What
are you spending on “bottled water” today? Why?
Would
you believe that the average person spends approximately $720 per year on
“bottled Water”?
This yearly estimate is derived from taking the
average price of $1.oo * for a liter of “bottled water” and
assuming, one person only, drinking the recommended amount, (eight, 8
oz. glasses), thus spending about $60 per month.
*
(We all know the price of “bottled water” varies depending on where you
buy it, whether it is on sale, and the size of the containers you are
purchasing it in. Buying it in a
restaurant, or out of a vending machine or at a convenience store is
significantly more expensive and affects the “average price .)
In
today’s society many persons are concerned about the quality of the water they
are drinking and justifiably so. One
of the solutions to this dilemma is purchasing bottled water and drinking it
100% of the time wherever you are. This
is an ideal goal but sometimes impossible to achieve and not
really the best approach to take, but better than NO approach!
To
NOT drink non-tap public utility provided water: this is the process that you
will have to perform daily. 1) You
will have to carry your water, regardless of where how you acquire it, in
bottles with you to work, to school, to lunch, the gym,
and anywhere else you are going to get thirsty. Restaurants sell expensive “bottled water”, and most gyms
as well as offices have vending machines that now dispense “bottled water”.
2) Water for consumption in your home has to be either purchased and
carried in or delivered by a service.
With
an estimated annual investment of $720 in just plain “bottled water”
you would be better off purchasing an Ionized
Alkaline Water Purifier device,
for less money, and provide “Healthy / Enhanced / Pure” water, in your home,
for your entire family and your pets. You
can produce this “great tasting water” to carry to all the places mentioned
above in the convenience of your kitchen and eliminate high cost water purchases
that you may be making today. Every
year after the first 10 months of owning the Ionized Alkaline Water Purifier
your drinking water will be “Free” except for the annual replacement filter expense,
(under fifty dollars)!
Check
out other documents on this site that will explain to you the additional health
benefits from drinking this type of water vs. just plain “dead”
“Bottled Water”.
How Much Water Should You Really Be Drinking?
à
Do you drink enough water? ß
If
you were to follow the National Guidelines for the proper amount of water to
consume per day, you would be purchasing a minimum of two quarts, equivalent to
(eight, 8 oz. glasses). This is a
very generic guideline but the same figure we have all heard from our healthcare
providers over the years. Everyone
is different in his or her size, particularly weight, which is the important
factor.
Here
is a formula for calculating the minimum amount of water a person should
consume each and every day, i.e.
1.
Enter your
weight - - - - - _______ pounds
2.
Multiply
line one by 0.04 - -= _______ pounds of water lost
3.
Multiply
line two by 2 - - - = _______ cups of water needed
There
are factors that will increase the amount of water you should consume:
·
Exercise:
In cool
weather and for ordinary exercise like walking, drinking one cup - 8 ounces –
of water beforehand, an additional 4 ounces every 20 minutes or so during the
activity, and another 8 ounces within a half-hour after the workout.
Step up your intake when your exercising harder or the weather’s hot.
And drink more than you need to satisfy your thirst after the workout.
·
Height,
Heat and Humidity. The
reduced humidity at high elevations and in dry weather increases the
amount of water you lose through respiration and perspiration.
And you obviously sweat more when it’s hot out.
To compensate, consume an additional one or two cups of water a day when
the elevation exceeds 5,000 feet, the temperature exceeds 80 degrees F or so, or
the humidity is unusually low. Note
that indoor air can be quite dry, due to heating in the winter or air
conditioning in the summer.
·
Pregnancy
or breast-feeding.
Pregnant women need at least one extra cup of water a day.
Breast-feeding mothers need an additional three to four cups.
·
Caffeine
and alcohol.
Those substances may pull as much water out of you as they put in,
possibly even more. To be on the
safe side, consume as extra half-cup of water for every cup of caffeinated or
alcoholic beverages you drink.
·
Diarrhea or
fever. Try
to consume an additional 2 to 3 quarts of water per day when you have diarrhea,
and an extra cup for every degree of fever.