5 Types of Water To Avoid When Out Dancing

Drinking water is an essential part of health and well-being, but did you know that drinking some kinds of water can be harmful to your heath?  Next time your on the dancefloor,  keep some important facts in mind.  It's important to make sure you're adequately hydrated, so keep drinking your water, but here as some types of water you should be sure to avoid:

1. Tap Water – Easy, quick, convenient. But how many pollutants lurk in your water? And what is your associated health risk? Tap water is known to contain not only chlorine & fluoride, but chromium, mercury, pesticides, herbicides and now in some areas lithium yes, lithium. Reason why, is a whole other subject.
2. Bottled Water – Did you know that 40% of bottled water is actually TAP WATER? With or without added filtration – you’re paying through the nose for it. Worse, an independent test by the Environmental Working Group found arsenic, DPBs and 36 other harmful pollutants hiding in bottled water. Best ones to get are ones that say spring water or filtered by reverse osmosis. Glass bottles are best and plastic bottles are a less than optimal idea as heat from transport or storage can release toxins from the plastic into the water. They can contain the potentially hazardous chemical BPA. And the devastating environmental impact is staggering.
3. Distilled Water – Use with caution… Long-term use can invite health problems, because its minerals are evaporated out. So to try to maintain mineral balance, it sucks minerals out of your body. What’s worse, the contaminants in the water are more concentrated in the finished distilled water. You can just imagine what that does to your health…
4. Alkaline Water – Although there is some controversy on this, most experts believe that this water should be used for short-term detoxification only (1-2 weeks max). Additionally the alkalinization process does NOT filter the water so you need to carefully evaluate the water filter for the specific alkaline water unit it’s using.
5. Vitamin Waters – Don’t be fooled… Vitamin waters contain high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), artificial colors, additives, preservatives, and caffeine. Even worse… they use distilled water to produce these products – which as you just read, is one of the worst types of water you can consume.

Water that is labeled as Spring water or filtered by reverse osmosis are best. If in a club and didn’t bring your water in the car, buy water in a glass bottle. Investing in a reverse osmotic filtration system can also save you long-term money & health issues. See you on the dance floor!

Marcelo

(Source: Mercola.com)

Monthly Salsa Beginner Workshops

Marcelo’s Monthly Salsa Workshop (teaming up with Esteban 

Conde) in Tustin and in Newport Beach, were a great success! 

It was full of energy, fun and great music, and was also a great 

learning experience and opportunity for brand new beginners 

and seasoned beginner students to improve their salsa 

fundamentals. With Esteban Conde and Marcelo both teaching, 

each student was able to reap the benefits of receiving 

individual tips and instruction, while being in a group lesson 

setting.

Here’s what some students had to say: 

"I thought it was interesting, a great class and I learned a lot!" 

– Alfonso L.

"We had a great time!  We signed up for the 6 week group class 

and started Monday night and had a great time there too!"  

– Jessica J.

"I thought the workshop was good. I liked it!" – Edward L.

"I think it was great. Having Esteban and Marcelo teaching 

together was pretty cool.  I brought my friend and she said it 

was one of the best workshops she had ever attended." 

-  Jonathan P.

 

Be sure to join us for our next, monthly Salsa workshop on 

Sunday, January 30, from 11am to 3pm, for lots of fun and 

dance experience!  No partner needed to attend, but be sure 

to tell a friend!! (Click on the title of article to register)

Recognition

I want to recognize a few students.
Over the last several months they not only have
 proven to themselves they reached the next level, 
but that have exemplified initiative, loyalty, 
sacrifice, willingness to learn past initial
learning, is a team player & consistency in 
their dance goals!


So here's my kudos & praise to..


- Christine Sorenson!
- Chin-Chin Liao!
- Murray Robbins!
- Dawn McKay!
- Emi Clark!
- Teresa Anderson!


There are others who came close as well plus 
ALL who are on my salsa team deserve honorable 
mention, but these few rose above average in 
more than one of the categories mentioned above
in the last several months. Congratulations! I'll be 
calling each of you listed above to give you a free 
gift!