If you own a hot tub or spa, chances are good that one of the chemicals you’re soaking into your skin is chlorine, a pretty nasty irritant and hazard to human and environmental health. It also wreaks havoc on bathing suits, spa/pool equipment and landscaping.
A little bit about chlorine: Residing at number 17 on the Periodic Table of the Elements, chlorine is a toxic, yellow-green gas that’s one of today’s most heavily used chemical agents. As consumers, we’re most familiar with chlorine’s role as a bleaching agent for paper and as an ingredient in household cleaners.
Chlorine is so common that it is sold in nearly every supermarket in this country. However, the evidence scientists have gathered seems to tell us that it shouldn’t be. Far from being America’s household helper and industry’s best chemical friend, the widespread use of chlorine is causing far-flung and extremely serious risks to our health and the health of the environment.
Here’s why: To function, we require some free radicals and oxysterols. The immune system employs free radicals to kill cells that its white blood cells can’t handle, and to initiate cell suicides known as apoptosis. Moderate quantities of oxysterols, such as cholesterol, are also necessary for protecting our health. However, too many free radicals and oxysterols can damage arteries and initiate negative health effects, and chlorine is an initiator of major free radical damage in the body.
Chlorine also destroys protective acidophilus in water, which nourishes and cooperates with a number of immunity strengthening “friendly” organisms lining the colon, where about 60 percent of our immune cells operate.
Thankfully, there are alternatives like salt (saline) and natural plant enzymes. The former is still highly corrosive, the latter is my choice; enzymes are proteins that catalyze (increase or decrease the rates of) chemical reactions. Like all catalysts, enzymes are not consumed by the reactions they catalyze, nor do they alter the equilibrium of these reactions. In other words, they break down organic compounds into very tiny particles without causing harm to the compound or the surrounding environment.
Enzymes from plants in natural streams and lakes help to catalyze organic compounds into smaller particles so they can be easily absorbed and filtered through rocks and soil. This process can be mimicked in a hot tub, pool, fountain or pond.
There are no downsides to enzymes they’re the future!
For more information, contact The New Path Energy Healing Center at 661-993-6243 or email: TLandrum@mac.com.