In this episode, I talk about Principle 3: Hydrate in my 7 Primal Move principles. I also cover:

How much water do we need to drink to be healthy and perform optimally?

Is fluoride safe in our drinking water?

Is chlorine safe in our drinking water?

Does alcohol a neuro toxin (poisons your brain?)

REFERENCES:

1.  “Fluoride is therefore an endocrine disruptor.”

Ref. National Research Council (2006) Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of EPA’s Standards.

2.  “The National Research Council’s report concluded that EPA’s safe drinking water standard (4 ppm) for fluoride is unsafe and “should be lowered.” The NRC based this conclusion on its finding that EPA’s 4 ppm standard places a person at increased risk for both tooth damage  (severe dental fluorosis) and bone damage (bone fracture).”

Ref. National Research Council (2006) Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of EPA’s Standards.

3. "The mucosal damage caused by alcohol might result in an impaired intestinal barrier function, enabling toxins of gut-inhabiting bacteria such as endotoxins to enter the systemic circulation and to contribute to liver injury after alcohol consumption."

Ref: Vishnudutt, Purohit, et al. (2008). Alcohol, Intestinal Bacterial Growth, Intestinal Permeability to Endotoxin, and Medical Consequences. Published online 2008

4. “The GI tract functions as a major immunological organ.”

Ref.  Brown, Kristy et al. Diet-Induced Dysbiosis of the Intestinal Microbiota and the Effects on Immunity and Disease. Nutrients,  4 Aug 2012, online.

5.  Based on studies of chlorine’s effects on human cells, the Environmental Protection Agency sets the safe level in drinking water at no more than four parts per million. Even that dilute level can wipe out lots other life forms, however, as anyone knows who has filled a goldfish bowl from the tap.

Ref. Jeff Leach, former microbiome scientist at the EPA & Founder of the American Gut Project

Home water filter unit: https://www.waterscoaustralia.com.au/