We all know water is essential. Especially our personal training and fitness boot camp clients who train often and with challenging workouts. Everything depends on it, fat burning, weight loss, increases in strength, etc. Even a 1% body weight drop in water leads to a massive 10% or more drop in strength!

What concerns me is that the quality of water may not be as good as it should be for maximum health. Even bottled water is often not as clean as the pictures of mountain streams on the side of the bottle make it appear to be. (See video below)

As usual its best to take things into your own hands when it comes to your health. I recently installed a water filter in my home. It consists of a multi level filtration system as well as an alkalizing element. It is important to filter out stuff that shouldn’t be there, as well as to alkalize the water. Alkaline water makes your body less acidic (duh) but the benefits of this include, improved immune system health, improved resistance to stress, and improved recovery from training.

Stress and exercise are probably two of the biggest acidifying factors in life (not food as most people believe). Stress is not going away in a super busy city like Singapore, and not-exercising leads to a bunch of other major problems.

So the thing to do is to use good alkaline water system, as well as large servings of veggies and fruits (in accordance with your current body-fat and genetic tolerances) to keep your body alkaline.

So, one option is the “Filter + Alkalizer” option.

The other option is called reverse osmosis. This is actually even better at taking out metal contaminants like lead, mercury and copper. However there are 2 possible issues, firstly it takes out minerals that may be beneficial, and secondly it is moderately wasteful… one liter of pure water from reverse osmosis systems create 2-3 liters of waste water.

Price wise they are about the same. However running costs of reverse osmosis are higher due to the wastage. How many times can you use that water to clean your floors and clothes ?!

The wastage factor is the reason I choose filtration + alkalization for my family and my home’s system. But the choice is yours.

If you are looking for company who is good with water treatment systems for your home and your family, please contact me and I can put you in touch with them. They have good service, decent prices and are not pushy with sales.

The average cost is actually quite reasonable, about $1000 to start up and install (either under your sink, or as a coutner top version) and about $200 per year to change filters etc. Prices can vary here and there depending on the options you choose. You can save on bottled water and other bad drinks as well so I think its a good investment.

Contact me if you’re interested in a water purification system for your home, or even a portable system.

Stay hydrated and stay strong!