Unfortunately your tap water may be contaminated with any number of impurities. Arsenic, copper and lead can all occur naturally and they sometimes leach into water from the pipes. Similarly, other substances, such as pesticides and fertilisers, can leach into the water from the ground.
- Natural Mineral Water is bottled in its natural state (without treatment). It has to come from an officially registered source, conform to purity standards, and carry details of its source and mineral analysis on the label.
- Spring Water may have been taken from one or more underground sources and have undergone a range of treatments such as filtration and blending.
- Naturally Sparkling Water must come from its underground source with enough natural carbon dioxide to make it bubbly.
- Sparkling (Carbonated) Water has carbon dioxide added to it during the bottling process (as with ordinary fizzy drinks).
- Re-Mineralised Water is not spring water, but water, which has been drawn from, bore holes, filtered, purified by reverse osmosis and ozonated.
Try to drink around six glasses of water per day. Use these glasses of water to replace other less healthy drinks you might normally choose. For instance, you could start the day with a cup of hot water and a slice of lemon, a wonderfully refreshing drink and excellent for your liver.
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