hear when people are talking about health. Until recently I've never been told that the quality of that water matters, just so much as you drink it. Turns out that the quality can make all the difference in our health.
Most water systems have chlorine in them. The purpose of the chlorine is important because it does kill off bad bacteria and microbes and can even stop the spread of waterborne diseases. Chlorine does play a very important role in protecting us from harmful pathogens and has even helped lead to the slowing of the spread of disease.
Not only does it kill dangerous germs like bacteria, viruses, and parasites, chlorine also helps reduce offensive tastes and odors in water. It can also help to eliminate molds, slime, algae, and bacteria that grow in our water supply reservoirs, storage tanks, and even on the walls of our water mains.
After chlorine has killed all the bad, does it still have a positive purpose for us? Chlorine does an amazing job at killing off all that bad but it doesn't know how to tell the difference between the bad and the good bacteria and flora. When you introduce chlorine into your system it does it's job by finding all the bacteria, etc. and attacks and works on killing it all.
In order for our bodies to be healthy we need certain bacteria and flora in our bodies. It is especially important in our guts. If chlorine is allowed into our bodies through the water we drink then it will work on killing what we need in order to be healthy.
We also introduce this chlorine into our bodies through our skin, which is the largest organ. When we shower, bath, wash our hands, etc we introduce chlorine into our bodies. When we take a hot shower or bath and there is steam we are now introducing it into our lungs.
There is a simple solution to get rid of this chlorine after it has served it's useful purpose, filtration. You can filter your water before drinking it, you can add filters to your water systems, or you can even add filters straight to the faucets and shower heads. There are many choices out there for this that range from budget friendly to very expensive.
I'm sure that the more expensive ones have more benefits than the budget friendly ones. However, any effort you do to help get this chlorine filtered out before it's introduced into your body will be beneficial. Do your research and find the best solution in your personal price range.
Remember that little efforts make huge changes to our health. I've decided that working on my water supply will be my current top priority. I've worked so hard to get healthy food and supplements into my diet and I no longer want chlorine to sabotage that for me.
I did a decent amount of research while looking into this. I'm going to link some of the websites that are pretty straight forward with the information. If you would like to do some research on your own I recommend starting with these and then going from there. There is some very interesting information out there.
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