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"You need to drink pure water (see page 332), not unfiltered tap water. You also need a good shower filter, since the toxin equivalent of several glasses of tap water are absorbed through the skin during a shower. You need to exercise at least half an hour a day. Exercise should vary and include stretching (as in yoga), walking and anything else you find fun. I also recommend a mini-trampoline. The antigravity exercise it provides stimulates blood circulation and lymphatic flow, benefiting every cell in the body." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Avoid drinking unfiltered tap water, swimming in chlorinated pools, or showering without a chlorine-removing filter. (You absorb more chlorine through the skin than you could possibly ingest from drinking tap water.) Fluoride in municipal drinking water: just as carcinogenic as chlorine. Fluoride actually increases your body's uptake of aluminum. Use a water filter that takes out fluoride. Electromagnetic radiation: Electromagnetic radiation interferes with the body's own electromagnetic field and undermines basic intercellular communication." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Most city tap water should be purified by some method that removes chemicals and disease-causing toxins. Once this is done, the water may be clean and will better sustain life; however, it is still not the best kind of water for promoting health. Have you noticed that when you drink more water, the number of times you have to run to the bathroom increases? Is this natural? Actually, it is not. The situation is that most of the water is running through us because it is not being absorbed at the cellular level where it is needed. It is not in a form that can easily hydrate the body." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.) "Chlorine also kills friendly bacteria in the bowel, and when it combines with organic substances, it forms cancer-causing compounds. tap water can also contain pesticides and other chemicals. Water from city systems should be passed through a good filter unit before drinking. Raw fruit and vegetables naturally contain 75%?0% water. These should be our main source of healthy water for the body. Bathing in Chlorinated Water When chlorine is absorbed through the skin, it upsets the body's natural chemistry. The comments about drinking chlorinated water also apply to bathing in it." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.) "It is important to note how people are also quickly moving away from drinking healthy water: In 1970 the average consumption of tap water was about 68 gallons per year per capita; and the consumption of soft drinks was 24.3 gallons. By 1989, water consumption decreased to 37 gallons per capita while the consumption of soft drinks rose to 42.2 gallons. Alcoholic beverage consumption was at 39.1 gallons per capita. The American public is currently consuming more soft drinks and alcohol than water!..." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"A portable water filter does filter out the worst of the bacterial contaminants and is better than tap water - just remember to change the filter regularly. When you are out traveling, bottled 'still'water is acceptable as a temporary substitute. Important note - if your tap water comes from underground wells (water company or private), then you should seriously look at a good filter as the inorganic minerals can cause problems." - Robert Redfern, The Miracle Enzyme Is Serrapeptase (Get the book.)

"Unknowingly, 53 million Americans drink tap water that is polluted by feces, radiation, or other contaminants. Half of all Americans drink water that has been used at least once before. 10. Your Mouth. A visit to your dentist could be deadly—unless you know what to look out for. 11. Cleansing Your Liver and Blood. Our liver is the primary filter of our body. Over time we so abuse it and so overtax it that illness is the inevitable result. Our blood is filled with many impurities including everything from an overabundance of artificial fats to toxic heavy metals." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"Triclosan interacts with free chlorine in tap water and degrades under sunlight to produce chloroform. It also produces a class of persistent, highly toxic, carcinogenic chemicals known as dioxins (16 ) ?an ingredient in the Agent Orange defoliant used by the U.S. in the Vietnam War. In 2005, an advisory panel to the FDA concluded that triclosan and triclocarbon posed "unacceptable health and environmental risks," but the FDA hierarchy still ignores this conclusion and its implications. (See chapter 10 for more on triclosan and triclocarbon." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"Another case that made headlines recently involved a military base at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, where 75,000 Marines and their families were exposed to toxic tap water that may have caused cancer and birth defects. Federal hearings took place in the summer of 2007, and numerous residents of the base testified about their personal horror stories—children born with severe disabilities or disorders, and many who later died of unusual cancers. Are Chlorine and Fluoride a Problem?" - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Those same pores, of course, also facilitate the elimination of toxic chemicals). tap water in the United States often contains chlorine, aluminum, pesticides, lead, copper, and other toxic substances. Approximately 70% of the toxins from tap water enter the body through the skin; the remaining 30% of the toxins enter via ingestion." - Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac., Alternative Medicine Magazine's Definitive Guide to Sleep Disorders: 7 Smart Ways to Help You Get a Good Night's Rest (Get the book.)

