Myth: Clear water is safe water
Just because water looks clear, doesn’t mean that there’s nothing dissolved in it. Clear water may contain inorganic minerals, herbicides, pesticides, bacteria, viruses, hormones, chemicals and toxins – in other words, substances that could harm you. Municipal water quality varies from time to time and one can’t determine what’s been dumped in it just by looking at it.
Myth: Bottled water isn’t tap water
While many bottled water suppliers get their water from natural sources, like Living-Water, some bottlers do indeed use tap/municipal water as a source/raw material for their processed water.
Myth: Flavored water is a whole lot better than soft drinks
Unfortunately; flavored, sweetened water isn’t that much healthier than soft drinks. These drinks still contain a lot of sugar and have a high kilojoule content as a result. Purely in terms of kilojoules, a 340ml can of Coca-Cola is equivalent to 2½ slices of bread, while 500ml flavored, sweetened water is equivalent to 2 slices of bread. This is bad news for your waistline and for your teeth.
Myth: A filter effectively gets rid of harmful substances in water
A filter does indeed filter water, clearing it from some harmful substances. However, dirt, which may become the perfect breeding ground for bacteria, collects at the filter point. A filter itself doesn’t have an outflow for the contaminants. Cleaning your filter every hour or two could be a solution, but might not always be practical. Water purification, might be more useful in ridding water of harmful substances.
Myth: The minerals in mineralised water can make up for a mineral-poor diet
Some people believe that drinking a few glasses of mineral-enriched water every day is equivalent to eating a bowl of vegetables. But this belief simply doesn’t make sense. If this could be true, I would buy the patent and go to Ethiopia and feed the hungry.
Water isn’t supposed to be anything else than pure water, which forms the basis of a healthy diet. At Living-Water we are serious about your health, ARE YOU?
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