Posts Tagged ‘health’
Why Is It Necessary To Have a Countertop Water Filter?
January 19th, 2010 Posted 1:48 pm
People are today much concerned about their health and well being. They live a healthy life, eat nutritious food, avoid junk foods, exercise and do whatever is best for their bodies. Doctors usually recommend drinking eight glasses of water daily. Water is an important item which we need in abundance to keep our body hydrated. But simply drinking sufficient amount of water isn’t fine. You need to drink pure and clean water. One way to ensure that you are supplied with pure and safe water is by installing a countertop water filter.
A countertop water filter is easy to fit and once fitted supplies you with endless flow of pure water. We normally think that our city water is safe as it has been treated. But this is not always true. There are some cases where it is not advisable to drink your tap water. While it is true that tap water should be avoided by all there are some people who are advised against consuming tap water. According to EPA recommendation, cancer patients who are under chemotherapy drugs and people taking immuno suppressive drugs like HIV patients and organ-transplant recipients should totally avoid tap water. So it is safe to assume that tap water interferes with our system and harms our bodies. Find out more at Better Water Store.
Organic Foods-New Report Says Not More Nutritious Than Conventionally Grown
July 30th, 2009 Posted 11:27 pm
A new study by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, is causing a stir by taking a position that conventionally grown food is not any more nutritious that organically grown food.”
Published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Critics have quickly jumped on the reports conclusion however.
Chief scientist for The Organic Center, Charles Benbrook,PhD says they have produced different conclusions, which support organic over conventional.
Dr. Benbrook also says that polyphenols and antioxidants are about 25% higher in organically grown foods. lack of focus on polyphenols and antioxidants.
I think on of the things that is most overlooked in this study is the amount of pesticides that aren’t used when grow organically. That alone will cause me to pick the organic over conventional any day.
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