"First he established which rats liked to drink by giving them the opportunity to drink freely from either of two bottles—one filled with tap water and one containing 10 percent alcohol. Then he picked nineteen rats that tended to like the alcohol the most, and divided them into two groups. One group received 100 mg of L-glutamine mixed with their food, the other group didn't. At the end of 17 days, he returned all the rats to a regular diet of Purina rat chow and watched and measured what they drank." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"Exposure from breathing TCE released when shower water converts into shower steam is even higher, say experts, than what we get through drinking tap water or breathing TCE. (Exposure rate is so much higher because you are getting multiple types of exposure at once: direct contact with the water at the same time that you are breathing in vaporized TCE from the shower steam." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"Waterborne contaminants are unhealthy chemicals, microorganisms (like bacteria), or radiation found in tap water. Biographies of Medical Experts Manuel Alvarez, M.D., is chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Science at Hackensack University Medical Center. He also serves as a FOX News Channel (FNC) medical contributor, appearing primarily on its daytime line-up, which includes FOX & Friends and Dayside. Known widely to audiences as Dr." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"What it actually does is take your tap water and divide it in two. One stream is acidic and can be used for washing and cleaning. The other steam is alkaline and is used for drinking. It works really well. Unfortunately, it's really expensive—about $1,200. One of the best alternatives is to simply magnetize your water. Applying a magnetic field to a pitcher of water for a short period of time will make it more alkaline. It also offers the added advantage of lessening the surface tension, which makes the water wetter and more usable by the cells of your body." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.) "Fill a glass with some of your local tap water and test it with your kit. The water will change color according to how much chlorine there is in the water. Now fill up another glass with water from the tap. This time, soak your hand in the water for 60 seconds before testing. Notice how the water shows no chlorine. In just 60 seconds you absorbed all of the chlorine in the water into your body through your hand. The 'At least with toothpaste, you have a choice to buy a nonfluoride brand "There are now at least 10 studies that prove as fluoride intake goes up, so does your tooth decay!" - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.) "What is probably more surprising to most people, though, is the fact that, according to the EPA, 53 million Americans unknowingly drink tap water that is polluted by feces, radiation, or other contaminants. Also accotding to the EPA, some 45 million people drink water contaminated with the parasite Cryptosporidium that killed more than 100 people in Milwaukee in 1993. Or that over half of all Americans drink water that has been used at least once before." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"The best way to filter your water is by fitting a filtering system that purifies your tap water and removes impurities, including minerals, fluoride, e-coli bacteria, and nitrates. A portable water filter does filter out the worst of the bacterial contaminants and is better than tap water - just remember to change the filter regularly. When you are out traveling, bottled 'still'water is acceptable as a temporary substitute." - Robert Redfern, The Miracle Enzyme Is Serrapeptase (Get the book.)

