book1 Unit 2 health benefits of water

Video Script 1 Bottled vs. Tap WaterBeth Ruyak: Sales of bottled water are skyrocketing. Last year alone they increased by 30 percent, but as Jennifer Harrison fount out in your FYI, if your water’s good , the tap may be where it’s at. Harrison: Dinner time at the Sternberg Home-Executive Chef of the Evening-Josh who has his own way of doing things right down to the water he uses.Sternberg: We cook with it , if we think that the taste can be translated into the food. Harrison: Josh cooks, drinks and even gives his animals bottled water.Harrison: Why do you not drink the tap water, here in your home?Sternberg: I don’t drink Davis tap water predominantly because of the taste of it and the heavy mineral content.Harrison: Josh isn’t along. Millions of people now grab a bottle instead of turning on the tap. Burns: We are spending a ton of money on bottled water and it isn’t necessarily the healthiest or safest. Tap water is just as safe for the most part.Harrison: Maybe safer, you see bottled water is considered a food and is regulated by FDA for a minimal acceptable level of quality. And if the water is packaged and sold within the same state , the FDA exempts it from regulation. As for tap water, it’s regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency.Burns: The Environmental Protection Agency sets levels for 80 different contaminants for tap water, and so the tap water must be below those levels.Harrison: And there are further steps you can take for safe tap water.Burns: If you’re nervous about what might be in your water filter through your tip is a good idea. There are a number of different filters. They vary in cost and maintenance, and the contaminants they exclude.Harrison:Josh and his family have used filters in the past although Josh doesn’t have major health concerns, he does have a point.Sternberg: My only concern would be based on the fact that whenever I use tap water ,there is a gross amount of mineralization, and in fact once a year I have to go through my faucets and use hydrochloride to get rid of that mineralization . To me that says I don’t want to drink it. Harrison: Tap water may have extra minerals ,but bottled water may not have enough of certain elements. While most tap waters are fluoridated, 90 percent of bottled waters have less than the recommended level for fluoride.Burns: If one is drinking a lot of bottled water, one may be missing out an some of the fluoride which helps strengthen the tooth enamel and lessens the possibility of tooth decay.Harrison: Okay, what water you choose really is a matter of taste, and we’re going to give Josh a taste test. Josh, I’m going to have you taste these. Tell me , which one is bottled and which one is tap?Sternberg: Okay, let’s see if I can do it. Clearly, Davis tap water.Harrison: Taste is actually the number one reason people turn off the tap and buy a bottle. Bottled water is disinfected with ozone, which leaves no odor, or aftertaste while municipal tap water disinfects with chlorine, which can taste.Sternberg: Like your taking a slight bite out of limestone heavy calcium, heavy carbonate, heavy minerals in general.Harrison: To improve the taste of your tap water, try this .Put water in a ceramic or glass pitcher an put a loose lid on the pitcher. Then put it in the refrigerator overnight .Now what this does is itallows chlorine, which is the most common cause of bad tasting or bad smelling water, to dissipate.Harrison: Water bottled companies have the same idea because guess what.Burns: About 75 percent of bottled waters are spring waters. The other 25 tend to come from the tap.Harrison: You may be buying a pretty penny for tap water and speaking of money, over a five-year-period, if you buy your water in a bottle, it comes with quite a cost.Burns: They might spend about a thousand dollars versus tap water, which would be about a ＄1.65.Harrison: The bottom line: Experts say tap water is just as safe-if not safer-and healthier than bottled water. But what you choose is literally a matter of taste!Beth Ruyak: Some experts say most people likely are walking around in a state of mild dehydration, so whether you choose the bottle or the tap, make sure you drink up!Video Script 2 Energy Boost or Splat?Beth Ruyak: Energy drinks or snack bars with an energy “boost” seem to be a magic potion for our health right now. But do they really give us a power surge or just a power splat? Jennifer Harrison checks it out in our FYI.Harrison: Store shelves are lined with energy bars and …energy drinks. But do these products really pack a true energy punch?Petersen: There’s definitely a science behind this. The only thing is that science only applies to probably a small segment of the user of these products.Harrison: So let’s take an energy challenge! We found three different people, doing three very different things, and we want to see if these special drinks and bars boost their energy levers. We’re going to do a taste test with all these energy products. Jeff here is not really exerting much energy right now. What are you doing right now?Jeff Barbie: Pretty much doing noting. Sitting at the front desk, checking people in.Barbie: Exactly.Harrison: Jeff picks his products, and…Barbie: First time I have tried it, it taste pretty good actually.Harrison: Alex you’re about to play a mean game of hockey, and you’re going to take the power energy bar and drink challenge. Do you ever eat these types of products?Herter: Sometimes.Harrison: I want you to pick any of these.Harrison: Alex, who is more of a candidate for the energy enhancers than sedentary. Jeff picks a drink…Herter: The taste isn’t very good.Harrison: And a bar…Herter: Tastes pretty good.Harrison: And hits the rink.Herter: Ready to go.Harrison:Andrea, you are halfway through teaching this class and you’re going to take the energy drink challenge. So pick a drink.Khoo:Okay, I’ll go with Redbull. Drink it now? Class, are you ready for this? I picked the Redbull!Harrison: Andrea swigs the drink as she drills her class and her take on the taste?Khoo: It’s kind of sweet, and it’s very fizzy like a soda. It’s not something I’m accustomed to drinking in the middle of a workout. I’m used to drinking something that goes down easier, like just water.Harrison: As Andrea screams, Alex skates, and Jeff sits, we’ll return to see if any of them get an energy boost or buzz from these products. But guess what may be upping our energy when it comes to these edibles?Petersen: There’s a lot of caffeine in some of these products that you’re talking about, and that’s really what gives you that feeling of more energy.Harrison: Energy drinks like this have more caffeine than a cup of coffee and more sugar than a cola. And the popular legend that there’s a secret ingredient linked to bulls in these drinks? Well, the only thing on the ingredient list that seems exotic is taurine. But taurine is an amino acid our body makes naturally, not something you need to get from a drink. But what about the bars? Flip them over and they seem loaded with nutrients.Petersen: However those are only a few of the vitamins, and minerals and nutrients that we need. We are discovering hundreds of new nutrients that are important for human health that wouldn’t be in these products but would be in the foods from a well-balanced diet.Harrison: As for the energy experiment? Jeff checks in first…Barbie:I was wired for about twenty minutes or so at the time , and now as you can see the effects have worn off.Harrison: Jeff, because he has been sedentary during this experiment, is a perfect example of a situation where these products aren’t needed.Petersen: People shouldn’t be using these just for an energy boost they don’t actually need the calories. Obesity is a large problem in this country and for many people, these are just extra calories that we don’t need.Harrison: As for Alex, did these foods help his hockey?Herter: I’m not sure. I feel it working though.Harrison: And aerobic instructor Andrea…can she feel a rush from downing her drink?Khoo: To be completely honest with you, no.Harrison:These products work if you’re expending a ton of energy, say running a marathon. Until then, there’s an old –fashioned energy enhancer you can make at home.Harrison: We were snooping around to see what Craig eats, and we found these. What are these? Petersen:Well, these are my original energy bars. They’re actually peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, but they have all the attributes that energy bars need to provide. They have lots of carbohydrates, low fat, and they’re fairly durable and every convenient.Harrison: And, they cost less.Peterson: Oh, weigh less. And they taste better than any of the energy bars you’re going to find. Hmmm!Beth Ruyak: Aaahhh…that old peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Maybe it just needs to be repackaged with its own “energy booster” label! You might want to try it with your next workout.。