Rose Singarella, Health Educator

Importance of Water

75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. (Likely applies to half world population.)
 
In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is often mistaken for hunger.
 
Even Mild dehydration will slow down ones metabolism as much as 3%. Affects weight loss!
 
One glass of water shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a U-Washington study.
Lack of water, the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue
 
Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.
 
A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on a printed page.
 
Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and one is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer. This is AMAZING!!!!!!! Imagine the far-reaching effects of this knowledge!
 
NO, other drinks do not replace the body’s need for pure water.

In addition, the vibrational energy of your ideas, thoughts, words and emotions affect the molecular structure of the water within your physcial body, which comprises more than 70%. The quality of this water also determines the quality of your life. Your water molecules reflect their internal environments.

Ideally, purchase your own home water purification system, there are many out there that are excellent. Most filtering systems take out all the unwanted impurities in the water, however, it also leaves the water demineralized, with an acid PH. One must then consider adding a ph booster, electrolytes or other water additive to give life force and balanced PH back to the water.  Check out this website for ph booster which I highly recommend.
www.ph-ion.com  

GLASS is best to drink and eat out of, and should always be first choice, I can't emphasize this ENOUGH!. 
There is much confusing info. out there on Plastics. I think it is  wonderful for those who are proactive in researching if that is your inclination.  I have to tell you though... that one will "ALWAYS" find conflicting,  confusing, and controversial info. on the WEB about every single thing from A to Z.
Another words, you will find if you look long enough, hard enough and deep enough.....you will definitely find BAD and GOOD info. on everything you look up, everything.
So everyone I know who loves research including me runs into finding lots of conflicting info.  and it can drive one insane! Not to mention the fact that things we think are good.... perhaps  a couple of decades down the road, we will find out are bad, so we go round and round and round with whats good and whats bad. What does your intuition tell you? Your sixth sense tell you? Sometimes its good to go inside and feel the answers. 
I strongly advise against plastic, Period! GLASS should be first choice, then stainless.
However, there are those though that still insist on using plastic anyway and I still think 7 is better than "1" but that is what I personally deduced from all the conflicting info. out there.
I recommend just using glass as I do and then be at "peace" once and for all about drinking out of plastic! Yes, plastic has its benefits in some ways in this world, but in general I think it is dangerous to our overall health and environment, in so many ways,  and should be avoided where possible when it comes to food and drink. 
So save yourself the torment and time of research and use glass or stainless steel, and then you dont ever have to worry again about drinking out of plastic.   
All bottled water in stores is plastic grade number 1 or 2 , look at the bottom of water bottles, there is a number in a triangle box, look closely. Number 7 plastic is the only grade you should be drinking out of, even so, its still not as safe as glass.  Then you fill them up from your filtered water at home. Best to have your very own high end filtered water system or buy water from a water company, insist or find a water company that has # (7) grade plastic. Bottled water in stores is not good at all because the grade of plastic is really dangerous, usually just a
(1) and the plastic absolutely does migrate into the water, not to mention what it does to our planet. Only drink bottled water from stores if there is no other alternative at the moment! Look for glass or pure stainless steel to bring in car. Its very dangerous to be drinking water out of plastic when its been sitting in the car , in the heat or sun. Even if you use number 7 keep out of the sun and heat. I only use glass in my car. I save and keep empty glass juice bottles and use those for my car. There is no comparison drinking and eating from glass compared to plastic. I would just simply give up the plastic!