Clean water has always been a “biggie” for Kevin and I and we have spent big bucks to make sure we have the best water possible. The first step we took towards better water was right after Kevin and I got married and about 1 month before the cancer diagnosis. He came to me about this new “shower water filter” he heard about. To me it just sounded like another unnecessary expense. I brought up the argument of “UGH! What next? We’re going to be bubble people soon. We can’t protect ourselves from everything!”

The water filter he found filtered out 91% of the chlorine in our water along with reducing other chemicals and raising the pH level. You can check prices and filter replacement information HERE. We bought ours for $70. The replacement filters run us about $50 every 9 months or so. We can tell when the filter is ready to be replaced when our skin starts to feel drier, my hair isn’t as soft, and you can start smelling the chlorine while you’re showering. When the filter is newly replaced it is amazing how much of a difference you feel. I’m also now keener to the chlorine smell when showering at other people’s houses.

There are also whole house water filtration systems which will filter all of the water in your house including your sinks, washing machine water supply, and dishwasher water supply. I have no recommendations since we don’t have one yet, but if you have any suggestions, please let me know!

Drinking Water

It is becoming well known that drinking tap water can be detrimental to your health. Chemicals and bacteria can contaminate our water supply along with remnants of prescription drugs and other toxins. A good drinking water filter is essential. A reverse osmosis water filtration system is the best for removing most of chemicals, bacteria, and other toxins that are not supposed to be in your water supply. We do not own a reverse osmosis system, but if we had to replace our current system, I would look into getting one of these.

During my cancer treatment my husband Kevin began to read about Alkaline Water Ionizers. The purpose of these very expensive machines is to create electrically charged water with a high pH or alkalinity. He ended up purchasing the KYK Genesis Water Ionizer since some doctors agree that water with a high pH DOES have a positive effect on overall health of cancer patients. I drank water with a pH of 10.0 for months while treating my cancer holistically.

Since then we have read some varying reviews on Water Ionizers. The most convincing arguments AGAINST water ionizers for me were presented by Dr. Joseph Mercola, a well respected holistic doctor. You can see his concerns HERE. His main arguments were:

1. Water ionizers are sold through a Multi-level marketing plan.
2. Alkaline water does not exist with such a high pH in nature.
3. Ionized water is essentially “man-made” water.
4. There are very few studies on the effects of pH in humans.

I want to point out that Dr. Mercola does agree that alkaline water does have its place during the detoxification process, hence why I wanted to cover this topic during DETOX week! I continue to drink alkaline water but at a lower pH than when I had cancer. If I could rewind time, I would have taken the money we spent on buying an alkaline water ionizer and invested it in a good reverse osmosis water system and a bunch of organic veggies. Then, using our amazing Breville juicer I would have juiced the crap out of those veggies or made them into a green smoothie!

If these water systems I mentioned above are not in your budget, I recommend purchasing a Brita or Pur water filter at your local store rather than drinking tap water or even bottled water. I would avoid all bottled water packaged in plastic, as I mentioned in “The Plastics” a few weeks ago.

Please join me later this week for my final post for DETOX week when I will discuss the health benefits of Rebounding!

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