Ok, you're at a Mexican Food restaurant and you just decided to try their hot sauce on a chip. The moment you crunch down, you immediately know somethings gonna burn! Your margarita hasn't arrived from the bar and you're staring a glass of water with ice sitting in front of you. What to do?
Read MoreSo why is the pH value of water important?
Recent health research and awareness is alerting peoples attention to the benefits of alkalinity in our food and water.
The body is highly tuned to maintain its own pH balance with the proper nutrients. When the body is not receiving enough alkaline minerals from water and food then it robs calcium from its bones to neutralise acidity. Once the alkaline mineral supplies become deleted then the body becomes overly acidic.
Read MoreThe clear cool liquid that comes out of your home faucets may contain much more than just H2O. In fact, your water may contain potentially harmful chemicals, such as hexavalent chromium, chlorate and Radium-226.
You can learn what’s in your drinking water with a new database that allows you to type in your ZIP code and find out which contaminants are going along for the ride when you turn on the faucet.
Read MoreYou’re not going to find many alkaline water enthusiasts telling you to not drink alkaline water. In fact, most think you should drink it all the time.
I believe (and I want to hear you comments, please) that there are times when it is not beneficial for your health or digestion.
You might want to reconsider drinking alkaline water when:
Read MoreWe will discuss in this article that an alkaline pH reading, when measured in drinking water, can be the result of either natural or artificial conditions in the water. I will also detail why it is only the naturally alkaline pH that benefits health, while the artificial variety causes problems; even though a pH testing device will measure both as 9.5, for example.
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