[discobay]

Does anyone drink bottled mineral water? I have two bottles in front of me and the difference in the quantities of minerals is very surprising. These are the mg/l values:

mineral ---> bottle_a -> bottle_b

calcium ----> 4.5 ----> 104
sodium ---- > 3.0 ------> 8
magnesium -> 1.3 -----> 4
potassium --> 0.5 -----> 0.8
chloride ----> 5.0 ----> 13.6
nitrate -----> 1.9 -----> 12
sulphate ---> 4.0 -----> 8

Is 104 mg/l of calcium good or bad?
I need to try some other bottles methinks.

[mrcheese321]

I only drink bottled mineral water - which is very hard to find here BTW.

Calcium: 78
Magnesium: 24
Sodium: 5
Potasium: 1
Bicarbonates: 357
sulphates: 10
chlorides: 4.5
nitrates: 1

those are mg/l.

This bottle of water is also pH balanced at 7.2, which I believe will affect the minerals in it.

everything you ever wanted to know about bottled mineral water: http://www.mineralwaters.org/

BTW, is someone really bored at work?

c

[discobay]

Originally Posted by mrcheese321

I only drink bottled mineral water - which is very hard to find here BTW.

I find them fairly easy to find. Noted you're not going to get much of a selection in a 7-11 but the supermarkets have quite a few.

BTW, is someone really bored at work?

Takes one to spot one

[angiebaby80]

oh oh oh discobay..people were asking about you lastnight at the dinner..when can we expect your kind presence?

[martyn]

Calcium can't be bad, although bottle_b's amount of calcium is up quite alot.

We have Volvic here:
Calcium: 11.5
Magnesium: 8.0
Sodium: 11.6
Potassium: 6.2
Silica: 31.7
Chlorides: 13.5
Nitrates: 6.3
Sulphates: 8.1
Bicarbonates: 71.0

pH: 7

[discobay]

Thanks martyn. I've re-checked bottle_b's figures and it's as I typed it. Another point to note is that a high salt and therefore sodium intake is bad for us (as reported on the bbc website's magazine section).

Well Angie, thanks but so far I have had great difficulty making the meet ups. Not that I am particularly popular rather just busy with other things.

[martyn]

Originally Posted by discobay

Thanks martyn. I've re-checked bottle_b's figures and it's as I typed it. Another point to note is that a high salt and therefore sodium intake is bad for us (as reported on the bbc website's magazine section).

bottle_b wouldn't happen to be milk? Haha. I thought if you wanted calcium you drank milk.


Yes, I read that excess intake of salt and sodium is not good. I actually tried a non-sodium V8 and it didn't taste as good as the sodiumised version.

[mrcheese321]

yea, calcium is good for you from what I'm read, but too much is supposed to be bad (over 1000mg or so a day, or near there). I belive that it makes you really tired and can cause appetite loss and weight loss.

LOL - I don't work - I am sittin in the middle of my finance class though

I couldn't find any of the higher end waters at the Park n' shop that is near me (it is a tiny one) - they were all distilled water anyways.

But Oliver's delivers so I got my monthly supply there

c

[mercury_element]

Originally Posted by mrcheese321

BTW, is someone really bored at work?

c

ya, me......... have nothing to do today.