The idea of having water in a bottle is great. Its portable and can be used to quench your thirst any time you feel the need. But is buying it in little plastic bottles really what we should be doing?
There is definitely a need to have bottled water with you if you are going on a jog, in the hot Sun or just about anywhere else. Although bottled water makes our lives easier because its highly mobile, you should look at something other than buying it in plastic bottles.
Not only is having water in a plastic bottle bad, businesses are completely ripping you off and laughing all the way to the bank while doing it! This business idea boomed in the 1990s when people started buying bottled water in bulk. Ever since then hundreds of companies have entered this arena to make billions in profits.
Is bottled water really better?
Forget what corporations have been spoon feeding you about their bottles being “filled at the source” and being “pure spring water” etcetera. All of the water you buy in plastic bottles is filled up at a factory by machines. Sure the water is filtered, but its no different than getting the same thing from your home by putting a small filter on your kitchen tap!
Why are people spending billions of dollars every year to buy something they do not have to? It is such a profitable business that companies do not want you to ask yourself that question. Its better if you keep giving them your hard earned money for something you can get for almost no cost.
What about purification?
I have already discussed that having a filter inside your home will give you the same water purification that you get in a bottle. Many people will disagree and claim otherwise. Let me explain to you why ingesting only the “purest” stuff is such a bad thing for your health.
You see, when you drink water that is 100% pure, you are lowering your body’s ability to fight off germs. By drinking water from the tap, you will most likely ingest bacteria and other germs in very small, harmless quantities. Your immune system creates anti-bodies that learn to fight off these infections if they attack you in higher numbers.
This is the same thing that happens when you go get a flu-shot. The doctor gives you a very small dose of the flu so your own body can learn to fight it and defend off any harmful bacteria that might be coming your way. If your body never knew how to deal with the flu, you would certainly fall sick if you came in contact with this bacteria for the first time. By getting a flu shot, your body already knows how to defend you and keep you safe.
By drinking filtered tap water, you are doing yourself a favor. It seems exactly the opposite of what you would expect. You are drinking pure water so you don’t get sick, but you are going to get sick because your body has no anti-bodies to defend you. But of course, businesses that sell you bottled water do not want you to think about this kind of stuff. They are happy with the way things are going!
Impact on the environment
I should not even have to mention the impact plastic bottles have on our environment. Do you throw trash everywhere in your home? Probably not. Then why do you not consider Earth to be your home as well? You think you are just going to one day move out of here if you do not like it anymore? Everyone is going to have to live in their own filth they throw away today.
Did you know, none of the plastic ever made has decomposed yet? To make things worse, it will not decompose for hundreds of thousands of years to come! All while we keep creating a problem that compounds day after day. Our bottled water consumption keeps increasing and I am afraid people will continue to buy water in plastic bottles.
What about vitamin or mineral water?
Dude, if you really want your vitamins and minerals, eat fruit! Why would you want to have this kind of stuff included in you water? I mean, is it too hard to grab an orange and get all the Vitamin C that your body needs? How about getting some sunlight so your body naturally starts making Vitamin D? Shit, nature makes it so easy for us that we don’t even need to do anything to get our vitamins! How lazy are we going to get?
Did you know Coke is getting sued over Vitamin Water? Yep, they are being sued because Vitamin Water has false advertising claiming that it gives you all sorts of nutrition. The only thing that happens to come with Vitamin Water is a lot of sugar!
Whats funny is that Coke is claiming that nobody believes their false advertisement. That is their defense, no joke! They are saying that although they blatantly compare their Vitamin Water to getting flu shots and other healthy nutrition, the consumers actually do not believe the claims.
So why then are people buying their stuff? To get fat? Interesting stuff if you really think about it.
Not only are we getting lazier and fatter, we are letting businesses get away with our hard earned money! Get a metal bottle that you can refill at your own home. Forget about getting your nutrition from bottled water and just have fruits and vegetables!