The bottled water craze

[Alex]

Where on earth did people get the idea that bottled water was better for health than tap water? There are no safeguards regarding maximum amounts of toxic contaminants in bottled water, whereas tap water is routinely tested for many substances toxic to humans. A few years ago a top brand of bottled water was found to contain benzene, a known carcinogen, and there has been concern over trace amounts of chemicals getting into bottled water from the plastic containers.
Those same people who pay for and swear by their favorite brand of water think nothing of barbequing, broiling or frying their food, which adds loads of carcinogens and toxic AGE’s. Hello, is anyone home upstairs? Did it never occur to you that burnt fat and protein just might not be the best thing for your health? The National Cancer Institute has linked high intakes of well done, fried, or barbecued meats to increased pancreatic, breast and colorectal cancer due to two types of potentially carcinogenic compounds: heterocyclic amines (HCAs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). I remember a couple of years ago hearing about an identical twin who developed stomach cancer, while her twin sister did not. You guessed it- the twin that developed cancer frequently barbecued her food and her sister did not.
More important to erectile function is that advanced glycation end products (AGE’s) are formed in foods that are cooked at high heat and the formation is minimized by cooking foods in water (boiling, poaching, stewing) or by microwave, which cooks by heating the water in foods. These toxic AGE’s seem to build up over the years, with older people having higher levels. AGE’s are potent oxidation products that would be expected to contribute to the breakdown of nitric oxide in the body. It would be very interesting to study whether AGE’s are one of the reasons that erectile and vascular problems and also cancer increase with age. Some research suggests that fresh foods cooked in water and with short heating times can reduce the amount of AGEs in what you eat and lower the levels circulating in your blood by about 30 percent.
This web site is dedicated to providing knowledge that will help both your erections and your overall health. It is patently ridiculous to pay good money for bottled water to supposedly improve your health while completely ignoring how your food is cooked. Buying bottled water could even be worse than drinking tap water, and you can improve your health and your erections much more by cooking your food sensibly.