Water Consumption Guidlines

How Much Water Should You Drink?
So, how much pure filtered or spring water should you drink per day? Six glasses? Eight?

Well, here's a good rule of thumb:

You should be drinking enough water to turn your urine a light-colored yellow.
If you are outside on a hot day or engaging in strenuous activity, it is advisable to increase your water intake as needed. It is also important to note that as you age, your thirst mechanism works less efficiently. Older adults need to pay more attention to the color of their urine to see if their water intake is adequate.

I recommend your drinking 1 liter of water per 50 lbs of body weight. So if you are 150lbs you need a minimum of 3 liters or 96 oz of water per day. Consume an extra (liter/32 oz) of fluids for every hour of exercise.


When you should drink water?

Drink water between meals: That is a minimum of 30-60 minutes either side of a meal. I recommend only drinking enough water with your meals to take your supplement program. People don't realize that fluids with your meals dilute your stomach acids and slows your ability to digest your food. Fermentation and putrefaction in your colon are the consequence. This is basically rotting food in your colon. That is trouble.

Coconut Water and Vegetable Juicing – Adding a Little Variety
Coconuts are an excellent source of fresh, pure water and electrolytes. Coconuts are also rich in lauric acid, which is known for its immune-boosting as well as its antiviral, antibacterial and antifungal properties so it's an ideal choice when you're sick, or exercising heavily. Most of you know by know that your blood type is not a fan of coconuts and that is true. But when using the water it is a great addition to your program.

Symptoms of Dehydration
The  body can become dehydrated as we progress in age. At the same time, it disregards "dry mouth" as the only indicator of body thirst. The body gives other symptoms long before dry mouth is indicated. Other symptoms are:

• Dyspeptic Pain (heartburn, indigestion, stomach pains)
• Rheumatoid Arthritis pain (joint pains), 
• Angina Pain (heart pains, deep sternal chest pains,
• Low Back Pain, 
• Intermittent Claudication Pain (leg pain on walkking) 
• Migraines,
• Hangover Headaches,
• Colitis Pain (lower digestive issues,
• Constipation.

The Many Uses Of Water Part IV

Filtered Tap Water – Getting to the Gold

The most economical and environmentally sound choice you and your family can make is to purchase and install a water filter for your home. I recommend three different types of water filters and weigh the pros and cons of each. Let's take a brief look below.

Reverse Osmosis Filter
In addition to removing chlorine, inorganic, and organic contaminants in your water, an RO filter will also remove about 80 percent of the fluoride and most DPBs. The major drawback is the expense of installing an RO filter as most need a plumber to get up and running.

Ion Exchange Filter
Ion exchange is designed to remove dissolved salts in the water, such as calcium. This system actually softens the water or exchanges natural-forming mineral ions in the water with its own ions, thereby neutralizing their harmful effect of creating scale build-up.
The ion exchange system was originally used in boilers and other industrial situations before becoming popular in home purifying units, which usually combine the system with carbon for greater effectiveness.

Granular Carbon and Carbon Block Filters

These are the most common types of counter top and under counter water filters.

Granular carbon filters and carbon block systems perform the same process of contaminant removal, adsorption, which is the chemical or physical bond of a contaminant to the surface of the filter media.

Granular activated carbon is recognized by the EPA as the best available technology for the removal of organic chemicals like herbicides, pesticides and industrial chemicals. However, one of the downfalls of granular carbon filters is that the loose material inside can channel--the water creates pathways through the carbon material, escaping filtering.

 Carbon block filters offer the same superior filtering ability but are compressed with the carbon medium in a solid form. This eliminates channeling and gives the ability to precisely combine multiple media in a sub-micron filter cartridge. By combining different media, the ability to selectively remove a wide range of contaminants can be achieved.

Ideally, you want a filtration system that offers a variety of methods to remove different contaminants. Most systems do not address a combination of organic, inorganic, cyst, sediment and metals.

