Healthy Drinking Water - Wellness Wednesday with Cindy

tap water you punch in your ZIP code you pull up your water authority and that will show you what is in your water all the different contaminants those that exceed the ewg health guidelines and all the other contaminants that are in your water and you're going to find things like trihalomethings and heximulant chromium Vanadium strontium it the list goes on and on so I don't say

this to scare you but to empower you to learn what's in your water and learn what you need to filter out that those contaminants that are in your water so I actually have a whole house water filter and I have reverse osmosis on my sink for my drinking water so all of my shower you know filters and all my faucets you know have filtered water so

this is um only because I know what's in my Municipal Water and what I need to be filtering out so I think it's important to learn what's in your water so you can use the appropriate filter to filter out what's in your water and unfortunately some of the contaminants are so so tiny and so small that a typical carbon black filter like a Brita water pitcher

filter isn't going to filter out some of those really really tiny contaminants like hexavalent chromium so I want you to also make sure that you're drinking enough filtered water throughout the day make sure that you're getting at least half of your body weight in ounces and if you're really active you might need more water if you're less active you might need less it also depends on

your diet if you're eating foods that are very nutrient dense and Rich like cucumbers and fruits you might need a little less if you're drinking a lot of caffeinated beverages you might need to replace some of that lost water through dehydration so make sure you're getting a lot of good filtered water throughout the day you're drinking in glass or stainless steel and if you notice that

you have a headache or you feel fatigued you're a little tired you could already be dehydrated so make sure you're getting enough water and then conversely if you drink too much water I know some people that say they drink gallons of water every day that actually can dilute all the minerals in your body and your electrolytes and that's not a good situation so you kind of

have to find that Goldilocks formula of what works for you and your body and hopefully you're drinking some clean pure filtered water take care and let me know in the comments if you have any questions [Music]