Bottled water is big business. Bottled water usually tastes better than what comes out of the tap. But is it “healthy water?” It depends on several factors.

Is it hard? Is it moderately high in TDS (total dissolved solids)? Most bottled waters in the United States do not give the information you need to answer these questions. Request a complete water analysis from the company or check their web site.

Many bottled waters are processed water using distillation, reverse osmosis, de-ionization or filtration. Frankly, you can do this yourself and save money.

Of the more than 700 brands of bottled water available in the US, around 80% are processed water.

Purchase only bottled natural spring or artesian well waters that come closest to the “healthy water” criteria hardness 170 mg/l and TDS around 300 mg/l.

Sources: References

1. Science News. Calcium, Chlorine and Heart Disease. August 13, 1983: 103.
2. U.S. Water News. EPA Seeking to Expand Number of Drinking Water Contaminants to 34. August, 1990: 8.
3. Andelaman JB. Inhalation Exposure in the Home to Volatile Organic Contaminants of Drinking Water. Science of the Total Environment 1985;47:443-460.

Is the chlorine in our drinking water acting as a catalyst triggering tumor development both in atherosclerosis (heart disease) and cancer? In the late 1960s Joseph Price, MD, wrote a fascinating, yet largely ignored book entitled, “Coronaries, Cholesterol, Chlorine.”

His experiments clearly demonstrate that “the basic cause of atherosclerosis and heart attacks and most common forms of strokes is chlorine. The chlorine contained in drinking water.”

Can chlorine be linked to cancer too? Chlorine combines with natural organic matter creating cancer-causing trihalomethanes (THMs).

Studies from Louisiana, New York, Maryland, and Ohio reveal where there are higher levels of THMs there are higher levels of cancer. Proper water filtration systems can remove these carcinogens.

Sources: References Kangen Synergy Worldwide
founding member, Fred W. Price