I'm pleased to announce that I have located a family of filters that I believe are the best filters on the market in terms of effectiveness, value, and ease of use. They are all manufactured in the U.S. under exclusive contract with a company specializing in advanced water treatment products, and will include both countertop and under-counter filters.
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Living Water – Keeping the Balance
In choosing the right type of water for you and your family, you want to aim for pH balance. Distilled water is too acidic and alkaline water is too alkaline. The ideal pH of your water should be between 6.5 to 7.5, which is neutral.

Mountain spring water is in this ideal range. It is some of the healthiest water on the planet because it is "living water". Living water, like "living food is in its raw, natural state the way nature intended.
One of the main reasons I am such an advocate for eating raw, organic vegetables is because these "living foods" contain biophotons, small units of light stored by all organic organisms, including you.
Gravity-fed spring water is alive in much the same way. When you take this vital energy into your body, you are re-charging it with health and encouraging it to return to a whole and balanced state.
Now, when I mention mountain spring water, I don't mean the two-gallon jugs you see sitting on your grocery store shelf. I'm talking about water you bottle yourself from a gravity-fed spring. There's a great website called FindaSpring where you can find a natural spring in your area. This is a great way to get back to nature and teach your children about health and the sources of clean water.

The best part is that most of these spring water sources are free!
It is important to bring either clear polyethylene or glass containers on your trip to collect the water so no unsafe chemicals can contaminate your pure drinking water on the way home. If you choose to use glass bottles, be sure to wrap them in towels to keep them from breaking in the car. Tomorrow we are going to discuss some rules you need to know about your consumption of water. Stay tuned.

The Many Uses Of Water Part III

So, Bottled Water is the Way to Go, Right?
If you're thinking you're safe from all of the harmful contaminants I listed above because you drink bottled water instead of tap water, I'm afraid I must be the bearer of some bad news:


40 percent of bottled water is bottled TAP WATER!


Yes, you read correctly. 40 percent of bottled water is just bottled tap water, which may or may not have received additional filtration. Remember the arsenic and DPBs you were trying to avoid from tap water? Well, an independent test done by the Environmental Working Group found these and 36 other harmful pollutants hidden in bottled water.

Also, drinking from plastic bottles is not a good idea. Plastic bottles contain a chemical called bisphenol A or BPA, which is a synthetic hormone disruptor that has been linked to serious health problems such as:

    •    Learning and behavioral problems
    •    Altered immune system function
    •    Prostate and breast cancer
    •    Risk of obesity
    •    Early puberty in both genders

Aside from the health risks, the devastating impact bottled water has had on our ecosystem is staggering!

Distilled Water – Use with Caution

Some health conscious people have been misled into believing that distilled water is healthy for them. As I've stated before, this is simply not true. It is true that for 5 years this is the only water my family and I consumed but we were detoxing regularly and taking minerals, vitamins, esential fatty acids etc.

The problem with distilled water is that it is boiled and evaporated away from its dissolved minerals. The water then becomes acidic and seeks to balance itself by drawing minerals right out of your body. It will also draw out contaminants from the container it's stored in for this same reason.
What's worse, any contaminant in the water that vaporizes at a lower temperature than the water, such as volatile organic compounds, like disinfection byproducts that are thousands of times as toxic as chlorine, will be condensed and actually concentrated in the finished distilled water. So what you end up with is water that contains even more dangerous contaminants than what you started with!
I only recommend using distilled water for a short period of time and only for the purpose of detoxification, as this water can help pull toxins from your body. Drinking it long-term, however, will most likely invite health problems.

Alkaline Water
In an interview with water filtration expert, Houston Tomasz, asked for his thoughts on the growing use of alkaline water. There are several potential problems with alkaline water.
First of all, most water ionizers and alkalizers are marketed by multi-level marketing (MLM) companies with questionable ethics.
Some people experience an initial "high" when they start drinking alkaline water. This can easily be attributed to detoxification, and the fact that they are likely just becoming better hydrated.
Detoxification is about the only benefit of alkaline water, and this benefit is limited to very SHORT TERM USE (no more than a week or two). An additional concern is that many individuals have stomach dysfunctions like GERD or ulcers that are largely related to having too little stomach acid. Long-term use of alkaline or ionized water can interfere with your body's natural digestive process by reducing the acid needed to properly break down and absorb food. This could then lead to an upset of your body's good bacteria, which can then open the door to parasitic infection, ulcers and malabsorption.

