Fictions and the truth about water which can be used without harm to a human body

I involuntarily tore off a look from the working monitor. It turned out that at an opposite table the director of municipal utility company "Water" opened the current bank account.

- And what water then you recommend to drink? – I did not sustain and put in a monologue, one may say, of specialist No. 1 in water in our big city.

- And water can be drunk from under the crane or from the well, but passed via the filter. Such water is safest and useful to an organism.


Frankly speaking, I was not absolutely satisfied with such answer because unfavourable illustrations to consequences of drink of not boiled water can be seen, "having googled" a phrase "Intestinal infections". Besides, the scum remaining in a teapot after boiling even of the filtered water, raises the mass of questions concerning efficiency of the filter for water per se.

So let's understand together what water can be drunk bravely for the health, and, above all, for health of our children.

There is a number of myths how it is possible to purify water in house conditions. Someone recommends to receive water, suitable for drink, by freezing of usual water in plastic large bottles. Allegedly melt water after such preliminary freezing will also be most that on is useful. At the same time the first melt water is considered most "correct". To wait for full thawing of ice from walls of a baklazhka and to drink it it is not recommended any more. All this mostly - delusion. Kristalliki of ice, thanks to the special structure, is forced out by both useful, and harmful substances. As a result after a defrosting we receive a product, absolutely useless for an organism.

Also today still there are people sympathizing legends that the silver spoon placed in glass with water is capable to purify this water and to make suitable for the use. Also the myth that a small amount of the Epiphany water added to flowing also wonderfully purifies it from harmful elements is until now alive.

In acquaintances to us since the childhood fairy tales it is often mentioned "live" and "dead" water. Actually, such gradation is applicable also to water in real modern life. "Live" water is the water from open sources, artesian wells keeping the natural structure. Water from under the crane before boiling can conditionally be carried to "live" too. Process of chlorination of flowing water in the city water system is intended to destroy in it parasites, dangerous to a human body. Experts claim that upholding of water from under the crane leads to volatilization from it of chlorine, and filtration purifies water from all that harmful what chlorine does not cope with: heavy metals, rust, etc.

Carry boiled water to "dead" water. There is an opinion that with parasites in such water also all useful minerals, salts, so necessary for normal activity of live organisms perish. "Dead" water is absolutely unsuitable for watering of houseplants as it leads to accumulation in the earth of lime and the salt deposits interfering development of house flowers. "Dead" water and for filling of aquariums, humidifiers, home fountains, storage of cut flowers, filling of compartments for an otparivaniye in household irons is not recommended. "Dead" water has the increased rigidity, than does inefficient washing of hair. Also "dead" water gives unpleasant smack to the made coffee or tea and forms a suspicious fat film on its surface.

Besides, it is considered that at repeated boiling of water the share of heavy water in liquid increases that is in turn already hazardous to health.

Also experts emphasize that flowing tap water is non-drinkable even after boiling (!). When boiling chlorine reacts with various organic compounds, and substances which are capable to cause malignancies in a human body are as a result formed. In addition it is necessary to remember that the same hepatitis A perishes only at half-hour continuous boiling, and salts of heavy metals from boiling at all will not get to anywhere.

Besides, any "live" water, be it mineral, bottled, filtered, from a well or from the pump room, after 3 days becomes "dead" and demands obligatory boiling.

The logic, it seems, prompts that it is necessary to eat exclusively "live" water. Only where to take it? As sources of "live" water experts recommend purchase of bottled or imported water from wells.

But it is so obvious that it is favorable to the companies which are engaged in selling of bottled, or imported, "live" water to propagandize harm of flowing and boiled water. On it all their marketing companies are under construction. And the inhabitant easily comes across the advertizing hook made on the basis of fashion for a healthy lifestyle. But from where this inhabitant has a confidence that the bottled or imported water offered him, is gathered in an artesian well, but not from the same rusty water pipe? Where guarantees? Additives and additives can work wonders now with tastes of any products including waters. And the most modest statistics claims that on shelves of our shops of 20% of bottled water – a counterfeit!

Then it is necessary to deliver water by own efforts from pump rooms or wells. Here at first sight we secured ourselves, having gathered water from the checked source. And whom, as a matter of fact, checked? You look around this most praised source! Yes around it the same mountains of city garbage! Where, in your opinion, do all toxins from its decomposition filter? Correctly, in soil! And from soil where? Correctly, in water which we with a sincere heart and in full confidence in its purity gather in a large bottle and we drink then in not boiled look, taking it for "live".

Then, maybe, rescue nevertheless in water filtration? Colourful advertizing leaflets of numerous filters tell us about that miracle what the filter with water from under the crane is capable to create: the numerous quantity of steps of cleaning allows to purify water from mechanical particles, chloride and other organic compounds, to detain salts of metals, etc. As a result of all transfers the logical question arises: and what then in it remains?

The truth about what water can be used, lies as always in the middle and within limits. Let's reject fanaticism in the form of receiving "live" water in house conditions by means of freezing, silver spoons and magic Epiphany water.

First, it is possible to use bottled water, but it is necessary to check its structure surely. Mineral table bottled water, i.e. salt content in which does not exceed 1 g on liter, is suitable for the constant use. If the content of salt exceeds this indicator, then you deal with medicinal water, and it is better to coordinate a course of its use with the doctor. In opposite a case, the excessive use of the last threatens with gastritis, stones in kidneys, etc. Besides, medicinal mineral water because of the high content of salt very strongly destroys tooth enamel because of what are recommended to drink it through special a poilnik. If information on a pas mineralization to the label is absent at all, then it is better to refuse purchase of such water.

If you are able to afford to drink exclusively bottled table water, then give preference to the solid producers valuing the reputation. Experts recommend to change a grade of the acquired bottled water from time to time and it is obligatory to watch the term of its validity specified on packing.

Practical advice. To check quality of bottled water, as an experiment leave it open for several days. If at its bottom turbidity and a subtle green shade appears, you got a counterfeit!

Secondly, water from under the crane can be drunk, but only after preliminary filtration. At the same time it is necessary to take into account that coal home filters perfectly absorb compounds of chlorine, do water nice to the taste, but do not cope with microbes at all. Therefore it is extremely important to monitor timely replacement to the filtering part.

Unlike coal filters, membrane provide full water purification, but at the same time completely will demineralize it. In other words, such water becomes cleaned both from harmful, and from useful components, and is absolutely useless for an organism.

Ideal option is acquisition in addition to the membrane filter of a mineralizer which will enrich purified water with useful substances.

Thirdly, it is ideal to drink for health water from an artesian well if You were lucky to live near that. But also it is desirable to purify this water in addition. It is connected with the fact that systems which provide supply of such water on a surface, as a rule, are uncontrolled.

Laboratory researches of such water if are carried out, then it is extremely rare, and, therefore, there are no guarantees of its safe use.

Fourthly, it is better to drink water even during a heat the room temperature since ice drink can lead to problems with digestion, and warm water - to gas generation.

Bonus for persons interested to lose weight and "not to grab" behind meal of excess calories: always before food drink a glass of "live" water. Thus, you will promote removal of slags from an organism and will secure yourself against overeating.

Also you remember, our organism more than half consists of water. Therefore, negligently approaching the choice of water which we daily use in number of 1.5-2 liters, we also negligently treat a bigger half of! Especially as scientists demonstrate that more than 40% of children's diseases are connected with low-quality water. So let's drink and to give to drink to the children only quality "live" water!