Pure water acts as solvent and catalyst for nearly every bodily process and function. The quality of the water that you drink is as important to your health as the number of glasses that you consume each day. The Kinetico K5 Drinking Water Station can be customized to your home's specific requirements, ensuring that you and your family are drinking only the purest and healthiest water available.
One can go weeks without food but only days without water.
Water affects the functioning of our organs and our ability to fight disease. It helps us to maintain a healthy weight and cope physically . The positive effects of drinking plenty of quality water can be seen in all aspects of our health and appearance.
In a typical day you lose 2 to 3 litres of water. If you don't replace it your body will naturally pull the water away from your skin, nails and hair – the fundamentals of good looks – to the critical systems that need it for basic good health. Drinks with caffeine such as coffee, tea and soft drinks may not replace water as they are diuretics and could promote water loss.
Fruit, vegetables and juices all contribute well to water replacement but they also contain calories which for a growing segment of the population are a problem. Water, on the other hand, is totally calorie free. This is why it's recommended that we drink 8 glasses of water each day. It's just the most sensible way to meet our water needs.
The quality of the water you drink determines the health benefits you receive. Do you know how hard or soft your water is? How much chlorine it contains? What chlorine bi-products it carries? Whether it contains microbial contaminants? The only way to know the quality of your water is to have it tested. When armed with the results of such a test you can decide whether it's important for you to take personal control over the quality of your water. The question then arises as to which of the many options you will choose.
Point-of-entry (POE) and point-of-consumption (POC) are the two broadest categories of water treatment for you to consider. The first will treat all water entering your home while the second will only treat the water from a specific source. The first is important for conditioning or softening your water while the second is important for the water you drink and cook with. There are a broad range of choices in both categories from carbon filters that take care of chlorine to reverse osmosis systems that can remove most contaminants. The key is to match your water type by having your water tested, and your health requirements to the system that suits your lifestyle. Remember that children, women in child-bearing years and those with compromised immune systems have heightened needs.
Some systems are more eco-friendly. Some require more maintenance. Narrow your selection of water treatment systems based on the water type and health requirements first then make your final selection based on lifestyle – ecological and maintenance issues. And because there are so many companies offering water treatment products always watch for third party certification of performance. You can check out the most reliable systems at NSF.org – an independent, not-for-profit lab that tests, certifies, and validates claims by manufacturers of water equipment.
Water and good health go hand in hand. Take care of yourself and your family by taking care of the water you drink.