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 Coca-cola's Dasani water is just filtered tap water with a trace of minerals thrown in. Many "vitamin water" products are often just colored water with a trace of low-cost vitamins. Popular sports water products are just water, artificial colors, salt and a few low-grade minerals. These are rip-off products, if you ask me.
But there are also quality, genuine bottled water products on the market that I believe are worth every penny. Those would be the ones from natural mineral springs, like Evian or Aquarius water out of Oregon. |
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 REPPED: Coca-Cola's "Dasani" brand bottled water product is under fire this week with a global effort to shame the company into admitting the truth about the source of its Dasani water. What truth? That Dasani water comes from tap water -- the same stuff used to flush your toilet. Of course, the water is filtered and augmented before being put into Dasani bottles, but it's still from the same source as your tap water.
This week, on November 7th, Corporate Accountability International (www.StopCorporateAbuse.org) is holding a nationwide rally in seven key U.S. |
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| Many "vitamin water" products are often just colored water with a trace of low-cost vitamins. Popular sports water products are just water, artificial colors, salt and a few low-grade minerals. These are rip-off products, if you ask me.
But there are also quality, genuine bottled water products on the market that I believe are worth every penny. Those would be the ones from natural mineral springs, like Evian or Aquarius water out of Oregon. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 The air travel water ban
The TSA has banned all water from airplanes, but if they really enforced the regulation, they shouldn't be letting people on the planes at all. Why? Because the human body is 75% water.
What are they gonna do next, dehydrate all the passengers before they board? The airlines would love the policy, as it would lighten the passenger load and save them millions in fuel costs.
Can you board a plane if you have water in your mouth but haven't swallowed?
I recently smuggled a liter of water onto an airplane. You know how I did it? |
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| Of course, the water is filtered and augmented before being put into Dasani bottles, but it's still from the same source as your tap water.
This week, on November 7th, Corporate Accountability International (www.StopCorporateAbuse.org) is holding a nationwide rally in seven key U.S. cities and college campuses across the country to demand that Coca-Cola honestly label their Dasani bottled water products as "coming from a public water source." Details about the event are available now at: www.ThinkOutsideTheBottle. |
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| The air travel water ban
The TSA has banned all water from airplanes, but if they really enforced the regulation, they shouldn't be letting people on the planes at all. Why? Because the human body is 75% water.
What are they gonna do next, dehydrate all the passengers before they board? The airlines would love the policy, as it would lighten the passenger load and save them millions in fuel costs.
Can you board a plane if you have water in your mouth but haven't swallowed?
I recently smuggled a liter of water onto an airplane. You know how I did it? |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 All fruits and vegetables have water, and water stores emotional energy, passing it on to those who consume the water. Since an apple is probably something like 75% water by volume, eating an apple is actually an exercise in chewing mostly on water.
Aren't you curious to know what kind of energy and intention is in that water? You should be. Because beyond the vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients in the apple, the water impacts your body, mind and spirit more than anything else. |
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 I tried to see if I could tell any difference by taste, and I couldn't (the pre-vortex water tasted the same as the post-vortex water, which actually seems to make good sense).
It's also difficult to experience any health effects from this water if you're already healthy. |
| So I can't say that I felt any more energy or clarity after drinking this water, but that might simply be because I feel a lot of energy and clarity on a daily basis anyway.
One thing I don't like about the product, however, is that it's made out of some sort of polycarbonate, and the water is definitely in touch with these materials throughout the vortex cycle. Still, it's a high quality poly material (this is not some cheap plastic) and I doubt there's much transference of molecules between the materials and the water. |
| When operating, the Vitalizer Plus generates a nice vortex in the water (is looks like a miniature cyclone) that makes a typical "water going down the drain" sound. Technically, it all seemed to work fine, and I could not find any problems with the unit's operation. The difficulty in reviewing such a unit, however, is in testing the results. How do you test the structure of water? And how can you determine its health benefits if you're already healthy? |
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| Popular sports water products are just water, artificial colors, salt and a few low-grade minerals. These are rip-off products, if you ask me.
But there are also quality, genuine bottled water products on the market that I believe are worth every penny. Those would be the ones from natural mineral springs, like Evian or Aquarius water out of Oregon. |
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 To some people, the phrase simply implies that Aquafina is itself a public water source. It's not the same as admitting, "Aquafina comes from tap water," which would be a far more honest way to label the product. But PepsiCo seems to have no interest in advertising the source of their Aquafina product, and my guess is that the "public water source" text on the label will be really small and difficult to read. It's much like the labeling of side effects of prescription drugs: They bury the bad news somewhere that most consumers won't ever look. |
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 In fact, if this trend continues, you may not need to visit the pharmacy at all: Just drink the water! You'll get a dose of antidepressants, antibiotics and arthritis drugs with every smooth sip! And if that thought makes you shudder, don't sweat it, there are also anti-convulsants in the water. Perhaps this is what allows Los Angeles residents to handle the traffic there.
