A friend of mine posted a list of watchable documentaries a few weeks back. I, craving some kind of new intellectual stimulation, decided to start watching all of the ones under the label of Health.
Most of them have to do with different wrongs that have been done to the general public by the different drug company giants and how they promote drugs instead of good health. A few were on how to cure every different degenerative disease with what you eat and drink. A fascinating one was on the history of surgery. Let me tell you - it was NOT for the faint of heart...or weak of stomach. I had to skip the part on heart surgery, but watched in entirety the section on cosmetic surgery - so crazy how it started out. CRAZY.
Anyway, the most recent one that I've started to watch is called Tapped. It's about bottled water and how most of it is the same quality of municipal tap water. The documentary talks about how advertising and beverage companies have made water a commodity instead of a basic human need/right. It's interesting, eye opening, and frustrating.
Now, I've been working on drinking a few litres of water a day. I've been trying to hydrate as well as reduce the redness on my face from rosacea. (I read an article somewhere that said it would help, and anecdotaly, it has) I started thinking about if I had started drinking bottled water instead of our tap water it would cost up to 7 or 8, if not more, dollars a day! That would amount to over 200$ a month....could, or should any one afford that.?! I don't think so.
We all know that water is good for us. Even the tap water is good for us. Apparently beverage companies won't disparage the previous statement. IF they do, they are declaring their own water in their bottles unsafe or unhealthful. Crazy, isn't it?
Now, I understand there is convenience in a bottle of water. That's the reason I carry one with me. The difference? Mine is a lovely glass bottle I can refill anywhere. I prefer to fill it at home because we have a wonderful filter that improves the quality of our drinking water. (BUT! Edmonton has some of the cleanest water in all of Canada, so we don't mind drinking it anywhere...just prefer...)
I would like to challenge you to drink more water, and I will be soon, but I think I would rather get us on the same page and not encourage the beverage industry to continue to bottle and sell water and crazy prices. (think of it this way - the average bottle of water is more expensive than gasoline...) The plastic doesn't get recycled as often as we would hope - thus putting more pollutants in the world...also, think about all the petrochemicals it takes to produce the water, ship it, consume it, and then possibly recycle it. CRAY-CRAY, I must say.
SO! Think about where your water comes from, and hold on tight for a challenge to drink more - water that is!
XO,
Bliss
