In such days, supplemental water is important. Just, have you ever cared about what the water you drink will do to your body? What kind of drinking water is best for the human body? The Orterer supermarket in Germany may inspire you.
As a supermarket specializing in alcoholic beverages, Orterer has one of the widest ranges of drinking water of any branded supermarket in Germany. However, of the 110 brands of drinking water sold here, all of them are mineral water, except for the AQUA brand, which is pure water.
The reason for this pure water is that the municipal water supply in European countries is generally "hard" (i.e., the water contains high mineral content), and coffee machines and other equipment are prone to limescale in long-term use, which affects the performance of the machine itself, and therefore provide this special-purpose drinking pure water. The water is sold as a special drink.
Why don't other German brands offer purified water? Because even if more brands of purified water were available in supermarkets, local consumers would be less likely to drink it regularly. For most Germans, the concept of "drinking water" is basically equated with "mineral water". In addition to Germany, consumers in other European countries also recognize this concept.
Compared with the German supermarket pure water only this situation, China's supermarket pure water seems to be much more abundant. The reporter randomly visited three different sizes of supermarkets in Hangzhou, found that all in the sale of pure water. Small convenience store general **** only sell three brands of drinking water, of which there is a pure water. The medium-sized small supermarket total*** sold 11 brands of drinking water, 2 of which offered purified water. In large supermarkets total *** sells 20 brands of drinking water, 3 of which offer pure water.
Drinking water with different names also makes it difficult for consumers to choose. Of the 10 consumers randomly interviewed, only 2 said they would specify mineral water.
Wang, who is still in college, chose a bottle of pure water after quickly scanning the price tag. "Usually the cost of living is quite tight, and the water tastes pretty much the same, so why not go for the cheaper pure water?"
In addition to price, brand awareness is also a major factor. The reporter observed that only a few consumers will look at all the brands one by one, most people are straight to a brand, pick up a bottle and go. Many consumers have said that "the water brand so many, but often see in the ads on these few, usually do not have time to understand one by one, choose the fame of the general will not be wrong."
Ms. Zhang and they hold a different point of view: "Selection of water can not only look at the price of the brand, to see the composition. Mineral water contains calcium and magnesium, belonging to the body's 14 essential elements, and these in the pure water are not." As a senior tea drinker, Ms. Zhang has also been choosing to mineral water tea.
Wu Maojiang, a teacher at the Department of Chemistry, Guyuan Normal College, said, "Commercially available pure water is generally tap water with ion exchange, electrolysis, reverse osmosis and other technologies. In the removal of harmful substances at the same time, the beneficial minerals and trace elements are also removed. And pH value is acidic, long-term drinking will lead to electrolyte disorders in the body. Therefore, pure water is not suitable for long-term large amounts of drinking, especially children, more drinking directly affects the physical development and healthy growth." (See the article "Drinking Water and Human Health" in the Journal of Hebei Normal University (Natural Science Edition), Issue 3, 2002)
Gou Xiaomin, a senior lecturer in the Department of Chemistry and Materials at Guiyang College, said, "According to WHO standards, even if it's safe and clean, that doesn't mean it's good healthy water. Good healthy water should be free of pollution, contain natural minerals and trace elements needed by the human body, high oxygen content. Metasilicic acid, lithium, strontium in mineral water can promote the growth and development of bones and teeth, is conducive to the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, but also to prevent high blood pressure and protect the heart. Long-term drinking of mineral water can also supplement calcium, magnesium, zinc, selenium and iodine, which also plays a good role in enhancing the body's immune function, delaying aging, preventing tumors, and combating hypertension, gout and rheumatic diseases." (See the article "On the choice of drinking water" in Science and Technology and Life, Issue 13, 2010)
Chinese people do not have the habit of drinking milk for a long time, and Dr. Jin of Hangzhou First Hospital suggests that we should consciously choose drinking water enriched with calcium elements in our lives. The minerals contained in mineral water are beneficial to the human body, so you may want to give more consideration to consider mineral water when shopping for drinking water.
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