It takes around 3,000 liters of water, converted from liquid to vapor, to produce enough food to satisfy one person's daily dietary need.
This is a considerable amount, when compared to that required for drinking, which is between two and five liters.
To produce food for the 6.5 billion or so people who inhabit the planet today requires the water that would fill a canal ten meters deep, 100 meters wide and 7.1 million kilometers long – that's enough to circle the globe 180 times!
Fifty years ago, the common perception was that water was an infinite resource. At that time, there were fewer than half the current number of people on the planet. People were not as wealthy as today, consumed 6 times fewer calories, and ate less meat, so less water was needed to produce their food.
An assessment of water management in agriculture was conducted in 2007 by the International Water Management Institute in Sri Lanka to see if the world had sufficient water to provide food for its growing population. It assessed the current availability of water for agriculture on a global scale and mapped out locations suffering from water scarcity.
It found that a fifth of the world's people, more than 1.2 billion, live in areas of physical water scarcity, where there is not enough water to meet all demands. A further 1.6 billion people live in areas experiencing economic water scarcity, where the lack of investment in water or insufficient human capacity make it impossible for authorities to satisfy the demand for water.
The report found that continuation of today's food production and environmental trends would lead to water crises in many parts of the world. To avoid a global water crisis, farmers will have to strive to increase productivity to meet growing demands for food, while industry and cities find ways to use water more efficiently.
Water is sooo important for our health and welfare. You can live for three or four weeks without food, but without water, only about 3 days!
We like to believe that we in America have pure drinking water, but do we? Lets examine some facts.
Our bodies are approximately 70% water. We need water to keep our bodies properly hydrated and functioning and an optimum level. Water helps to flush waste and other toxins through our system. Without it we “clog up” become constipated, acidic, and fatigued.
Water increases endurance and energy. It aids in digestion and regulates body temperature. Water facilitates muscular and nervous system activity. Water, my friends is the river that flows through us, transporting nutrients and removing toxic wastes.
Water from taps is generally not good for drinking. Again, think twice and you will be the genius in your family.
Our drinking water in America travels through miles and miles of pipe to get to us. Much of that pipe is old and in disrepair. Rusting and leaking. It picks up microscopic impurities like pesticides, industrial waste, heavy metals, and parasites to name just a few. Many of our older Elementary through High School buildings and many of our older public buildings, like old court houses etc., still have lead pipe in the water systems.
Most city tap water has added chemicals like chlorine and fluoride.
- Sodium Floride is used in Rat poison,
- The Canadien Dental Association advises that fluoride is harmful!
- Most of the fluoride (fluosilicic acid) used to fluoridate U.S. Water systems comes from the fertilizer industry and may contain trace amounts of heavy metals such as lead, mercury, and arsenic.
The answer; drink purified water.
To drink purified water you have to take the responsibility to get your water tested and then install appropriate methods for purifying your water. Don't trust some one else to do it!
Purification options are: Distillers, sediment filters, activated carbon filters, kinetic gegradation fluxion filters, reverse osmosis. There are water filteration systems that also ionize water, my choice. This gives you the option of setting the cotrols to produce alkaline water. Very healthy!
If you think drinking bottled water is the answer, think again. Most production bottled water sold in the U.S. Today is just tap water. It is bottled in a #7 plastic bottle. Look on the bottom of the bottle if it has the #7 on it, it is there by law to inform you that the plastic bottle holding your water contains a compound used in ink, adhesives, vinyl floor tiles, and paint called phthalates.
This stuff is known to leach out of the plastic and into the water. These plastics also contain BPA.
These substances are known to cause male offspring to exhibit female characteristics, develop small or abnormal reproductive organs, are associated with early puberty in girls, and miscarriages in women. UMMMM GOOOOD!!!
Look for bottled water that is certified purified with these designations on the bottom of the bottle #5PP, #2HDPE, or #4LDPE. That's the only safe way to drink bottled water kids.
I personally drink “Essentia” bottled water. It is certified purified, infused with electrolytes, and has an Alkaline pH of 9.5. I get it at my local health food store and request it at every convenience store I go into. They are starting to carry it. Look for it.
Nutritionists recommend 2 to 4 litres of water each and every day as being minimum for optimum bodily function. I imagine it's different for each of us. Some need as much as 8 litres of water depending on weather temperature and level of physical activity.
Kids you can't get enough water in the tank, so do your body (Temple) a favor and give it lots of pure agua
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