There
is nothing quite like the taste of fresh, clean water. It
tastes like, well, nothing! Water
that is free of chemicals
has no taste. It’s light on your tongue, refreshing
in your mouth, and invigorating to your body. And once you
have become accustomed to drinking only clean water, you
never will want to taste anything else. You may even become
a “water snob” once you realize that adding a
lemon slice to a glass of water at a restaurant to mask the
taste of chlorine is just a cheap and unacceptable substitute
for the real deal – a fresh, clean glass of water
to drink.
The taste of water is an intangible but
important lifestyle issue. It’s relatively difficult
to quantify the taste difference between water sources,
but your tongue certainly
knows the difference. Everything that you typically make
with water tastes so much better when you begin with a base
of clean water: juice, tea, coffee, soup, pasta, vegetables
and more. Food prepared with clean water tastes the way it
was meant to taste, without the underlying flavor influence
of added chemicals like chlorine.
If you ask most people why they don’t drink more water,
they often say they don’t like the taste. That’s
why most Americans are chronically dehydrated – their
thirst mechanism is so weak that it is often mistaken for
hunger. Even mild dehydration will measurably slow down an
individual’s metabolism. And just one glass of water
before bedtime effectively shuts down midnight hunger pangs.
This is one of the primary reasons why most nutritionists
advise everyone to drink plenty of water to help suppress
appetite and support weight loss.
Drinking water directly supports an active lifestyle. A
lack of water is the number one trigger of daytime fatigue.
Drinking enough water supports superior health and feeling
good in many, many ways, including reducing pain. Research
indicates that drinking at least the minimum recommended
amount of water each day, about eight to ten 8-ounce glasses,
significantly eases back and joint pain for the majority
of people. It also decreases the risk of colon cancer, reduces
the risk of breast cancer, and makes you substantially less
likely to develop bladder cancer. Just a 2% drop in body
water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, cause trouble
handling basic math, and make it difficult to focus on a
computer screen or a printed page.
Most people understand that drinking water is good for them.
If the water actually tasted good and was readily available,
it would be easy to do the right thing.
