We can’t survive without water. In fact, our bodies are made up of 60-80% of water (studies seem to vary), so surely, what we are drinking will have a huge impact on our health.
In the UK, we are lucky to have access to tap water. But what is in our tap water? In the UK, tap water has been found to have a terrifying number of chemicals in it including chlorine, fluoride, lead, aluminium and copper (to name a few). Why would you want to be ingesting any of these?! There are also growing concerns about hormones such as oestrogen caused by taking the contraceptive pill which ends up back in tap water.
Filtration
The best filtration you can have for your drinking water is Reverse Osmosis (this can remove some of the minerals that you need but you can replace them easily) which removes a wide range of contaminants from water and I believe is essential for any Healthy Home.
We have a Quookr (with filter) for boiling and washing up water and a separate reverse osmosis (RO) tap. You can get countertop RO units that have room temperature (optimum drinking temperature so that your body doesn’t waste energy heating up cold water), hot drinks, baby bottles and boiling water.
Reverse osmosis water offers several benefits:
- Removes Contaminants: RO filters out impurities like heavy metals (lead, mercury), chemicals (chlorine, fluoride), pesticides, and bacteria.
- Improves Taste: It eliminates substances that may cause water to taste or smell unpleasant.
- Healthier Option: Reduces the risk of consuming harmful substances, offering cleaner, purer water.
- Reduces Sodium: It removes sodium from softened water, making it safer for people with high blood pressure or kidney conditions.
- Environmental Impact: Reduces reliance on bottled water, cutting down plastic waste.
There are other ways in which to filter your water (jugs, taps) but they are unlikely to provide as much filtration as required.
Whole House Filtration
Ideally, you’d also have a whole house filter so that your shower, bath, bathroom tap water also has chemicals and impurities removed. Just think about how much your skin absorbs when taking a shower. This also means that if you need a drink in the middle of the night, you can actually drink from the bathroom tap!
For our showers, I’ve taken it a step further and have added a Vitamin C filter which helps to improve the condition of skin and texture of hair!
Drinking pure water has a lot of benefits. It gives you better skin, better concentration and better organ function. Filtration is crucial to getting rid of the nasty chemicals, residues and other impurities in your water. There are two companies that I recommend – one is Osmio Water and the other is Aquatru.
Read my key points for a Healthy Home here.