The failure to heed what type of water one drinks can introduce a variety of contaminants into the body that can have serious long-term health effects. Oxidizers like chlorine and its by products (often called trihalomethanes or THMs) as well as the hundreds of contaminants identified in our water by the EPA can also negate or diminish the benefit of whatever supplements or health protocol is being followed.  However, as I will also discuss, there is a significant difference between water purification systems and the type of water they produce. Depending on the type of system one uses and the way one drinks water, it can positively or negatively affect one’s health

North Americans pride themselves in having very high quality water from every tap and assume that all water is the same. A thorough study of water in America and the world in general tells a different story. A few well-placed hours on the Internet show that the world is in an unprecedented water quality crisis as well as water shortage. Depending on what part of the country one lives in, it is easy to find trace amounts of nitrates, pesticides, heavy metals, radioactive compounds, petrochemicals and parasites coming from the local municipal water supply.

Two out of every five households now have a water filter or drink bottled water, as I will discuss later, with no assurance of safety. The problem is that the average consumer and even most medical professionals do not know what is the best way to treat water or the best source of water to drink.