Face of the Waters Mineral and Tap Water

The popularity of mineral water is on the rise. In Germany, Austria and Hungary annual average consumption is about 110 1/person, the same number is 150 1/per-son in France and 180 1/person in Italy, although the outstanding Italian popularity is not simply by choice in Italy, tap water is not uniformly safe to drink. The rise of mineral water consumption is mostly at the expense of sweetened soft drinks, which seems favorable from a health perspective. Yet some questions arise. What is the difference between mineral water and tap water anyway Are some varieties of mineral water healthier than others Do all types of bottled water qualify as mineral water  

There is no consensus among experts on the exact reconunended volume of daily fluid intake (this would have to include water in foods as well), but a minimal value of about 1.5 1 is not an unreasonable guess. Based on this estimate, an adult needs at least 550 1 of water in a year. There are no reliable statistics on the amonnt of tap water drunk, so all that can be stated with some certainty is that 20-30% of the water required by the body is consumed as mineral water in Enrope. 

Although it is not difficult to argue in favor of drinking mineral water, tap water is a clear wirmer if the price and the environmental footprint are considered. A liter of tap water seldom costs more than half a eurocent, the price of bottled mineral water is at least 100 times higher. Tap water needs no packaging material, and the 

The Latin question Cmz prodest (For whom it advances ) is very appropriate here. Concern about the quality of tap water and mineral water is entirely ill-conceived, it is exclusively motivated by financial interests. It may not be widely known, but tap water is probably the most often tested and most rigorously 

A typical misconception about tap water is that it contains traces of various medicines. Taken literally, this is trae. However, the detection of medicines in tap water is a sort of scientific exercise in finding miniscule amounts of a certain substance. Typical levels are on the picogram-nanogram/liter scale, whereas the usual single doses of medicine exceed 1 mg by far. So even drinking one million liters of tap water will not provide enough drag to exert any noticeable effect. 

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