posted August 03, 2007 12:08 AM
I'm back! Each year I think of how I need to make sure I drink enough water and that gets me to thinking about all you out there too, (of course), posting a water post for a few years here.
It's amazing what dehydration can do to us and it can sneak up without a symptom or comes in form of maybe a headache, weakness, skin problems, digestion problems, and all of the rest!
Hope you're drinking it up; if not, let's kick it up a notch! What are you drinking and why do you prefer that? My niece hates drinking water, but with a slice of lemon or lime it changes the whole story. For me, when I hear of all the droughts in our Aussieland, Africa, Western US, etc. it makes me truly look at good water as a national treasure, sort of speak.
So, my question is, what type of water are you drinking? Tap, bottled, or do you have a filtration system? My favorite is good old spring water from a good spring, but reverse osmosis is also a fav. I use the large recyclable jugs so it doesn't waste with the small bottles, if possible.
Okay so Si doesn't drink water, so tell us what you drink instead!!!!pop, coffee....
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posted August 03, 2007 12:52 AM
I drink bottled water several times a day. Water is great for your organs, skin, and BM's.
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posted August 03, 2007 03:13 AM
Tap water! I refuse to pay a buck for a 20 oz of water unless I have no choice. Coke & Pepsi must absolutely love this new trend.
I personally don't believe bottled water is more pure than most municipalities.
If you buy into bottled water being more sanitary & pure than tap water, I say go for it.
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posted August 03, 2007 07:31 AM
I used to drink a 1 or 2 liters of water every day, my blood pressure was sky high. The Dr put me on water pills and blood pressure meds. Then I realized I could reduce my fluid intake without all the pills. DOH!
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posted August 03, 2007 09:44 AM
Wow Ernie, that's a real catch 22 since I read that dehydration can cause high blood pressure.
I'm trying to drink more water. Filtered in a Britta pitcher. Trying to limit soda pop. I've eliminated the cans and switched to 20 0z. bottles so I can drink just a little when I really get a taste.
No New York City tap water (Aquafina) for me.
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posted August 03, 2007 12:16 PM
Our water was natural sand filtered from the mountains until some idiot decided that that was not good enough and and forced the city to start putting in floride and other additives..
Its real nice to know that my toilet won't get cavitys.
posted August 03, 2007 12:19 PM
we installed reverse osmosis...its like freshly squeezed water. i drink probably 2 gallons a day...anyway. always have a bottle close. its a good thaaaang!
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quote:Originally posted by Michael R. Bendel: I personally don't believe bottled water is more pure than most municipalities.
If you buy into bottled water being more sanitary & pure than tap water, I say go for it.
Heh.. several of the bottled water companies have already stated their water come from the public water supply, and I don't think people actually believed the water came from springs anyway.. I mean it's just not feasible.
I fill up my own 5 gallon jugs from a Reverse Osmosis supply that's also been pumped through charcoal filters, kinda like a water vending machine. It's 15 cents per gallon, not too bad. I know it definitely tastes better than the local tap, I even use it to make my ice because when our tap is frozen, for some reason it takes on a garlic aroma and taste. I like garlic but not in my iced tea!!
Between the 32oz I use for tea each day, plus the water I drink with meals and while exercising, I'm using about 2 gallons a day.
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posted August 03, 2007 12:45 PM
Spring water is feasible. We have a bottling plant right here in my town. Of course you couldn't go nation wide with it. Anyway we have some of the best and some of the worst water around. It all depends in what rocks the water is filtered through.
The best tasting water has the right balance of minerals in it. Distilled water is very bland compared to good spring water.
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posted August 03, 2007 02:29 PM
Pepsi Sells Aquafina water and they bottle it here in Ayer MA, they are going to but on the label that the source of their water is the Ayer water department.
I think it is a PR stunt stemming from all the press about wasting resources by bottling water.
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posted August 03, 2007 02:37 PM
Dave, the way the US population consumes (and wastes) everything, we'd have those natural springs tapped dry in a heartbeat! But the way things are going, those springs would all be contaminated by Chromium(IV) anyway.
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Mike Pipes stickerpimp.com Lake Havasu, AZ mike@stickerpimp.com Posts: 8746 | From: Lake Havasu, AZ USA | Registered: Jun 2000
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posted August 03, 2007 02:53 PM
I'm sitting here drinking a bottle of Evamor; it's pH 9.
On a side note, a few years back the tards running the EPA decided that a certain amount of solids would have to be removed from the municipal water for it to be "OK". Anchorage, Alaska had a little problem; their water was better without treatment than just about anywhere in the lower 48 with treatment. The tards won out and demanded that the city "remove" the aforementioned certain amount. The city ADDED the certain amount of solids in the form of fish guts, then they removed them, satisfying the EPA.
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posted August 03, 2007 04:25 PM
This is the only brand water I drink, usually about a gallon a day everyday all year around. It can probably be bought at any big retail store including walmart for less than a dollar a gallon.
quote:Originally posted by Michael R. Bendel: I personally don't believe bottled water is more pure than most municipalities.
By all means then allow me to send you a couple of gallons of our "fresh and pure" tap water in downtown Montgomery, AL. It's sad that some days you can flush the toilet and the water that comes in is dirtier than the water flowing out.
The water works people say it's clean but they have bottled water in their office, too.
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posted August 04, 2007 02:51 AM
Pacifico, is good, just like water with a kick.
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posted August 04, 2007 08:24 AM
We have 3 wells, the water is great, a nice limestone taste with a hint of sulfur and iron. Once you get used to it any other water tastes flat.
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