"Vitamin" Waters – Do NOT Be Fooled!
If you've recently switched from soda to vitamin water because you believed it to be a healthier choice, you may be disappointed by what I have to say about them: Vitamin waters are nothing more than a clever marketing scheme designed to promote a product that is just as unhealthy as soda!
Vitamin waters often contain dangerous high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), artificial colors, additives, preservatives and caffeine. What's even worse is these manufacturers use distilled water to make their products, which, as you've read above, is one of the worst types of water you can put into your body!
Now that you know which types of water to avoid, let's take a look at the water you should be drinking for optimal health which you can see tomorrow.

The Many Uses Of Water Part II

Types of Water – How Your Choice Makes the Difference

When it comes to water, there's more to choose from than simply tap versus bottled. Let's closely examine each so you can make informed decisions about your water and your health.

Tap Water – Danger in Every Glass

Plain old tap water: It's easy. It's convenient and it comes right out of your kitchen faucet. However, as I'm sure you've heard, most tap water is contaminated with a host of pollutants that increase your risk of serious health problems. Let's take a look at some of these contaminants and how they can adversely affect your health and that of your family.
Arsenic
The level of arsenic in US tap water is incredibly high. This poisonous element is a powerful carcinogenic, which has been linked to an increased risk of the development of several types of cancer. In 2001 the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lowered the maximum level of arsenic permitted in drinking water from 50 ug/L to 10 ug/L due to the established cancer risk.
The Natural Resources Defense Council estimates as many as 56 million Americans living in 25 states drink water with arsenic at unsafe levels. For more information, see the USGS website, which offers maps showing where and to what extent arsenic occurs in ground water across the United States.
Aluminum
You may have heard how aluminum increases your risk for Alzheimer's disease, but did you also know that the aluminum found in your municipal water supply can cause a wide variety of other health problems?

 Aluminum has been linked to:

• Hyperactvity
• Learning disabilities in children
• Gastrointestinal disease
• Skin problems
• Parkinson's disease
• Liver disease

Fluoride
If you still believe fluoride in your drinking water prevents cavities and helps build strong teeth, you've fallen for a cleverly devised mass-deception. As recent studies done on children in India show, fluoride is anything but a cavity fighter. Fluoride is a well-known toxin that actually leads to an increased risk of cavities and can cause a wide range of health problems, including weakening your immune system and accelerating aging due to cellular damage.
Prescription and OTC Drugs
You may have been told that if you dispose of your unwanted or expired prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs in the trash instead of the toilet that you do not run any risk of it ending up in the water supply. Unfortunately, this is not the case.
Water that drains through landfills, known as leach rate, eventually ends up in rivers. Although not all states source drinking water from rivers, many do.
According to studies, human cells do not grow normally when exposed to even minute amounts of prescription or over-the-counter drugs.  Some drugs that were never meant to be combined are mixed together in the drinking water you consume every day. Millions of people have drug allergies. Are you among them? If so, how do you know the strange symptoms you've been experiencing are not due to ingesting small doses of the drugs you're allergic to from your water?
Pregnant women should be especially wary. The toxic substances you take into your body from tap water will have a negative effect on the development of your unborn child.
Disinfection Byproducts (DBPs)
Most tap community water supplies are treated with chlorine and although it may not be the healthiest element you can consume, it is far better for you than what is left behind. In this video, "Tap Water Toxins - is Your Water Trying to Kill You?", Dr. Mercola interviews water filtration pioneer Robert Slovak about the dangers of disinfection by products.
Disinfection byproducts are the result of disinfecting water with chlorine. It is important to note that while consuming chlorine is certainly not healthy, DBPs are TEN THOUSAND TIMES more dangerous!
In addition to being a powerful carcinogenic, DPBs have also been linked to liver, kidney and nervous system problems.

