Health & Fitness
What are you drinking?
This blog was designed to spark some thoughts on what kind of water we are drinking and what it may do to our health. Please feel free to comment and ask questions,....
Are you still drinking tap water? I have a patient whose kids were drinking tap water and became very sick. Are you drinking bottled water? Did you know that most "spring water" is just tap water or filtered water? I cringe when I see cases of bottled water at gas stations sitting in the sun. This means that people are buying tap or filtered water in a bottle that was sitting in the sun collecting pollutants from the plastic bottle and the gas station. Check out this article for some related, interesting information on drinking water: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/us/17water.html?pagewanted=all. So, what's the solution... you need good, clean water that is PH balanced. Here is another great piece on alkaline water: http://www.healthalkaline.com/press-releases/health-alkaline-website/. You can buy bottled alkaline water that is filtered and then has electrolytes added but the best alternative is to have a filter at home that purifies the water and then raises the PH. It can get pricey buying bottled water and the bottles just create more waste...
Dr. Tony Garrow is a local chiropractor located at 2204 Hwy. 35, Sea Girt, NJ. You can visit him on the web at garrowchiropractic.com or on facebook at www.facebook.com/garrowchiropractic.
