Quality of Food and Water = Quality of Life

In addition to the quality of air we breathe, both the water we drink and the food we consume are critical to our health and our beauty, body shape, and skin condition. While most people know that what they eat affects their body shape, few are aware of the effects of their nutrition has on their skin condition.

The body is a thermal machine. It needs fuel to function. In addition to the oxygen necessary to combustion, there is a need to feed the machine a certain amount of daily calories according to our activities and age. But unlike a regular furnace, it needs more than simply a caloric input. It requires a variety of foods as a source for the large amount of nutrients required for the proper functioning of the human body. Unfortunately, not only are most commercially grown foods void of nutrients, they have generally been treated with chemicals that are bad for our health.

Why all higher quality and organically grown food has become more available due to a growing demand, it is also more costly, yet the increase in the food budget will be more than compensated by the lesser need for doctor visits and medical drugs. Unfortunately, many organic and healthy food stores that carry wholesome foods also carry a lot of commercially grown food at higher prices than in other stores. It seems that upon entering a health food store, the customer lets his or her guard down and some retailers take advantage of this weakness.

In addition to food void of nutrients, our air is often polluted and so is our water. This dreadful reality in many parts of the nation and the world forces us to make a conscious effort if we wish to improve the quality of our water and food. We should drink an ample amount of water. Eight glasses of water a day is recommended so long as it is good quality water which is not always the case even with bottled water. Therefore, the use of appropriate filters on our drinking and cooking water source is an excellent improvement. Even the water used to bathe and shower affects our skin. Have your home water analyzed. It might need to be filtered and naturally treated. An important consideration is the pH of your water. Too many brands of bottled water have an acidic pH (lower than 7) as do sodas (as low as 4). Since our body needs to be slightly alkaline, overly acidic foods and drinks contribute to ill health and premature aging. Tap water is usually at the right pH by law, but it often has other undesirable chemicals.