JUST DRINK PURE WATER

It is simple and beneficial

Talking about healthy eating includes talking about drinking as well. So what to drink? The best answer is:  Water. You could say “I don’t drink that much water, but I drink other liquids such as sweetened water, coffee, energy drinks, sodas, etc.” I would tell you: Drink water! Just the pure water, and here is why

Just think about it for a second.  The first form of life on earth was water; the cells of your body are mostly water; over 60% of your body is water; the circulation of everything in your body is helped by water; water is the fluid that contains the natural energy that your body needs and knows best; the more water you drink the easier the energy flow; the elimination process becomes much easier. So, why complicate it by drinking water with preservatives, water with sugars, water with caffeine, etc. Why not drink just the pure water.

One could argue that water at school is costly. And I agree. A bottle of water in vending machines at UMass is about $1.50. If you stay the whole day in campus and you drink two of them you just spent $3.00 in one single day. If you have classes five days a week it will amount to $15 bucks just for water. It is no joke. In a semester it would come around $200.

This is my suggestion. Buy a bottle of water that contains a filter. There are many of them out there. The ones made by the company Brita starts at $9.99 for a 20 ounce. However there are brands that sell it for less. You can then fill your bottle with tap water. There are also many water dispensers in UMass from which you can fill your bottle whenever you want. Although we presume that the water from UMass is already filtered, your bottle will filter it again. As you can see it is easy and convenient. The benefits of drinking the pure water are many. Here are some of them:

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•      As you drink more water you consume less sugar
•      Energy flows better in your body
•      It helps maintain the balance of fluids in your body
•      It helps you maintain the supply of oxygen
•      It helps your kidneys in cleansing your body from toxins
•      It helps maintain the normal bowel function
•      It helps on your skin
•      You saved a lot of money since you don’t need to keep buying from vending machines and by having the filter bottle with you and drinking the water from it, it reduces your craving for those sugary stuff.