Drinking water used to be simple. Not anymore
I am obsessed with beverages. Water can be purified through reverse osmosis, distillation or iozonization," while plain tap water "has been treated with chlorine to kill anything harmful and often also has fluoride added to improve dental health." Meanwhile, per Malkoff-Cohen, spring water is naturally-filtered, in a way, "over several years, where rain seeps though the ground and is filtered by the earth through rocks and minerals." While many have always heard that it's best to consume eight glasses of water per day, that doesn't take "athletes or people taking lots of medications into account," according to Largeman-Roth, since many medications, including laxatives, diuretics and Type 2 diabetes medications are often dehydrating. As long as you're actually drinking water in the first place, it really doesn't matter if it's purified, spring, distilled, tap or spa water infused with a bevy of herbs, vegetables and fruits.
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