We are not through yet Part III is next on the many uses of water.

The Many Uses Of Water

Wouldn't be great if we could get our water from the depths of the earth's most electrically active and energetic well springs. Some believe that water is not only alive it has a level of consciousness. Interesting statement especially when you find out in the physiology of our brain that 90% of your brain is water. God must have know what he was doing because your body is so intracately woven together that no way is it a coincidence that we are hard wired the way we are. Water is full of living energy and healing information because it gives the body's innate self-healing forces the supplies it needs to regenerate and recharge its batteries. So what are the many symptoms of dehydration?

 Since most of you are no longer tuned in to your bodies the way your ancestors were hundreds of years ago, you may be overlooking your bodies cries for water.

There is a silent and growing epidemic of chronic dehydation. So many suffer from it yet are simply unaware of the symptoms.

Are you one of Them? The major symptoms of dehydration are:

• Thirst
• Dark colored urine
• Fatigue
• Digestive disturbances such as dehydration and constipation
• Urinary tract infections
• Auto-immune disease such as chronic fatigue syndrome and multiple sclerosis
• Premature aging
• High cholesterol
• Weight gain

Tomorrow we are going to discuss the many types of water out there so keep your hat on for some grrreat information!

The Power Of Water

At this point you are getting the idea that water is extremely important. It is so important that you understand how wonderfully healing water is. Why it is at the bottom of our food pyramid and why Dr. Faridum Batmanghelidj, author of the renowned book: "Your body's Many Cries for Water," has recognized that the cause of many chronic diseases lies in the dehydration of the body. His prime message was "You are not sick, you are thirsty." We are going to begin to share with you the many benefits water has on your body. Things that deplete water, and things water can be used for in a clinical setting. The next few days should enlighten you to just the tip of the ice-burg in regards to the power of water. But first You need to understand more of why water contains so much vitality and healing properties.

Water journeys through the Earth and absorbs all electro-magnetic vibrations that are present on our planet. Water is the "blood of our planet," as the renowned Austrian Scientist Viktor Schauberger, put it. Just as Earth has North and South poles, every water molecule has north and south Poles as well. The atmosphere of the Earth corresponds to the electromagnetic field of the individual water molecule. Our Earth's atmosphere vibrates at 7.83 hertz and is called Schuhmann Resonance Frequency. (As a quick aside every time you put your feet in the EB Pro foot bath machine you are getting these schuhmann frequencies reset in your body. An added bonus you did not know you were getting.) Water Absorbs this frequency pattern on its journey through the Earth. Our body, in return, has the same frequency pattern as the water molecule. Our brain waves have a frequency of 8-10 hertz. Water connects us to the Earth's frequency. This also means that we can replenish what our body is missing when we are ill, with water. Water can balance the energy deficit that causes the illness. That's why we are told to drink plenty of liquids-but really we should only drink pure spring water or filtered water from a high energy filtering system. You get what you pay for with filtering water so by a good filtering system for your drinking water. Or even use a home filtering system so the water that you are bathing in is cleaner. Remember your skin is a giant organ and chlorine, bromine and other contaminants are in the water are being absorbed through your scalp, skin at faster speeds than you could realize.

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Is Your Water Safe Part III

Even after filtration, water often fails to have that crystal-clear look. All the bugs may be dead and all the major particles may be gone, but there still there may be a faint haze. You can't have that or people might talk. To avoid this problem, most municipal water supplies apply an additional treatment step that uses aluminum sulfate, commonly called "alum." The idea is that the particulate matter remaining in the water, making it cloudy, forms a complex with the alum and falls out, leaving the water clear.

The problem associated with this is that nobody can guarantee all the aluminum is gone from the final product. There are those happy to say that most of it is gone, which may be fine for describing the removal of stains from your unmentionables, but should we really drink this stuff?

Aluminum is everywhere. It's in cooking utensils, antiperspirants, snack bags, and every soft drink you can buy. Now it's in the water used to make most of those drinks.

