The Guise of Convenience Often Carries a High Price
The hidden danger in bottled water damaged my husband’s health
I never realized the danger that lay hidden under the guise of convenience.
For many years, I relied on bottled water for everything — cooking, coffee, tea, and everyday drinking.
My shopping list always included a couple of cases to restock our water inventory. And while I’d heard about the dangers of BPA — an industrial chemical called bisphenol-A often used to make plastic water bottles — I didn’t pay much attention to it.
But that all changed after my husband began a specialized program of diet and exercise designed to increase his gains in the gym and improve his overall health. After six months on the program, his doctor suggested a complete blood panel to get an update on his progress.
The results were surprising.
While his testosterone levels had increased, his estrogen levels were twice the normal range.
His doctor wrote a prescription medication to bring his levels back into balance. He explained how elevated estrogen in men could cause insomnia, reduce the effectiveness of increased testosterone count and, most importantly, increase the production of blood plasma proteins — raising the risk of blood clots and related heart risks.
For the sake of my husband’s health, his estrogen had to be lowered — and quickly.