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Is Bottled Water Making You Sick?

Many brands of bottled water actually contain high levels of acidity, making it dangerous and unhealthy to drink. Drinking water high in acidity has been scientifically linked to an increase in illness and disease, due to the fact that the human body needs to consume water that has a pH balance of 7 or more. Most forms of diseases flourish in an acidic environment which is why drinking high acidic water in combination with our lifestyle changes and diet are a path for future health problems. The body manages this process of being more alkaline automatically. If the alkalinity level drops than the body will seek to draw alkaline from calcium deposits in our teeth and bones. In our early years we get away with eating an imbalanced diet because our bodies produce a much higher rate of alkaline. This is why the body in earlier years stays skinnier even if we eat poorly. In our thirties and forties our bodies begin to change and the years of drinking acidic soda and ingesting other dietary NO-NOs, along with stress, environmental toxins and acidic chemicals in our daily hygiene products, all contribute to a higher acid level. Our bodies become less [...]