| Here's a couple of tips to raising a happier and | | | | because there are no government regulations in |
| healthier child just by having them drink more water: | | | | place. |
| Substitute their sugary drinks with filtered water | | | | You and your kids may love the 5 gallon water |
| from the tap. | | | | dispenser sitting by the kitchen, but at what cost? |
| You may not realize how dependent your child | | | | - Subscribe to a service to replace the empty bottles |
| probably already is on drinking something with sugar | | | | with new ones. |
| in it over water. If you have young kids and get | | | | - Refill them yourself by driving to the water store |
| them hooked on filtered water now, their cravings | | | | and sitting there for 20 mins |
| for sugary drinks are reduced significantly by the | | | | - Have the water sit in the 5 gallon jug, accumulating |
| time they hit their teens. You will have basically | | | | who knows what through the plastic and air trapped |
| trained their bodies to accept a low sugar diet, | | | | in the bottle. |
| resulting in less calories and cavities they will have to | | | | - Lifting the new 5 gallon bottle, dreading the fact |
| deal with in their teens. | | | | that you may spill or drop the water bottle |
| Reducing their amount of sugar intake in just their | | | | completely |
| drinks will save you countless dollars at the grocery | | | | Simply using a straight from the tap multi-stage |
| store weekly. You'll notice their mood on a reduced | | | | water filter will ensure you start to help your kids |
| sugar lifestyle will be more "bearable" - (I'll leave that | | | | maintain a healthy weight by drinking the freshest |
| definition up to you.) With sugar highs, there's always | | | | water. You won't increase your plastic waste from |
| a sugar crash and that may be when the moodiness | | | | bottled water, and there's virtually no maintenance |
| starts. Sound familiar? | | | | other than just replacing the inner filters once a year |
| Bottled Water - Not the answer either. | | | | or so. |
| Tap water contains chlorine and heavy metals such | | | | Celebrities do it for their kids, why not you? |
| as iron copper, magnesium, lead and zinc. It has a | | | | Even celebrities are getting past the hype of bottled |
| smell and taste that very few people I meet | | | | water and installing multi-stage filters at their sink, |
| nowadays trust or drink. So of course, many have | | | | shower or the whole house. The best part is how |
| turned to bottled water as the answer. However, | | | | inexpensive these systems are nowadays! |
| bottled water may be no more pure than tap water, | | | | |