We all think we need to be drinking a certain amount of water every day to stay hydrated, right? What have you heard? Eight glasses of water a day? (There is no science behind that.) Half your weight in pounds to calculate the number of ounces of daily water? (Also,...
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Pure Water vs Living Water
Joe went on dialysis at 26 years old. He eventually received a kidney transplant. The quality of the water he drank was key to maintaining good health. Now he is an ambassador for living water. In this 10-minute presentation, Joseph Borowy speaks at a conference in...
Hydrate!
In honor of National Hydration Day on June 23, let's dive into hydration. To review the pitfalls of dehydration and your thirst sensation, review my post on thirst. H2O = Happiness A poll of 2,000 Americans found that drinking water and happiness are directly...
Water’s Life Cycle
Water is a living being. As such, water has a life cycle. Understanding water's life cycle will help us choose water to support our life cycle. After all: the water cycle and the life cycle are one- Jacques Cousteau Let's dive in! As told to us by the great "Water...
Mix it in, mix it up
You most likely know that you need to hydrate your body, especially in the desert. So you drink water. Is that the end of it? There is more! Hydration can be a lot more fun than simply putting water in your gullet. And hydration can be so much more effective than...
Water Stories
Living in the high desert of Arizona, I am very grateful for water! How can we better protect water and perhaps have an abundance of water in the ground? This is what I ponder today, World Water Day 2022. Fortunately, I have help from a community known as Water...
The Mystery of the Ganges
Indians consider the Ganges a holy river. Pilgrims who bathe there are vitalized and healed. The dead are honored by being set afire floating on the river. The funeral pyres release a lot of biological debris, as well, a tremendous amount of environmental poison and...
High-Quality Water: Revitalizing the Source
published in NDNR Jan 13, 2022 The human body requires water to function properly. However, not all water is equivalent. Having high-quality water is essential to human health. But how do we define quality? Water sources in Nature vary and can often need...
Water Quality Practicalities, pt 3
After filtering and revitalizing In parts one and two of this practical guide to water quality, we looked at what might be contaminating our water, how to remove it, and what is missing after water is processed and treated. In Nature, as water tumbles down the...
Water Quality Practicalities, pt 2
What's beyond filtration? We continue our journey on finding high-quality water which we can drink and absorb into our cells, and not pee out right away. The first step was separation of contaminants, because when water is contaminated, either you use a filter or you...