{"id":7434,"date":"2025-03-28T12:07:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T10:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.matanhakimi.com\/?p=7434"},"modified":"2025-04-20T12:25:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T10:25:08","slug":"why-not-drink-water-straight-from-the-tap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.matanhakimi.com\/en\/why-not-drink-water-straight-from-the-tap\/","title":{"rendered":"Why not drink water straight from the tap?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
There is a narrative that says that tap water is clean and high-quality water, which is why most people drink water from the tap<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At best, the average home has a filter system that mainly improves the taste of the water and filters out impurities<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most people when they buy these systems, don’t know what to ask, the company tells the story that helps sell the product and we drink the water<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A few years ago, while I was living in New York, I flew to Mexico for a vacation. It was right at the peak of the period when I was deepening the healing process from the colitis disease that I suffered from for most of my 20s<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Mexico, I felt amazing and I remember that it was the first time in my life that I felt like I had healed myself<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I returned to New York, suddenly the situation changed and my stomach behaved strangely and unpleasantly<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I started to think to myself what happened? What is the difference between Mexico and an apartment in New York? I smelled the same things<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then I remembered water, in Mexico you can’t drink tap water because it’s not clean, so I drank bottled mineral water<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The next day I went to the grocery store and bought bottled water for the first time in my life – my digestion immediately returned to normal<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This was the first time I realized that tap water is not necessarily high-quality water<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since then, I’ve researched the subject and discovered quite a few things, some basic and some disturbing<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The basic ones say that if a city or building has a water system or pipes that have been in place for years and no one cleans them, what chance is there that these pipes don’t contain toxic substances?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We all know what happens to a kettle that isn’t cleaned for a month\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Beyond that, we know the fluoride narrative. Which means that we add fluoride to our water to keep our teeth healthy<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In recent months, articles revealed by American health organizations NIH report the danger of cognitive impairment in children due to synthetic fluoride<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But what really keeps our teeth healthy is not eating processed foods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fluoride in water or toothpaste is not the natural fluoride that exists in nature but synthetic fluoride and it has been linked to cognitive impairment, damage to the thyroid gland, a decrease in IQ levels and also damage to the pituitary gland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The pituitary gland is one of the most important glands in the brain because it is responsible for critical thinking – and also spiritually<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another thing that is added to our water is chlorine – to clean the water of toxins<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And this is probably important, considering the plumbing\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But in truth, there are quite a few ways to clean or filter water without using a harmful substance<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chlorine is a substance designed to kill bacteria, and what do you think happens to our intestinal bacteria when they feed on that chlorine?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition, chlorine is a carcinogen – that is, it has been defined as a cancer-causing substance\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’m not saying that drinking tap water can lead to cancer, but why put such a substance into our bodies?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition, laboratory tests in the US found a substance called atrazen in the water, which is a herbicide, and laboratory tests revealed that when frogs are exposed to it, they change their sex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In additional laboratory tests around the world, residues of birth control pills and other medications were found in tap water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Are you convinced? Okay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what do we do? Filter the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are two good options that I can think of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A reverse osmosis system. A system that is installed under the sink and has a small faucet on its own. You can buy it cheaply and install it yourself or find a company that does it, and it costs something like 1,500 shekels including a secondary faucet, compared to installing it alone, which would cost about 500 shekels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A water distiller. A device that can be ordered from Ali Express or Amazon and costs between $100 and $200, but it is important to add to the water<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A water purification device such as a pitcher with a filter that you verify with the manufacturer that it filters out chlorine and fluoride<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the case of osmosis and distillation, since the water will remain without minerals, it is advisable to “revive” the water or add minerals to it<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The easiest way to revive the water is to add a fruit or vegetable to it, such as a lemon or cucumber, for a few hours (or overnight) and then you are not drinking water devoid of minerals that will empty the body of its natural salts.<\/gwmw><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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