1. Know Your Baseline Hydration Level Before Adjusting Your Water Intake You might be surprised at just how much water you’re really drinking. Challenge yourself to keep track of water intake for just a few days to get an idea of what your normal intake is like. That will give you a baseline (even if that reality check is: I never refilled my bottle!) and help you calculate what you need to add. 2. Hydrate When You Wake Up and Before Meals If you put a water bottle in front of you, it’s easy to get lost in the day’s tasks and forget to take sips, but prioritising hydration morning, day, and night is important. Try to have about two glasses...
Toss your plastic bottled water habit for good! A cultural shift can change the way plastic water bottles affect our environment. Break your bottled water habit by filling your cabinet with 100% BPA-free, stainless steel water bottles that will not only help you improve the health of the environment, but will also be safer and better for your own health as well. Ditch the habit: Make sure to stock your home with plenty of reusable stainless steel water bottles that will improve the environment and your health. Purchase a water filter: Purchase a water filter to keep in your refrigerator and use it every morning to refill your reusable water bottles for the day. Raise awareness: Tell your friends and family about...
WHAT ARE ‘SINGLE-USE PLASTICS?’ Let’s take a step back and define ‘single-use plastics’ for a moment. What are they? A 2018 U.N. Environment report on single-use plastics defines them as plastic “items intended to be used only once before they are thrown away or recycled.” EXAMPLES OF SINGLE-USE PLASTIC INCLUDE: plastic forks and knives plastic shopping bags plastic coffee cup lids plastic water bottles Styrofoam and plastic take out containers and, of course, plastic straws ACCORDING TO THE U.N. ENVIRONMENT, THE MOST COMMON SINGLE-USE PLASTICS FOUND IN THE ENVIRONMENT (IN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE) ARE: cigarette butts plastic drinking bottles plastic bottle caps food wrappers plastic grocery bags plastic lids straws and stirrers other types of plastic bags foam take-away containers ...
In 2012, the FDA banned bisphenol-A or BPA from infant formula packaging. Bottled water companies soon followed suit to eliminate BPA in their products. Despite the ban and decrease in use, there’s still a high risk of chemicals found in plastic water bottles. People who want to reach their eight-glasses-of-water-a-day goal may be surprised by their healthy habit may actually make them ill depending on their water source. After evaluating 18 bottled water products, one study found nearly 25,000 chemicals in bottled water. Among these were endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), like BPA, which adversely affect human health. Furthermore, the FDA has started regulating bottled water for E. coli, and studies have revealed bottle water samples also containing mold, benzene, microbes,...