"Arsenic in tap water is common; this hormone disruptor is suspected of playing a role in diabetes. Arsenic interferes with the action of glucocorticoid hormones, which belong to the same family of steroid hormones as estrogen and progesterone. Glucocorticoids turn on many genes that help regulate blood sugar and even ward off cancer. Repeatedly drinking water containing certain amounts of arsenic has been linked to increased rates of cancer and diabetes. The underlying mechanism is now thought to be hormone disruption." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Much of America's tap water now contains impurities, including trace amounts of heavy metals. It may be necessary to buy a water purifier or to drink bottled water. • Environmental Pollutants. Kids should also be protected as much as is reasonably possible from other common sources of toxins that are present in their daily, immediate environments. This includes toxins in air pollution, and particularly toxic air emitted from coal-burning plants, which contains high levels of mercury." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"Other Bathing Tips: As I mention earlier, the tap water in our homes might be contaminated with any number of toxins, and we aren't just exposed by drinking the water—contact through bathing and showering is another concern. If you can't install a water-filtration system in your home (see page 258), you can still easily cut down on the toxins in your water: reduce the harmful effects of many of the toxins that might be in your water: • Brush the skin before bathing and showering. You can find a body brush in health food stores and even most conventional drugstores." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.) "The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has found that millions of Americans drink tap water that may be contaminated with multiple biologically disruptive agents and toxic or cancerous chemicals such as lead, arsenic, pesticides, volatile organic compounds, radioactive materials, and agricultural herbicides. These toxins enter the groundwater via industrial processes and discharges from manufacturing facilities." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.) "We're exposed to tap water through so many different channels: juices and hot beverages, vegetables, the bath or shower, in the swimming pool, or even in the water you use to prepare food. Make sure that all of these sources are safe in your home—you might be in for an unpleasant surprise." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Drink only pure water (no tap water or water containing chlorine or fluoride). Increase consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables. Eliminate refined, processed and fast foods. Eliminate hydrogenated fats or oils and all fried foods. 3. Thyroid hypo-function secondary to adrenal cortical hyper-function: TSH below 2.0, normal T3 and T4, potassium levels below 4.0, salivary Cortisol normal in the morning and high all day. Drink plenty of water (no tap water or water containing chlorine or fluoride). Increase consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables. Eliminate refined, processed and fast foods." - Richard, Dr. DiCenso, Beyond Medicine, exploring a new way of thinking (Get the book.)

"Bio-photons in city tap water and city water after structuring with a Hexahedron999 Left: Chlorinated water, Kildare, Quebec. Right: Same city water after passing through a Hexadedron 999 filtering and restructuring unit. Figure 14.5 Two biophotons and single biophoton Left: Two biophotons showing hexagonal structures and light energy emanating from them; Right: Single, bright biophoton showing concentric hexagonal structures with a six-pointed star at the centre." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"In some places in the United States and other countries, the term "drinking water" for tap water should be considered nothing more than a euphemism. The water that the general public uses comes from two sources: underground sources, such as springs and wells, and surface water, such as rivers and lakes. Presently, both these sources are becoming more and more polluted as toxic chemicals, acid rain, raw sewage, agricultural herbicides, pesticide runoff, chlorination, fluoridation, sewage landfills, and radioactive wastes are either dumped into or seep into them." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Imagine the hottest tap water is in the bucket to begin with and that someone is using a teakettle full of boiling water to refresh the bucket at intervals. Now it's so hot it feels like it is burning the skin off your hand. Still, you leave your hand in the bucket. The heat is almost unbearable. You can feel it crawling up your fingers, all the way back to your palm. Your palm is even starting to swell. You feel like your hand and fingers are cooking. You can feel your brow begin to perspire. Finally, you can't stand it anymore." - Rick Levy and Lou Aronica, Miraculous Health: How to Heal Your Body by Unleashing the Hidden Power of Your Mind (Get the book.)

"It's mysterious because, while she was told that she was being administered a new treatment that would cure her condition, in reality all she received was tap water mixed with a colored dye. She was part of a double-blind experiment where she and other patients with similar conditions were randomly selected and informed that a brand-new "breakthrough" treatment would be applied. Some received the real medicine, and some were simply given the colored water. The key in this study is that all of the patients were told that by the time the treatment wore off, their condition would be healed." - Gregg Braden, The Spontaneous Healing of Belief: Shattering the Paradigm of False Limits (Get the book.)

"If you have young kids, are pregnant, or are thinking about pregnancy in the future, you'll want to test your tap water for lead contamination, since lead is especially dangerous and levels can vary enormously from house to house. A lead test costs about $25. Once you know what's in your water, you can find a filter that's geared toward getting rid of the specific pollutants, if any, that may be present." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"You absorb more chlorine through the skin than you could possibly ingest from drinking tap water.) Fluoride in municipal drinking water: just as carcinogenic as chlorine. Fluoride actually increases your body's uptake of aluminum. Use a water filter that takes out fluoride. Electromagnetic radiation: Electromagnetic radiation interferes with the body's own electromagnetic field and undermines basic intercellular communication. Remove all electrical appliances or equipment from the bedroom, including electric blankets and electrical alarm clocks." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

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