CALGARY — After passionate and sometimes rancourous debate, Calgary city council voted 10-3 Tuesday to eliminate fluoride from the city’s drinking water, rejecting pleas to send the matter to plebiscite or an expert panel.
To which I say “Really?” Why would we go to “experts” to tell us if it should be mandatory to consume fluoride? Regardless if its bad or good for us? If I want it in my body, I’ll go buy it. However, don’t force me to drink it by putting it in the main source of drinking water for our city.
To the 7 city council members that voted fluoride out of Calgary water… THANK YOU. It’s been a long Read more
Woman Drinking Water |
I am always recommending athletes to drink a gallon of water a day. That is all fine and well, but apparently there is a better way to calculate your hydration needs.
Based on a post over at FormerFatGuy.com, we should be drinking half of our body weight in pounds, in ounces of water each day. That means if you weigh 150 lbs you should be drinking 75 oz of water each day.
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How do pharmaceutical drugs get in drinking water? And what can I do about it? These are all questions many households throughout America have been asking – and quite rightly so.
All hell broke loose when an Associated Press story broke, indicating that our water supply wasn’t as safe as we thought.
Probe Finds Drugs In Drinking Water.
An Associated Press study of 24 large metropolitan cities across America (40 million people) found a large variety of medication in their drinking water. Sex hormones, cancer drugs, antidepressants and antibiotics were some of medications found. Read more
Almost everyone alive understands that you have to drink an appropriate amount of water in order to stay alive, but most people are not as sure of how much water is the appropriate amount to drink for the maximum health benefits.
While scientists have suggested different figures over the years, the truth is that the total changes for every separate person as factors such as your level of activity, residence location, and your health all play an important role in how much water is the correct amount for you.
First of all, you need to take a look at how much water you lose each day to decide how much you need to drink which can actually vary depending on the activity of your day.
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