EXCLUSIVE: The role of water and hydration has been increasingly highlighted as a vital component of optimum health during the past few decades.

by Lizzie Mulherin, originally posted on April 19, 2016

With this awareness comes research exposing the dangers of artificial and sugar-laden alternatives to water, along with the contamination of it.

The need for healthy water is a vital part of the nutritional support we give to our body.

Many of us will refill our water bottles directly from the tap without thinking twice. But experts have warned this form of H20 may have unknown health hazards.

And recent research revealed British tap water might not be all we think it is.