Education & Learning

Have you ever heard this, that hard water is good for our bones, yet soft water is better for our skin? There is a raft of rather confusing information for us to make sense of.  What is not a secret is that water is an essential element of human life. As the body excretes various amounts of water through sweat, urination and even breathing, your body needs to constantly replenish those fluids. In fact, we would only survive without fresh water for a matter of days.  

Drinking the right quality and quantity of water is essential for our health. Whether you drink from a tap, bottle, or jug, water is involved in everything from supporting our brain function, to flushing waste from our body, to regulating body temperature. It makes sense, then, that we should ensure the quality of our drinking water is of the highest standard for optimal cellular hydration.

Water – it is the life-preserving compound that every living thing on planet Earth needs to survive. Consistently consuming the best quality and quantity of drinking water will lubricate our joints, regulate our body temperature, support our metabolism, remove waste from our tissues, help improve mood, reduce fatigue and offer many more benefits to keep our bodies functioning at peak efficiency every day.

In the early months of their lives, newborns and babies stick to a purely liquid diet, either in the form of a bottle or breastfeeding. Given the amount and frequency they consume, it can be difficult to imagine they are ever dehydrated, but it can be  very common.

The quality of the foods and liquids we consume plays such an important role in determining how we live our lives. It provides us with energy, helps to maintain the ongoing functions of our organs and internal systems, affects our moods and thought processes – in fact, just about every element of our existence has some relationship with our diets.

We have all heard the old adage, ‘you are what you eat,’ but many of us would be surprised to learn how true that really is. Our gut is an incredibly intricate and complex system within our bodies that has a significant influence on our wider health – so much so, in fact, there is a growing amount of research still being conducted throughout the medical world to determine the extent of that influence.

Water toxins are contaminants within supplies of drinking water that can cause a range of sicknesses. Toxins can enter drinking water through a number of pathways, including being deposited into lakes, rivers and oceans where they seep into groundwater systems that flow back into wells or reservoirs used both for consumption and irrigation purposes.

It is common knowledge that our bodies are made up largely of water;  at birth we are over 75% water our brain and heart are 73% water, our skin 64%, our muscles and kidneys are over 79% water. In fact, our bodies will consist of over 50 per cent water throughout our entire lives.