Common myths about drinking water

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

Water is life. And a source of health. You can't argue here. However, there are enough myths and misconceptions around such an important source of functioning of the human body. This material will help to dispel them.

Myth 1: maximally purified water is useful

In fact, water is a substance that is naturally rich in various micro and macro elements. Therefore, in order to benefit from drinking water, it is important that the balance of these most beneficial elements is observed. But the most purified by numerous filters, water is almost equated as a result of distilled water (which is used for medical purposes - injections, etc.). This water is sterile and 100% USELESS for humans. Therefore, there must be impurities of natural elements in the water.

Interesting fact. Water completely purified of impurities has no taste at all. If you try this water, it is truly a surreal experience - the receptors of the tongue do not experience anything at all, except for temperature changes.

Myth 2: Only bad tap water leaves a plaque in the teapot

The deposits in the teapot are left by salts, which are present in dissolved form in any water, even very good and pure water, completely suitable for drinking. This plaque is a variation of the norm, and not a deviation dangerous to human health, which does not allow drinking such tap water in its pure form.

Once a month, boil a citric acid solution in a kettle to clean the kettle and continue drinking your tap water if it does not smell of anything (such as bleach and other chemicals).

Myth 3: water, which is delivered in coolers to institutions and offices, is collected from lakes and other non-soil dirty waters

This myth is popular among fans of worldwide conspiracies and conspiracy theories. In fact, when we read on a bottle of water that it was obtained from an artesian source, it seems to us something more pompous than it really is. An ordinary suburban water pump, the well of which is drilled approximately to a depth of 15-20 meters, already delivers artesian water to us. Therefore, water from an artesian spring is really cheap due to its very simple and inexpensive extraction.

Do not assume that the low cost of water means that it was obtained from dirty waters. By the way, it is artesian water that flows in the tap of your humble servant's apartment (the center of the city of the regional center of Belarus). And she's worth nothing. So the price of artesian water in bottles for coolers is practically just the price of the plastic bottle itself. Conspiracies have nothing to do with it.

Myth 4: with a lack of iron, you can just drink water and not take iron in dietary supplements

In fact, there can be any impurities in the water, but vitamins and micro / macroelements in the composition of dietary supplements are such substances that are absorbed by the human body only in certain combinations and compounds. And if, for example, there is a lot of iron in your water from a summer cottage, this does not mean that it will be absorbed by the body correctly.

Myth 5: any mineral is useful in any quantity

In fact, there are several varieties of mineral water: medicinal, medical-dining, dining. If you do not want to harm your health with an excess of salts, then you need to choose exclusively table mineral water for frequent use (and then in an amount not exceeding 1 cup in 1-2 days), since medicinal and medicinal-table water should be prescribed by a doctor in accordance with your individual acidity of the stomach and in doses that border tablespoons before or after a meal course.

Myth 6: rainwater is drinkable

Rainwater cannot be pure enough to be considered safe to drink, even if you collect it from a virgin forest in an ecologically clean area. Such water can still contain pathogens and dangerous impurities, therefore it needs additional high-quality filtration, which can only be provided by professional systems.

Without this, it can only be used for household needs on the farm, for example, for watering plants.

P. S. - This material acts as a starting point for further independent study and deepening into this topic. Be healthy!