I just wonder, with all the drugs in the water, will you soon need a prescription to drink it? Will drug companies charge royalties for drinking the water? |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Popular sports water products are just water, artificial colors, salt and a few low-grade minerals. These are rip-off products, if you ask me.
But there are also quality, genuine bottled water products on the market that I believe are worth every penny. Those would be the ones from natural mineral springs, like Evian or Aquarius water out of Oregon. |
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| By avoiding the honest labeling of the source of their water while relying on snow-capped mountain imagery, these companies quietly mislead consumers into thinking their water products are from a pristine, natural source such as a mountain spring.
CAI pressures PepsiCo to tell the truth
PepsiCo only agreed to tell the truth on their bottled water labels after being pressured by Corporate Accountability International (CAI), a non-profit organization that helps protect consumers from corporate abuse. See their website at http://www.stopcorporateabusenow. |
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| But unless you enjoy consuming carcinogenic chemicals and fluorosilicic acid -- a chemical dripped into the water supplies in many U.S. cities -- then tap water just isn't a safe option.
That fluorosilicic acid, by the way, is often scraped off the inside of coal power plant smokestacks. If it wasn't sold to cities to be dripped into the water, it would be considered a toxic waste product regulated by the EPA. Don't believe me? Read this article.
Granted, there are a lot of silly bottled water products on the market that are over-hyped. |
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| By avoiding the honest labeling of the source of their water while relying on snow-capped mountain imagery, these companies quietly mislead consumers into thinking their water products are from a pristine, natural source such as a mountain spring.
CAI pressures PepsiCo to tell the truth
PepsiCo only agreed to tell the truth on their bottled water labels after being pressured by Corporate Accountability International (CAI), a non-profit organization that helps protect consumers from corporate abuse. See their website at http://www.stopcorporateabusenow. |
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 Batmanghelidj unintentionally discovered water's healing properties
Why most people are chronically dehydrated and suffer from symptoms of dehydration that are labeled "diseases"
Which ingredients in soft drinks deplete the body's water reserves
Why thirst is not a reliable indicator of dehydration
Why the body produces cholesterol and how water keeps it in balance
Why Dr. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| When operating, the Vitalizer Plus generates a nice vortex in the water (is looks like a miniature cyclone) that makes a typical "water going down the drain" sound. Technically, it all seemed to work fine, and I could not find any problems with the unit's operation. The difficulty in reviewing such a unit, however, is in testing the results. How do you test the structure of water? And how can you determine its health benefits if you're already healthy? |
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 A lot of people don't know that the skin can also drink water. If you spend a lot of time in a swimming pool, for example, you will absorb water through your skin that will increase the water content of your blood. The kidneys will kick in, extracting that water from your blood, and before long you will need to urinate. This is why if you swim for a long time, you end up needing to use the restroom. It's because your skin is drinking water; it's absorbing water right out of the pool, even if you aren't drinking it. |
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| Batmanghelidj, and I listened in awe as he shared his research and stories about "The Healing Power of water."
In a fascinating one-hour phone conversation, Dr. B. shares:
Which common ailments and "diseases" are actually caused by dehydration
Why many doctors use water-regulating antihistamines to alleviate pain
How Dr. |
| I was one of the last people to interview the late Dr. Batmanghelidj, and I listened in awe as he shared his research and stories about "The Healing Power of water."
In a fascinating one-hour phone conversation, Dr. B. shares:
Which common ailments and "diseases" are actually caused by dehydration
Why many doctors use water-regulating antihistamines to alleviate pain
How Dr. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Because the human body is 75% water.
What are they gonna do next, dehydrate all the passengers before they board? The airlines would love the policy, as it would lighten the passenger load and save them millions in fuel costs.
Can you board a plane if you have water in your mouth but haven't swallowed?
I recently smuggled a liter of water onto an airplane. You know how I did it? I took a cue from drug smugglers and just swallowed the stuff before boarding. |
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| The public water infrastructure in the U.S. may be among the best in the world, but that's not saying much. I won't even shower in U.S. public water without using a chlorine filter on my shower head. (Recommended brand: Aquasana at http://www.aquasana.com )
My view on PepsiCo
Since this story has much to do with PepsiCo, I thought I would offer my personal opinion on this corporation. In my opinion, PepsiCo is a highly destructive corporation that is partially responsible for obesity, diabetes, depression and bone disorders among hundreds of millions of people around the world. |
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