Thursday, October 23, 2008

Thirsty? Then Drink.


Drinking water is a widely recognized hydrotherapy. There's more to just gulping it for your health(6-8 glasses for age under 50 and 8-10 for age 50's and 10-12 glasses for active people, 60's and over.) . Some utilized it for weight balance because of its contribution to metabolic process that is happening within the body cells. Although safe drinking water is a problem in most parts of the world, it seems that "safe drinking water" is a factor to determine the level of pollution in the environment. Hence, with a growing world population that posts risk to unfavourable environment, science have been an arm in developing technologies from water purification to more sophisticated water treatments that are available in the market today. Yet, there is no substitute for "safe" drinking water available in nature because it has "minerals" that could be beneficial to one's health. Of course we see bottled drinking water everyday marketed to have different benefits for the body. The point is, are we aware of the differences between distilled, purified, mineral- which has also varieties? What could it provide for our health? Are these commercial water being monitored or tested by authorities to be "healthy"? The fact that the universal solvent that needs to be available for "free" becomes inaccessible in some parts of the world, we should also be more aware and do actions to protect our drinking water resources by arresting pollutants that posts great risk. Science have contributed a lot to make drinking water "safe" but technology dictates certain price and we know it can't be afforded by many families of the world.

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