The big question at the end of the last article was whether the diet MONKEY would loosen its grip or hold on for dear life. The answer that diet MONKEY is alive and well and hasnt loosen its grip at all. In fact I think for some it has moved in and taken up residency.

It has been amazing to see that all the other participants in the Biggest Losers club, method of losing weight involved starving themselves, when that didnt work because they ended up gorging themselves, they tried pills and shakes, then for some reason that didnt work so they went back to starving themselves againwhich didnt work. So the cycle was never ending, hence that diet MONKEY taking up residency.

All the participants fell into the 3 reasons why we fail at dieting category being: fanatical dieting, emotional eating or conditioning. The fanatical dieters jumped from one diet to another, the emotional eaters had no idea why they were eating continuously other than they THOUGHT they were hungry and those who fell into the conditioning pattern, did what they knew starving themselves, because that is what they have always done (regardless that it never worked in the past).

Our Biggest Losers challenge ended and as a writer Ive gained a lot of subject matter that would fill at least 2 or 3 books on the fact that diets DONT work. Oh by the wayI WAS THE BIGGEST LOSER. I of course, had an unfair advantage because I used a program I created, called Gain Back Your life Weight Loss Program. This program has helped others lose weight and keep it off. It doesnt involve diets or dieting as such, it reveals the truth about exercise, helps you to supercharge your metabolism, stopping those cravings and more.

We have started a Biggest Losers II and this time I have shared my knowledge with the previous participants. Lets see if we can finally shake that diet monkey of their backs.

Author Bio: Gillian Tarawhiti BSc, Dip BM, Dip Ed, is Founder and CEO of Community training Centre & Gain Back Your life Centre, A registered EFT Practitioner, Member of AAMET and online training and support to the new and not so new netpreneurs. Gillian is also the author of eBay Billion Dollar Goldmine, and the creator of the Multiple Ripple Effect system 2004.

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It is essential that every community has a clean, constant supply of drinking water. Large cities are usually supplied with drinking water that comes from surface water sources such as lakes, rivers, and reservoirs. These sources may be situated nearby or many miles away. The most important factor is the watershed area from where the water was taken. This means that in rural areas the water was most likely pumped from a well. These wells tap into aquifers - the natural reservoirs under the earth's surface - that may be only a few miles wide or may span a huge area. As with surface water, it is important to remember that activities many miles away from you may affect the quality of ground water.

When water is taken from a river or lake, coagulants are added to remove leaves, twigs and other organic matter. The water then travels through a filter to remove the smallest contaminants. Ground water is naturally filtered as it travels through the natural rock formations or aquifers and may not need the above treatment to remove organic matter. two other common treatments are the addition of chlorine to disinfect the water in order to remove bacteria and germs and also the addition of activated carbon to adsorb or attract chemicals dissolved in the water.

What are the health effects of contaminants in drinking water? National environmental protection agencies have set standards for many contaminants that may occur in drinking water and pose a risk to human health. These standards are set to protect the health of everyone, including vulnerable people like the elderly, sick and children. Contaminants fall into two groups - acute and chronic according to the health effects that they cause.

Acute effects occur within hours or days of the time that a person consumes a contaminant. People can suffer acute health effects from almost any contaminant if they are exposed to extraordinarily high levels (as in the case of a spill). In drinking water, microbes, such as bacteria and viruses, are the contaminants with the greatest chance of reaching levels high enough to cause acute health effects. Most people's bodies can fight off these microbial contaminants the way they fight off germs and these acute contaminants typically do not have permanent effects. Nevertheless, when high enough levels occur, they can make people ill, and can be dangerous or deadly for a person whose immune system is already weak due to HIV/AIDS, chemotherapy, steroid use or another reason.

Chronic effects occur after people consume a contaminant at levels over the safety standards for many years. drinking water contaminants that can have chronic effects are chemicals (such as organic by-products, solvents, and pesticides), radio nuclides (such as radium), minerals (such as arsenic) and heavy metal salts. Examples of the chronic effects of drinking water contaminants are cancer, liver or kidney problems, or reproductive difficulties.

Other unpredictable factors can have an effect on the quality of our drinking water. This includes, for example, unusual meteorological conditions which lead to heavy rainfall, the rupture of natural water barriers such as river banks and consequential flooding. Heavy flooding can cause a breakdown in the sewerage system and contamination of the underlying water table.

There are many benefits to drinking healthy water and nutritional experts say that we should drink at least 7 medium-size glasses of good quality water per day. The advantage of having a drinking water filter system in your home is that you know that you and your family always have access to the best standard of water in your home and you never have to worry about its quality.

Flooding in the Gloucestershire UK July 2007 The recent floods that have occurred in the county of Gloucestershire in the UK have caused widespread concern amongst local communities. Residents who have lived in this area confirm that they have seen nothing like it in their lifetimes. Rivers have burst their banks and the worst hit place is the ancient town of Tewkesbury built where 2 main rivers meet. Because a main water treatment plant in the town is severely damaged one third of a million (340,000) people in the area are now without running water and are likely to be so for another 2 weeks. This emphasizes once again the importance of a good clean water supply and the danger that natural catastrophes can bring.

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