Adding natural mineral sparkling water into juices
by Susan
I juice lemons (as well as other fruit and veg) but I like my lemon juice fizzy so I add Pelligrino natural sparkling mineral water. Is this ok? Or does it then make it unhealthy ? (Same with orange juice). If so I will stop doing this. Thank you. Susan Sara says: Hi Susan, To drink or not to drink sparkling or mineral water is a controversial topic. Some people think it's ok to drink these water, healthy even. But another group of people think they're bad for health. This is how I look at it: While drinking citrus fruit juices (lemons, oranges, grapefruits, etc.) may taste acidic, they are really alkaline-forming. By adding sparkling water, it makes the drink acidic. Sparkling water is a carbonated drink. Carbonated drinks are made by injecting carbon dioxide into the water under pressure. Pellegrino may have naturally-occurring carbonation but when bottling, more carbonation is added. The more carbon dioxide injected, the lower the pH, the more acidic it gets, the more fizzy it is. We all know that carbon dioxide is a waste product exhaled by human. We don't need carbon dioxide, so why are we taking it by drinking carbonated drinks? Too much carbon dioxide kills healthy cells. Dead cells cause an acidic environment. In an acidic environment, some cells may survive by becoming abnormal malignant cells. With mineral water, the minerals contained in the water are inactive and cannot be made bio-available to our cells, thus stay in our system. The inability to detoxify the excess minerals may cause deposits of the calcified materials in our blood vessels, joints and in our detox organs (liver, kidneys). The minerals that our bodies need must come from the raw plant foods we eat (i.e. fruits, vegetables, herbs, nuts and seeds) especially from fresh juices. Again, this is a controversial topic but it would be the position I take. On the other hand, distilled water has its function of "leaching" inorganic minerals from our body cells and tissues to be eliminated from the body. The fluid in our blood is "distilled". It is how nature works. Fresh raw juices is the result of distillation by plant process. As a plant grows, the roots collect minerals from the earth, convert them into live organic elements and absorb them into the stem, the stalks, the leaves, the seeds, flowers and fruits. When we obtain our hydration from fresh fruit and vegetable juices, they are rich with enzymes, nutrients, minerals, and phytonutrients. It is LIVE food. Hope this answers your question. Reference: "Water Can Undermine Your Health" by Dr Norman W. Walker. |