We need minerals. We also need greater or lesser amounts of several metals, but aluminum is not one of them, and like chlorine it definitely is not innocuous. It has been linked to Alzheimer's disease, implicated in premature aging, and is a know biological toxin. It builds up in human tissues, and it's hard to get rid of. In my opinion you should avoid drinking this stuff.

Is Your Water Safe Part II

If you look at  a list showing all the unwanted chemicals in our water, you would be amazed at its length: tens of thousands of environmental bad guys. the frustrating news is that one of the scariest chemicals is deliberately dumped into our drinking water, and most, though not all, of our water districts are brainwashed enough to allow it. (This applies to the United States only. Nowhere else is this travesty permitted.) More frustrating still is the fact that the issue is so emotionally charged in favor of this chemical, and by people who really do want the best for our health, both our own and our children.

The Number two bad guy is fluoride. That wonderful stuff that is saving our children from cavities. Let's not waste time here: sodium fluoride is rat poison. Head over to a hardware store and check it out. Most of them still carry it for just that purpose.

I've heard all the arguments from well-meaning, concerned parents who only want the best for their kids. Of course the dose is less than that necessary to kill rats, but our bodies have trouble with the stuff just like rats, and small amounts add up, slowly (or maybe not so slowly) over years. Understand this fact: fluoride is the second most toxic chemical in nature-the only one ranked higher is arsenic (williams &Wilkins 1984).

As a heated topic, this one really sizzles. I hoping to lead you to known, published information to which you may not have had access. This is a dangerous chemical we're playing with. It was once used therapeutically to depress thyroid activity (Yiamouyiannis 1993). Even if you think we should have small amounts, do you really trust every local utility technician to put only the  "right" amount of this poison in your water? (Let's not discuss the fact that you weren't asked whether you wanted the stuff in the first place.)

Fluoride is a waste product of aluminum mining. Research concluding that adding fluoride (in amounts higher than your might think) prevented cavities was funded by the aluminum producers. Why not be paid four your waste to be removed for you? (Ah, we have another of those cute tricks.) Fluoride is toxic!!!! It is neurotoxic, meaning, in this case, it hits the central nervous system and causes behavioral changes before you get physical findings, like mottling of the teeth-a common side effect. (Mottling is discolored splotches on the front teeth of kids who have gotten too much fluoride; even seen this? Dental fluorosis is a disease state stemming from over-ingestion of this chemical and can start with simple blotches on the teeth and end with loss of affected teeth, in more severe cases.

In 1990, the New England Journal of Medicine (March 22 issue) carried a report from the mayo clinic stating that a trial of fluoride for osteoporosis caused increased hip fractures, and bone fragility. Fluoride exposure has been implicated in genetic damage, tumors, and hypersensitivity reactions. Neat stuff, and they put that junk into your water. In a report reprinted in the health Freedom News, July, 1995, George Glasser reported that, "both the Pasteur Institute, France and the Nobel Institute , Sweden, concur that fluoride has little or n value as a dental cavity deterrent, and stress that the possible health risks from using fluoride outweigh and benefit. for those with enough of an open mind to look, the definitive answers are already published, thoroughly and unequivocally. Those answers are available from Dr. John Yiamouyiannis, a PH.D.  in biochemistry. Look him up in the booklet, Lifesaver's Guide to Fluoridation, and his full-length book, Fluoride: The Aging Factor, are the way to go.

Is Your Water Safe Part I

Autopsies on American soldiers killed in action (during the Vietnam War) showed incredible high build-ups of arteriosclerotic plaques throughout their vascular systems compared to men that in the same age bracket had died in auto accidents in the U.S. The difference was striking enough to generate a study to try and figure out why the country's finest specimens had so much arterial damage.

The search came down to one major difference: The soldiers had to use large quantities of "water-purification tablets" before they could drink any of the water in Vietnam. These tablets were chlorine. Chlorine is not an innocuous substance. It is a powerful bleaching agent, and it kills living things. It is highly reactive against living tissue, which is why it works so well to destroy microorganisms in both our water and our bathroom tiles. It does not react any less strongly against human tissue, and when ingested, it is carried into the bloodstream, where it can attack the walls of arteries. That is obviously not good.

