Alkaline water, canned water, spring water and the ice on airplanes all get sold as the clean choice, yet each one has a problem.
But one of your biggest daily exposures comes from your shower rather than your glass. Once water is heated, the chlorine dissolved in it turns to gas, and you end up breathing in a significant amount of it.
Here I go through every kind of water you might drink and what I've found works best: 🧵
https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/what-water-should-you-drink
A Midwestern Doctor
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