The Water Crisis
My journey with food over the last 6 months has brought many challenges. The greatest challenge being what I will call “The Water Crisis”. In May, I started to notice that any time I would drink Dasani water at work I would get a slight twinge in my head but it was not consistent so I wrote it off. Then it began to happen more frequently. I decided to start bringing my own water to work. That seemed to suffice for a week or two until tap water began to give me head tingles. This began my water journey.
I feel like I have taken a tour of the United States with the amount of water that I have tried that has been packaged in all different states and municipalities with an occasional hop overseas. My reaction to water got so bad that to keep from having the tingling sensation I would just sip the water all day. I had a 64 oz water bottle and it would take me roughly three days to drink. Obviously, that was not good and my tinkle exemplified that fact.
Within the past couple of weeks the water I have been drinking has been causing heart palpitations. Since the reaction was out of the norm, I went to Professor Google to investigate. When you drink water it thins out the blood but if you are dehydrated the blood thickens causing your heart to exert more energy to pump your blood leading to palpitations. This made sense to me as my veins would seize up after drinking the water. Long story short, I have tried many different water brands over this period. Artesian water, tap water, and spring water until just recently have given me the worst reactions. I have tried adding limes, mint, salt, and more to the water to see if that would help. Spoiler alert: IT DIDN’T.
Below is a list of all of the water brands I’ve tried. If you have any ideas or other brands I can try please leave a comment.
Water List
Distilled Water
Spring Water
Purified Water
Evian
Natural Artesian Water
Dasani
Sparkling Water (Flavored & Unflavored)
Saratoga
Good & Gather Still & Purified (Target Water)
Icelandic Glacial
Jove Deep Hydration
Coconut Water
Tap Water
Carolina Choice Artesian Water
Proud Source Spring Water
Le Bleu Ultra Pure Water
Acqua Panna
Aquafina
Fiji
Eternal Spring Water
Evamor
Penta Ultra purified water