You're thirsty after working in the sun on a hot Saturday

afternoon. You head to the kitchen and pour yourself a cool glass

of water and gulp it back greedily. The immediate effect is to cool

you down, quench your thirst, and re-hydrate your body.

But did you give any thought to what it's doing to your body? It's

true that doctors suggest we drink 8 glasses of water a day, but if

you don't drink the right kind of water, it can have a harmful effect

on you!

Wait a minute, you say: "The right kind of water???" How many

kinds of water are there?

The answer is: several! Water is not just a colorless liquid that

quenches our parched tongues. Water is a necessary part of life

and not just for keeping us hydrated. Most people don't know that

water contains other properties that allow you to live a healthy

life:

1.Your water is supposed to deliver essential nutrients and

minerals needed to live. For example, calcium, magnesium,

potassium and trace elements -- which doctors recommend we

take in -- can be found in some drinking waters, but not all. Are

you spending an arm and a leg on supplements to ensure you¡¯re

getting these minerals when instead you can get them simply and

cheaply by drinking the right kind of water?

2. Your water should help balance out the acidic state of your

body. Simply put, our bodies' tissues produce waste that is acid in

nature. When these acid wastes accumulate --because of

pollutants, modern diet and stress -- our tissues slowly

deteriorate. Chronic diseases such as cancer,arthritis, diabetes

and osteoporosis are associated with this acid condition. Water

should help balance out our acidic state by being alkaline.

3. Like a natural stream, your water should have antioxidant

properties. Oxidization hastens cell breakdown, while foods with

antioxidant properties prevent it. You don't need anyone to tell

you that you want a body that generates cells, not destroys them!

4. Your water should be free of contaminants. Many people are

shocked to learn that there can be over 2000 contaminants in an

ordinary glass of tap water.

So aside from quenching your thirst, water should also be full of

minerals, be alkaline, and be antioxidant. But did you know that

most water is exactly the opposite? And did you know that waters

from many water purifier systems fail these basic requirements?

It's true. People buy water purification systems thinking that they

will successfully filter out the "bad stuff" and keep the "good

stuff"in water. Unfortunately, many systems, even the expensive

ones, either do an inadequate job of filtering out the "bad stuff" or

they filter out everything-- both good and bad. In fact, there are

filtration systems for which people pay top dollar, that doctors

recommend you don't drink from on a long term basis -- because

they can make your body even more acidic!

But before you completely swear off water, know this: it's not all

bad news. There are excellent purification systems that do a good

job of creating healthy, alkaline water with as much antioxidant

property as a glass of orange juice!

Protect the health of your family. Before believing the advertising

claims of any system, and before spending a fortune on bottled

water, really compare the choices in home purification systems.

Find out:

1. How do the health benefits of each system compare?

(contamination,acidity, antioxidant,minerals)

2. What's the taste like? If you don't love the taste, you won't

drink enough water.

3. How much will it actually cost me?