Many bottles of water are labelled "spring" water or "distilled" water or even "reverse osmosis', but which type is healthiest and best to drink for a healthier body? I've read many health books that say ONLY drink distilled water.
2006-11-05 02:28:49 · 1 answers · asked by mike m 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Non-Alcoholic Drinks
Reverse osmosis means that the water is stripped of everything that isn't h2o and then certain minerals are added back in.
Spring water is gathered from natural springs and can contain any amount of any variety of minerals. I can also technically be polluted, but generally that is avoided. Some spring water is even naturally carbonated.
Distilled water is water that has no (or almost no) trace minerals in it.
There is some evidense that areas that have soft water have a higher incidence of heart diease than areas with hard water. Soft water has less trace minerals than hard water, distilled water has none. IMHO distilled water is probably bad for you over the long term. Your body needs trace minerals, I am sure you also receive some of the same minerals from food such as veggies but possibly not all and possibly not enough. And reverse osmosis is just too artificial for me (plus it tastes bad, like really really bad to me)
2006-11-05 02:35:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Without a doubt, natural spring water is far better to drink. Choose a variety of natural spring waters so that you get the benefit of minerals.
Distilled water as your regular drinking water is dangerous in the long run because it is said that the distilled water leaches precious minerals from your system
2006-11-05 04:25:08 · answer #2 · answered by Paulo 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Water When In Its Purest Form, i.e. Natural Spring Water Is Healthy.
2006-11-05 02:48:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The thing about distilled water is that it is chemically only water and that is a certainty.
Many of the bottled waters are actually pumped from rivers (like the Monongahela near Pittsburgh) or from underground aquifers that may have been infiltrated by local waste waters. Some are actually taken from the pipes of city water supplies (like Acton Mass).They are then filtered and bottled to sell.
Reverse osmosis is a process for taking water and forcing it through a filter to eliminate chemicals and minerals. There are cities in Florida that get their drinking water by taking in brackish swamp water and pumping it through those filters to make clean RO drinking water.
2006-11-05 03:28:08 · answer #4 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Natural spring water.
2006-11-05 07:29:29 · answer #5 · answered by game guy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Natural spring water.
2006-11-05 04:19:56 · answer #6 · answered by frankmilano610 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a difference betwen destilled water and purified water. DO NOT DRINK destilled water (like for ironing). Water that is treated through machines is purified. Water that comes from a natural source is spring water.
I recommend waters that have some mineral elements in them - but do realize that this will change the taste.
BTW: water is NOT water - there are huge differences, especially in mineral waters.
2006-11-05 04:14:54 · answer #7 · answered by eddievanhalen 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i know a lady who watered her house plants with distiled water. they all did very poorly she switched to tap water and they all are doing much beter. spring water is best in my book
2006-11-05 05:13:38 · answer #8 · answered by sidorczukv 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have thought that mineral water is haelthiest, because it contains minerals and I don't think distilled water contains any minerals.
2006-11-05 02:44:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
distilled water
2006-11-05 02:33:34 · answer #10 · answered by bluechocolatedude 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