TAP WATER VS BOTTLED WATERS: A personal experiment by BBW Bella Artista

TAP WATER VS BOTTLED WATERS: A personal experiment by Bella Artista and Charles Xavier (her son). 

I have always been a tap water drinker and loved it, COLD and fresh. I never believed the lies bottled water companies spewed out to get people to pay for drinking water. I did research that shows corporations saying they will make people scared to drink tap water, and I shared it. But no one cared, no one wants to believe that tap water is actually good drinking water. 

I decided to be a human Guinea pig for no reason other than further research and the search for truth. I did not get paid to do this. I am not getting paid to share this.

My 19-year-old son decided he wanted to take the journey also.

We both drink about a gallon of water per day per our body weight needs. That is the exact same amount of tap water we would drink every day anyway. So again, nothing changed except the type of water.

REVERSE OSMOSIS

We purchased two BPA free, five gallon jugs and started our first week on reverse osmosis water.

We both felt weak, and we could tell our bodies were lacking minerals, and we got so dehydrated that we switched to distilled the moment the second jug was empty. 

DISTILLED WATER

Distilled water was just as bad, We only went through one jug of it before buying one spring and one glacier.

Research shows that both of those types of water are bad for you to drink do to the lack of minerals. Reverse osmosis is the worst due to the fact that it contains more bacteria than tap water does. But again, no one listens, no one cared, so I felt it was fair to put them both into the test.

Now onto the "better" more costly waters.

GLACIER

The glacier water did not leave our mouths dry, but our skin started to look like old people's skin. Suddenly, for the first time in our lives, we were slicking on lotion like we lived in the Sahara Desert. 

SPRING

The spring water had the same effect on our skin but also left us with cotton mouth. We stuck it out since the only downsides were dry, wrinkled skin and cotton mouth. 

Finally a month has passed and I am glad to be back on FREE tap water. 

Sure buying a bottle of glacier or spring water when I am out and about AND I have run out of water, is wise. But buying it for my home... NO.

In the past I have tried many home filters, some work fine (the ones that put needed minerals back into the water), some only take out the minerals and leave the chloride (whats the point then). Perhaps I will do an actual product review of various filters one day... but for now, I need to rebalance my body by drinking tap water again.

TAP

Tap water is governed by strict city standards, contains the needed minerals, and is free.  

After starting to drink tap water again, we no longer have cotton mouth, his skin bounced back right away, my skin is not as wrinkled but still needs more time to stop being dry (another couple days on tap will do it), and we both feel our energy returning from the natural minerals present in the water. I will add that the whole time I was drinking other waters, my gums hurt. No matter how much I brushed, flossed, and gargled mouth wash, my mouth felt like I was going to loose all my teeth. My son did not experience these side effects (probably because he is 20 years younger than I am). Now that I am back on tap water, the pain has gone away and my teeth feel strong again. 

NOTE: We still cooked spaghetti noodles in tap water one time during the month, forgetting to use bottled water. Tap water was still used on cleaning dishes, cleaning bodies...

Here are some delightful quotes from beverage companies.

To manufacture demand, beverage companies declared war on tap water through advertising

Story of Stuff

"The biggest enemy is tap water," said a Pepsi VP in 2000. 

"When we're done, tap water will be relegated to irrigation and washing dishes," said Susan D. Wellington of Quaker Oats, the maker of Gatorade.

But its more than just words: Coca-Cola has been in the business of discouraging restaurants from serving tap water, and pushing "less water and more beverage choices."

Don't judge by my experience alone:

Here are many articles on both sides of this argument.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/facts-bottled-water-industry-2011-10?op=1#ixzz3Io8PZ8kT

http://www.nrdc.org/water/drinking/bw/chap2.asp

http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/bottled/bottled-water-illusions-of-purity/

http://www.rd.com/health/wellness/rethink-what-you-drink/

http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/tap-water/faq-20058017

http://people.chem.duke.edu/~jds/cruise_chem/water/wattap.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/03/100310/why-tap-water-is-better/

http://www.bottledwater.org/health/bottled-water-vs-tap-water

http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/19/health/upwave-bottled-water/

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/study-bottled-water-safer-tap-water/story?id=87558

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Health/story?id=728070