Series: Chlorinated water may cause candida – Part 6 of 6

Posted by Leanne on Nov 19th, 2009 | 1 comment home title

If you are on city water it is very possible that the water you use in your household in chlorinated. If you aren’t filtering your water to remove chlorine, you should go right out and get a Brita filter or some other filtering device. The Chlorine chemical is a halogen and in gas form it can literally kill you – having this is your drinking water isn’t a good idea.

The reason that chlorine is added to city water is to disinfect the water supply by killing bacteria that are present in the water. Doesn’t it make sense that if chlorine kills bacteria in water, it will also kill bacteria in the digestive tract. Unfortunately, most of the bacteria in the digestive tract are beneficial bacteria that are absolutely essential in helping our digestive system to work well. Without these bacteria (probiotics), your digestive system will start to have problems. Without these bacteria, you may be constipated, bloated, in pain; and, without these bacteria your intestinal tract is vulnerable to candida overgrowth.

Fluorine is also added to many city water systems to help kill bacteria and to help with providing strong teeth. Fluorine is as bad if not worse than chlorine.

Chlorinated (and sometime fluorinated) water is so prevalent in city water systems that I begin to wonder if there is a correlation between the introduction of chlorine and fluorine and the rise to epidemic proportions of candida in our population.

Here’s what to do to prevent exposure to chlorine:

1. If your water is chlorinated and fluorinated get a filter to get these chemicals out of your drinking water. Of course, a filtration system for your entire house would be ideal, but often this is not practical. A filter for drinking water is a positive step!

2. Get some beneficial bacteria into your system to replace the good guys you have lost. Here is a great probiotic that will take care of this for you – Nature’s Way Fortify.

3. If you are showing signs of a candida overgrowth (candida symptoms), get started on a candida cleanse and you’ll be feeling better very quickly!

To your health!

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