A Portable Water Filter is a Travel Necessity

All of us have heard the stories of those who have drank the water in a foreign country and gotten ill as a result. Drinking water that does not agree with our systems is not difficult to do when traveling to other countries. Being prepared with a portable water filter is one of the best ways to protect yourself from experiencing the onslaught of a variety of gastrointestinal problems.

If you live in the US then you are used to water that has been heavily treated to prevent disease. However when we treat our water so thoroughly we loose, or never develop a resistance to organisms that are common in many other places. As a result, when we are exposed to these organisms by drinking the water our bodies react to remove them (and remove them quickly!).

If you are a foreigner living in the US then you will probably be more familiar with drinking water that has been heavily treated than water that hasn't. We take for granted the notion that our water is clean and safe. But as I suggested in another article, our water could be very unhealthy, so your safest assumption is to filter it when you travel.

Drinking water that does not agree with our systems is not difficult to achieve. Despite the huge demands on the water companies, we have water stored centers that you can visit and check to see if your water is as safe as you would like it to be. You can also have this water delivered to your home if you don't want to have it delivered to a gas station or if you want the convenience of not having to do the heavy lifting of getting your own water.

I have been a singer for 53 years, and I have had practice. I know that when I pee, I do it a lot. My urine seems to be a rich black colour, almost like mine is late at night. (It is usually at night.) My music hi-tech mixer has a drinking water filter, so I can drink my orange juice without running, or for drinking other liquids.

OK, so what is the connection between drinking water and illness? It's simple. If you have an illness, and can't avoid getting ill, then you should take daily medication to help you recover. That's the oldStory. The only problem with this is that if you depend on these drinks to help you out, then don't ever think about drinking any of your own medication daily.

I just saw an advertisement on TV for a water filtration system. I thought it was an unusual place to find such an idea, but then I watched the video. It was very impressive what they were able to do on such a tiny little system. We need to be able to use our own tools, instead of those tools made to clean up a water spot.

There are also effective water filters on the market. You should look for the kind that can help provide the healthiest and best quality water to drink. Ideally, we don't want to drink water that has low quality minerals in it. It should also be purified of any harmful substances, though that is not necessarily bad.

I watch a lot of TV. Unfortunately, I have to admit, I have a limited amount of time for scientific research. It seems to me that on the whole, TV science is bunk.

The interesting story in the news today is that apparently Himalayan Barilla Cheese has been gaining quite a bit of weight. The reason I found this interesting is because the weight of one whole bar of the cheese was four times that of the recommended daily intake for men.

The suggested daily intake for men is 20 milligrams of sodium per day. Based on these numbers, a four ounce serving of the "Do yourself a favor" bar would contain eight teaspoons of sodium per day. It would be wise to check the nutrition facts to see just how high the sodium content is.

According toartments.gov, one of the lowest sodium levels found in a food happens to be 3,200 mg for a four ounce package of Snickers Candies.

Perhaps we should be more concerned about the amount of sugar in processed foods rather than salt. It has been suggested that as much as one third of the calories coming from refined carbohydrates are from sugar and other refined sugar.

Artificial sweeteners have not been particularly heavily used in recent years, and there is some evidence that they are dangerous. Aspartame, an artificial sweetener could possibly lead to such health problems as diabetes and obesity. There are other less toxic sweeteners, but artificial sweeteners are by far the most common.

It seems to be a case of keep it simple, use natural ingredients and great care is taken to ensure that the ingredients are of the highest quality. This may help explain the surprise results seen in the latest study of honey."