Cool Water

If you want to recover from fibromyalgia, what you drink is just as important as what you eat.  You can find information about what not to drink in previous blog posts. So what can you drink?  Fresh ginger tea is a favorite of mine.  The recipe is in an earlier post.  But the simplest thing you can do is to drink a lot of water.  

Your body was created to function efficiently on water.  If you are just beginning to follow the plan to rid your system of chemical contamination, drinking eight to ten glasses of water each day is an excellent way to help flush toxins out of your body. 

Drinking water should be a simple matter of turning on the tap and filling up a glass.  But the reality is you have to exercise care with the water you drink.  Here are two things to consider.

Tap Water.   Our water supply is becoming increasingly contaminated.  Tap water in many locations contains measurable amounts of arsenic, chlorine, prescription drugs, industrial chemical waste, lead, aluminum, and heavy metals.  Radioactive contaminants have been found in some city water systems.

Bottled Water.  There are no regulations to govern the purity of bottled water. No oversight organization exists to insure that bottled water is toxin free.  In addition, if bottled water is left in a car or placed in the freezer, the temperature fluctuations cause harmful toxins in the plastic to be released.  Toxins are also released if you reuse the bottles. There is some evidence that the plastic used in bottled water containers may be harmful even when care is used with storing them.

So what are the alternatives?  You can purchase a filtered water pitcher for a reasonable price.  There are also personal size water bottles with a filter that you can fill and take with you anywhere.  If neither of these options appeals to you, you might want to consider purchasing a water filtration system for your home.  These can be mounted directly to the faucet or underneath a sink.

I use water from a filtered pitcher for drinking and for cooking at home.  I have a personal size water bottle that I take with me everywhere else. 

Drink plenty of water to keep toxins flushed out of your body.

Make sure that the water you drink is as safe and pure as possible.