Learn True Health With Ashley James

My guest today is helping make water healthy and delicious. Mike Del Ponte's and his company SOMA has a mission to hydrate the world with innovative and sustainable hydration products. What elements he uses to make his filters work will amaze you. Everyone who has owned or used a Brita filter, or similar plastic filter, can agree that they can be clumsy, bulky and don't really make water taste much better.  Their filters are synthetic and often petroleum based. Not all of those plastic filters or bottles are free of parabens (BPA Free) so instead of gaining the health benefits of hydration we are doing potential damage to our bodies and absolutely doing greater damage to our environment. A few years ago Mike Del Ponte had an aha moment with his friend while struggling with an ugly Brita filter at a dinner party he was hosting. He realized there had to be a better way! Mike and his friend joined forces with the David Beeman, one of the worlds leading developers in water filtration and developed a company tha