It’s safe to say we all love the experience of getting into a refreshing pool on a hot summer day, jumping into a jacuzzi with your best friends, or relaxing in a steam room after a gym session.
Yet, there’s something dangerous to your health lurking in these waters.
What am I referring to?
Chlorine and other toxic byproducts.
This isn’t something I’m pulling out of my ass so that you develop a neurotic pattern around health. It’s a serious matter which directly harms your body by burdening your detoxification systems.
Chlorine is toxic to every part of the body including the skin, eyes, nose, throat and especially the lungs. You’ll find chlorine in your:
Tap water
Most conventional pools
Most conventional jacuzzis
Most conventional steam rooms
It’s everywhere, yet only a handful of people place their awareness on this subject because they don’t know about it. The concept of detoxification is lost upon the majority of the population.
Protecting Your Skin
The skin is your largest excretory organ of the body.
It absorbs a good amount of what you put onto it which makes it important to choose the highest quality body care products (ones which you can consume like beef tallow, extra virgin olive oil, egg yolks, so forth).
Outside of body care products, avoiding the use of conventional pools, jacuzzis and steam rooms is imperative because chlorine and other toxic byproducts like THMs (which I’ll discuss below) absorb into your body.
The direct link to cancer and other chronic issues is staggering.
Shifting Our Focus Towards Trihalomethanes
Trihalomethanes (THMs for short) are the result of a reaction between the chlorine used for disinfecting tap water and natural organic matter in the water.
There are many of them, but the picture above illustrates some of the most serious ones including:
Chloroform
Bromoform
Dibromochloromethane
At elevated levels, THMs have been associated with negative health effects such as cancer and adverse reproductive outcomes.
I would go beyond association though.
I think they are one of the direct causes of many chronic illnesses, especially cancer.
Never before in our evolutionary history have we been subjected to such toxins at the unregulated levels we’re talking about.
Even worse, your government actively goes out of their way to put this shit into your water supply - poisoning everything from your shower water to your pool water to your gym steam room water.
When chlorinated water is heated, you’re getting a massive dose of toxicity from THMs right into the air sacs of your lungs, especially when we consider the duration of exposure you’re getting from hours in the pool, jacuzzi or steam room.
THMs & Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
This nationwide longitudinal study in China investigated the relationship between THM exposure in tap water and adverse birth outcomes. The findings indicated that higher THM levels in tap water were associated with increased risks of preterm birth, low birth weight, and small-for-gestational-age infants. The study suggested the implementation of effective water treatment strategies to reduce THM levels and protect maternal and fetal health.
Nobody wants their kids, especially newborns, exposed to this crap.
THMs & Bladder Cancer
This meta-analysis aimed to assess the relationship between THM exposure through drinking water and bladder cancer risk. The results indicated a significant positive association between THM exposure and increased bladder cancer risk. The study emphasized the importance of reducing THM levels in drinking water to mitigate potential health risks.
What other systemic harm do these toxic compounds cause in regards to thyroid health, liver health, cardiovascular function, so forth?
The scary thing is we don’t know.
I refuse to use any conventional pool, jacuzzi and steam room.
Wise people will take the same approach because this impacts:
Your ability to detoxify
Your cancer risk
Your unborn babies
Your mental health
Your chronic disease risk
Your family
Your livelihood
It’s a no brainer to avoid these sources of toxicity.
Here’s the good news:
There are ways around it too such as using salt water pools, different forms of disinfection including ozone and other means.
If you’re drinking tap water, for the love of God stop immediately and transition to glass bottled spring water or get full house reverse osmosis filtration system or one that goes under your kitchen and bathroom sinks.
I love reverse osmosis because it removes 99.99% of all the nasty chemicals which come straight from municipal water sources.
Much love,
Zaid