Microblog: Never Drink Tap Water Unfiltered
I rarely use absolutes but this is one. In the US, never drink tap water (and well water likely) unless filtered.
🚨TOXINS
Tap water has been found to contain chloroform, fluoride, chlorine, aluminum, arsenic, pharmaceutical drugs, and radioactive elements.
⚠️FLUORIDE makes little difference in tooth decay but has been linked to suppressing thyroid function, cancer, osteoporosis, organ disease, birth defects and calcification of arteries and joints. (No fluoride toothpaste!)
⚠️CHLORINE is added to water to kill organisms but byproducts of chlorinated water like trihalomethanes accumulate in the body and bog down the detox pathway.
⚠️ARSENIC comes from industrial and mining wastes and pesticides and fertilizers. It leaches into groundwater and dissolved into the water.
This is one reason you should filter well water.
🚨PLASTIC
Chemicals in plastic can leech into waters (BPA.)
⚠️Stop dishwashing plastics. Reduce microwaving plastics (NEVER Styrofoam). Especially kid plates and cups. Switch to stainless steel.
⚠️Bottled waters often get plastic leeched into the water. Limit use, especially if the bottle has been in the car on a very hot day.
These disrupt hormone function.
🚨BATHING
Bathing in filtered water is also ideal. You can change your showerhead to a filtered one. If you take hot showers and your water isn’t filtered, you are inhaling a lot of those chemicals, like chlorine.
🚿Use cold showers in non-filtered water or ideally get the filtered showerheads.
🚨THE DEVIL WE KNOW
Watch it. They talk about tap water. This movie alone will never make you drink tap water again.
⛑REAL TALK
There are many good filtration systems but careful with the ones that remove all minerals. Dead water is just as bad (see @CarnivoreCure).
❓Do I still use plastic bottles occasionally? Yes.
❓Do I drink tap water? I probably do. (restaurants)
There are toxins everywhere. But if we can limit OVERALL exposure, our bodies will have a better chance at optimal health.
💡The body is at least 60% water. You want that nutrient to be sourced from the best quality.
(All graphics are old posts. ⬇️.)
