My interests in water have expanded in the last couple of years from focusing primarily on ionization to including the importance of proper filtration. No matter how good ionized water is for you, if it is not clean, it is not as good as it could be.

We have lots of problems with our source water in Canada and the USA and the problems are only going to get worse. I have articles written about the hundreds of contaminants in our drinking water, hexavalent chromium, perchlorate, fluoride, and chloramines. I have even alerted people to the fact that the GOP appears intent on crushing the EPA in the name of business interests.

Water and Health

Drinking water doesn’t necessarily make you healthy, but not drinking water definitely hurts your health. Our bodies are 70% water, and yet so many of us almost ignore water when we think about health.

One of the antioxidant filter companies summarizes the importance of water on their website perfectly when they refer to water as: “the foundation for every biological, chemical and electrical process in our body, which makes it the most important variable of our health.

If water is so important to our health, why is it that so few people seem to care?

I’m always amazed how so few people care about their health. I assume that people believe that they are healthy as long as they don’t feel sick. Nothing could be further from the truth. The good news and the bad news is that our bodies are so amazing that they take many years to break down, despite the incredible abuse that we subject them to. Perhaps if our internal machinery were not such a miracle, people would pay more attention to what they put into their bodies.

Picking up a bottle of water while you are on the go seems like a good idea and is better than buying a soda or dehydrating. So, why don’t you drink water all the time? Is it because you crave the sugar in sodas or juices? Is it because you need the caffeine fix or the buzz from alcohol? Your body needs water and only water when it comes to beverages.

What About the Billion People Who Don’t Have Access to Safe Drinking Water?

The amazing people at water.org estimate that more than 3.5 million people die each year due to an inability to be able to obtain safe drinking water. To make matters worse, more than 84% of the fatalities occur in children. To put that in perspective, it would be like a Jumbo jet crashing every hour.

For more statistics about how contaminated water affects the human race, check out: http://water.org/learn-about-the-water-crisis/facts/

When I read that a child dies every 20 seconds because of the inaccessibility to safe drinking water, it breaks my heart.

What can we do about this?

As an individual, it is hard to change the world…but you can help.

Scott Harrison was a New York night club and fashion event promoter. He became aware of the plight of a billion people around the world who were in danger of dying because of the unsafe water they were drinking when he took a gig as a photographer as a volunteer aboard a floating hospital with a group called Mercy Ships. Scott used his organizing skills to found an organization called charity water which you can find at www.charitywater.org. The most current information from the website indicates that they have funded 4,282 water projects around the world serving over 2 million people. The organization specializes in funding local infrastructure in affected communities, primarily in the form of drilling wells.

Bravo Scott…and all those that have joined and donated to his efforts. Please check out their website and think seriously about what you can do to help.

I have learned about another effort that is being organized to help provide safe drinking water to those in need. I hope that I will be able to participate in the project and I intend to help in any way that I can. It is too early to provide details of the people behind this effort and what they are going to be doing, but I promise to share details as soon as they allow.

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I have the incredible good fortune of being able to spend my summers at our cottage. That means that when we have a heat wave like we are having these days, I’m able to jump in the lake as often as it takes to keep a smile on my face.

Even though I’m always aware of proper hydration, it is easy to make a mistake. I fell asleep in the sun this afternoon and when I woke up, I was light headed and groggy, obvious signs of dehydration. Two our guests suffered similar symptoms. It doesn’t take much!

Dr. Mary McCartney, a physician from Scotland recently criticized the wisdom of drinking 8 glasses per day, indicating that people don’t need to drink that much water. Her statements have been criticized far and wide, and for good reason.

You need to replace the water you lose each day. Under normal conditions, that means 2.5 quarts/litres per day. You get about 0.5 quarts/litres from your food, which means you need drink 2.0 quarts/litres of water per day. If you exercise for one hour, add a quart/litre. When the weather is hot add a quart/litre.

You don’t have to drink water specifically, but your body doesn’t require any other fluid. Acidic drinks, sugar based drinks, and alcohol just cause havoc in your body that can have long term and devastating effects. Perhaps Dr. McCartney should lay off the fine malts offered in her country and drink more water.

The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author.

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A Message From Masaru Emoto

If you have spent any time researching water, you have probably come across the incredible work of Masaru Emoto. He is the guy that takes the amazing pictures that appear to show that water responds to communication or to its environment. For example, when you say loving or kind words to water, it will form into beautiful patterns. If you say angry words to water, it will form fractured or less pleasing patterns. He has also demonstrated that water from different water sources form different molecular shapes. You might want to take a look at his book: “The Hidden Messages In Water” or at least check out his work on Google Images. It is fascinating and worth the effort.

Mr. Emoto has some really interesting views on the ability of water to reflect its history and to be able to respond to its environment. I haven’t done enough research to be able to offer an educated comment on any of his assertions. However, when I read his message below and followed the instructions, the hair on my arms stood up. Events in my life, particularly those that happened after the passing of my father, have opened my eyes to things that I had previously never contemplated. I hope you will take a couple of minutes to read the following message from Masaru Emoto. I leave it up to each individual to make their own evaluation.

As always, the opinions in this article are those of the author.

To All People Around the World:

Please send your prayers of love and gratitude to water at the nuclear plants in Fukushima, Japan!

By the massive earthquakes of Magnitude 9 and surreal massive tsunamis, more than 10,000 people are still missing…even now… It has been 16 days already since the disaster happened. What makes it worse is that water at the reactors of Fukushima Nuclear Plants started to leak, and it’s contaminating the ocean, air and water molecule of surrounding areas.

Human wisdom has not been able to do much to solve the problem, but we are only trying to cool down the anger of radioactive materials in the reactors by discharging water to them.

Is there really nothing else to do?

I think there is. During over twenty year research of hado measuring and water crystal photographic technology, I have been witnessing that water can turn positive when it receives pure vibration of human prayer no matter how far away it is.

Energy formula of Albert Einstein, E=MC2 really means that Energy = number of people and the square of people’s consciousness.

Now is the time to understand the true meaning. Let us all join the prayer ceremony as fellow citizens of the planet earth. I would like to ask all people, not just in Japan, but all around the world to please help us to find a way out the crisis of this planet!!
The prayer procedure is as follows.

Name of ceremony:
“Let’s send our thoughts of love and gratitude to all water in the nuclear plants in Fukushima”

Please say the following phrase:

“The water of Fukushima Nuclear Plant, we are sorry to make you suffer. Please forgive us. We thank you, and we love you.”

Please say it aloud or in your mind. Repeat it three times as you put your hands together in a prayer position.

Please offer your sincere prayer.

Thank you very much from my heart.

With love and gratitude,
Masaru Emoto
Messenger of Water

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