The body, on the other hand, in its pre-programmed wisdom, tries to insulate itself from these damaged areas. It does so, apparently, by laying down a tiny layer of cholesterol as a protective coating against these scarred areas.  You can see where we're headed right? If the scarring continues, the repair efforts continue, until total scarring leads to total "repairing," with arteries then congested with masses of cholesterol, it isn't the cholesterol itself that causes the problem; it's the body's need to use it excessively as a result of abnormal chemical stress.

If chlorine can kill single-cell organism (like germs, fungi, etc.), it can also kill multi-cell organisms (you're one of those). It may take awhile, but the effect is there. Avoid it!!!!!!!! Sitting in a major conference for the American cancer association the keynote speaker who was the head of the ACA stated in a break out session that tap water and sugar are the fastest compounds to accelerate cancer growth. WOW!

Although bromine is less well known, it is in the same chemical class as chlorine. and as far as biological health is concerned, it should not be trusted as an acceptable substitute for water you would want to drink.

Some of the serious pure water advocates respect so strongly what chlorine can do that they advise against even showering or bathing in water treated with it, as the skin, particularly the scalp, is very absorptive. In fact, studies exist directly implying that washing hair in chlorinated water absorbs more of the chemical into the body than is normally ingested through drinking all day!

If that were not enough, imagine compounding the situation by deliberately doing something toxic, something that never had to be done in the first place, and that was not even involved with the purification of water. This runs us into another major issue. That which we will discuss tomorrow.

Don't Drink The Water

You Turn on the faucet. From it issues forth crystal clear, cool, refreshing water. It's been processed by the local utilities, whose job it is to assure that we're provided with the best water possible. It's been purified, tested, treated, maintained, monitored and distributed right to our homes. It's reasonably priced and thoroughly convenient...Don't drink it. So, you've put a water softener onto your incoming water line. Those hard water stains, and crust are gone. The rotten egg smell is gone. Your coffee tastes better...Don't drink it. One of my concerns has to include just how that water is purified. It is fundamental to understand, however, just how serious the the need is for strong water treatment. One of my concerns has to include just how that water is purified. It is fundamental to understand, however, just how serious the the need is for strong water treatment. the main problem is not the one we hear so much about; i.e., the seepage into the ground of weird new chemicals. that makes for excellent press and allows for tons of grant more to be allocated for high-tech chemical research. That dilemma exists, no question, but the real, high-volume problem is not nearly as spectacular. It's a much more mundane, more expensive, more fundamental horror: Our own sewage is dumped directly into our rivers from every city in the nation. (The use of septic tanks is not the technique of cities!)

Think about it. Unless you are the absolute uppermost town on a river, your water intake is starting  with all the dumped wastes of the town above you. And all the towns above them. Pleasant thought. We take someones Else's sewage, draw it into our water supply, chop it up, filter it, dump enough chlorine into it to hopefully kill all the worms, microbes, and other bugs and parasites that are obviously there, and then we, uh...Drink it.

A not uncommon misconception is that as long as all the " bugs" are gone everything is okay. Pump that chlorine or bromine in there, kill off all the bad guys, and everything is taken care of. Nothing could be so disastrously further from the truth. It's true that microorganisms cause the most acute adverse effects, usually diarrhea. It would be nice, therefore, to be able to drink water without playing host to every Giardia Lamblia or amoeba that comes out of the pipe. It's also true that we are being bombarded by huge quantities of chemicals, estimated at over 70,000 types, with hundred's more new pesticides, fertilizers, hormones, additives, industrial chemicals, and organic compounds coming at us each year, many of which leach into our water supply.

