Water Filters - Throw away your Brita and invest in one of these instead

When you’re looking to get your health back on track, a good-quality water filter is a MUST. There are ample amounts of toxins in tap water that the filtration plants can’t filter out, including birth control, endocrine disruptors, chemotherapy, heavy metals, alongside what you likely already know, Chlorine and Fluoride.

When you don’t filter your water, your body becomes the filter

^ meaning the toxin load on your liver and kidneys goes up! You think you’re doing a good thing by hydrating your body, but your organs now have the extra burden of filtering all those toxins and removing them from you. (In a world where we have an abundance of toxic overload from our care and cleaning products to air pollution, your body doesn’t need this extra stress.)

Why a Brita Isn’t Really a “Water Filter”

Brita pitchers are often marketed as filters, but in actuality, they are deodorizers. Meaning they reduce unpleasant tastes and odours like chlorine, but they don’t remove any contaminants; they just make the water taste better. With a Brita, your body still has to filter all the toxins.

A Note on Refrigerator Water Filters

Many fridges come with their built-in water filter; these, while better than a Brita, still aren’t filtering the water. They reduce chlorine and remove some sediments, but don’t remove toxins. They are also only effective if you change the filter every 6 months (and let’s be honest, who does that regularly?!?)

If there is one thing to do for your health today, it’s this: Ditch your Brita and invest in a real water filter

Here’s a list of my favourite filters (with a variety of cost-effective options) for you to choose from (Cheapest → Most Expensive)

1. Santevia MINA Pitcher

Budget Friendly
Price: $59.99
What It Filters/Does: Filters out lead, chlorine, and various other contaminants; adds beneficial minerals like calcium, magnesium, and potassium; raises pH by up to +2.0 for alkaline water
Link: Purchase Santevia MINA Pitcher

2. ZeroWater Pitcher

Price: $45 +
What It Filters/Does: Uses 5-stage ion-exchange to remove virtually all Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)—including lead, chromium, PFOA/PFOS & other contaminants—delivering near 0 TDS water. This one does strip the water of all minerals (I prefer the other options).
Link: Purchase on Amazon

3. Santevia Glass Water System or Gravity Water System

Price: $319+
What It Filters/Does: The Santevia Glass Water System removes up to 99% of fluoride, chlorine, and lead, along with 90+ other contaminants, including heavy metals, industrial chemicals, microplastics, VOCs, and emerging contaminants like PFAS and pharmaceuticals. It also restores healthy minerals such as calcium, magnesium, and potassium, naturally raising the water’s pH by up to +2.0 for alkaline, better-tasting, and more hydrating water.
Link: Purchase Online

4. TOP PICK: Berkey (Gravity Filter)

This is the one I have
Price: Varies depending on size $493-$680
What It Filters/Does: Removes a wide range of contaminants, including bacteria (e.g., E. coli), viruses, heavy metals, pharmaceuticals (over 99.5%), chlorine, chloramines, parasites, fluoride (up to 99.75% with PF-2 add-on), herbicides, pesticides, radiologicals, BPA, PFOA, THMs, petroleum compounds, and more
Link: Purchase Berkey Filters

5. Reverse Osmosis with Remineralization (Under-Sink System)

Price: Typically starts at $300+++, depending on features and installation
What It Filters/Does: Effectively strips most dissolved solids—including salts, fluoride, heavy metals, chlorine, pharmaceuticals, and more. Remineralization adds healthy minerals back into the water, but not all systems will remineralize.
Link: Look for a retailer offering RO systems with remineralization cartridges in your area or purchase one online (Amazon sells some, but verify before you buy) to install yourself.

Benefits of Investing in a High Quality Water Filter

• Supports Hormone Balance – Many municipal water supplies contain pharmaceuticals, including synthetic estrogens from birth control and hormone therapies, which are hormone-distrupting compounds. Buying a filter will help reduce estrogen dominance and support healthy hormone function!

• Lowers Your Toxic Load – Heavy metals, PFASs, pesticides, chlorine, and many other contaminants are found in drinking water supplies. Removing them reduces the burden on our liver, kidneys, and detox pathways. Improving skin health, stress levels, gut health, mental health and more!

• Improves Digestion and Reduces Bloating – Chlorine and other disinfectants in tap water can disrupt your digestive process, lowering HCL in your stomach, impacting your gut microbiome, leading to digestive issues, bloating, and inflammation.

• Improves overall health – Better taste so you’re hydration game improves, and all the benefits we’ve already listed all result in you better health for you and your family!

Once you go TRUE water filter, you don’t look back. I know the investment in one of the better options might feel like a jump, but I promise you, it is 100% worth it!