Every water filter company is competing to convince you that it is the best at removing lead, benzene, or one of those chemicals no one can pronounce, like trichloromethylene or trihalomethane. At present, the problem is more fundamental. The effort here is not to sell you a water filter, though I think you need one; my intention is to convince you that you should be very concerned about what is happening to our water and how serious a problem it really is.Only together we can we begin to push for a change in the way our water is treated before it is pumped to us. In the end, we need a way to process out the bad bugs and nasty pollutants in the water without being killed by the process itself. This is the biggest danger we face by far because something has to be done to fix the water, besides spending fortunes on home filters and bottled water. It's a catch-22 at the moment: You need to process, but the processing is killing you. This is a vast topic and will continue the next section on the matter tomorrow.

Modern Living Equals Death

How many people today are worried about tsumani's, earth quakes, nuclear facilities blowing up or melting down, or other crazy natural disasters? These events we cannot control, but still affect our health on every level. However, an even worse situation for our health you will find in the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, and the medications we take. You do not have to live overseas to worry about toxins that are destroying our health. This is caused by adopting the many new ideas of our 21st century food guide pyramid.

As I have said, over and over,  nutrition is the fundamental key to unlocking cellular vitality. It is the back bone that will catapult your health forward or allow it to spiral out of control. So what are we really talking about?

Food
1.The FDA has warned that there are over 50 different known poisons and toxic substances just in the average American's grocery cart.
2.Cholesterol that comes from eating bad fats and cooking by-products doesn't get removed from your blood. It backs up and clogs the liver and gallbladder, and then builds up in arteries, organs and small blood vessels, causing heart attacks, strokes and death.
3. Approximately 60 million pounds of organophosphates (a pesticide known to cause cancer) are applied to approximately 60 million acres of U.S. agricultural crops annually.

Air
1. In 2006, the U.S. Government made a proposal to make it easier for companies to release hazardous materials without telling the public how and where they were doing it.
2. Here is a short list of toxins in the air you are breathing right now...carbon monoxide, lead, ash, soot, ozone, hydrocarbons, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur oxides, insecticides, herbicides and dust from fertilizers and pesticides.
3. It is estimated that up to 80% of all cancers are a direct result of chemicals in our air, water, food, and medical drugs.

Water
1.In the average ten-minute shower, the human body absorbs the same amount of chlorine as if you had consumed 20 gallons of tap water.
2. Today, nearly 50% of America's rivers and lakes are too polluted for fishing swimming or aquatic life.
3. An estimated 50 million Americans have been poisoned by radioactive radon or radium from their tap water.

Drugs
1.Many approved prescription drugs should be pulled off the market as many of them are the leading cause of acute liver failure. Hence why you have to have monthly, to quarterly blood checks in order to keep an eye on the liver.
2.Hundreds of over-the-counter pain killing and fever deducing pharmaceutical drugs are still the leading cause of acute liver failure, gastric ulcers, and degenerative joint diseases.
3.According to the journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), prescription drugs kill 100,000 Americans every year and injure another 2 million.

Bacteria Can Be Good-Probiotics build health

The word biotic is from the greek biotikos meaning: of or relating to life. We often use the word anti-biotic. Which means against life. Antibiotics kill bacteria but not all bacteria should be killed. In fact, “healthy bacteria” are a health building essential to life, vitality and wellbeing.

Healthy bacteria in the soil feed nutrients through the roots of plants to help them grow and flourish, providing us with wholesome foods. Healthy bacteria in the human body protect and feed us in the same way, by helping with digestion and assimilation of essential nutrients.

That’s right! Every healthy person has within their intestines a colony of bacteria nearly as large as their liver. It is estimated that a healthy person maintains more healthy bacteria than the total number of cells making up their body! The human body has approximately 13 trillion cells, a healthy bacterial colonization of the inside and outside of the human body is estimated at 14 trillion microbes of various types. These healthy colonies do the job of keeping unhealthy bacteria in check, and more.

Healthy bacteria in your body:
√    Acidify the intestinal tract to make it uninhabitable by unhealthy bacteria, thereby supporting the immune system.
√    Assist in the breakdown of carbohydrates and digestion of milk products.
√    Provide for better food assimilation and toxin release by the large intestine.
√    Healthy bacteria in the intestines can even create for you some vitamins you might not get otherwise!