Water is not healthy, right oh!

[Kayless]

http://www.express.co...-water-is-not-healthy
Do we really want to be involved with these nutters?

[Booldawg]

what about beer? is that ok?

[Kayless]

Beer, I would imagine is vital!

[rojash]

By "these nutters", I assume that you mean UKIP and the Daily Express.
Even the Express finally admit in their article that "EU spokesman David D’Arcy said last night: “Of course drinking water is essential for health and the commission is not stopping anyone from saying so."

[Hopkirk]

Typical Daily Express none story.

That reminds me not to buy their paper.

[jno]

beer made without water? Good luck

[jomifl]

Yeah right ..and this was in the Daily Express?

[sunny-dave]

.. I hesitate to introduce a factual (if boring) note here ...

Dehydration is a potentially life threatening condition - often caused by severe diahorrea.

Treating a dehydrated person with pure water is potentially dangerous and may actually worsen their condition - re-hydration should be done with a properly balanced electrolytic solution (eg dioralyte) which is balanced mixture of salts and sugars.

In an emergency you could use a home made preparation of :

* 30 ml (6 level tsp) of sugar
* 2.5 ml (1/2 level tsp) of salt
* dissolved into 1 litre of clean water

Any suggestion on a bottle of pure water that it can be used for 're-hydration' is utterly wrong and the EU doctors are correct in banning such advertising.

The Express is (as so often) banging on with a knee-jerk anti-european agenda - without either checking the facts, or appreciating the harm its mindless posturing may cause.

<grumpy dave>

[Booldawg]

this is pure water as in bottled water? What about tap water, does that contain the correct salts and minerals to re-hydrate?

[sunny-dave]

No

[sunny-dave]

Any water is fine for 'I feel thirsty and need a drink' - re-hydration refers to a more serious condition which needs proper treatment.

[ChuckFickens]

Steady on, Dave...

Reasoned scientific responses and the Express (or mail) should never be mixed in the same thread, you'll make the average readers brain explode.

[sunny-dave]

<sunny dave> grins :)

[gingejbee]

Anybody who reads the chemical analysis on bottled water will know that it's anything but "pure"!

[maggiebee]

Why would anyone pay for bottled water?

[gingejbee]

maggie: more money than sense.

[Kayless]

I think water is involved in rehydration, The hydra part of that is a clue.

So those guys in the deserts in 60's movies were dam fools when they drank from that oasis! deadly!

[jackthehat]

Slaking a thirst is NOT the same as re-hydrating.......it may just be semantics, but these adverts are making claims that are medically incorrect.

[jackthehat]

P.S. Not to self, Kayless..............

Before making smug comments be sure of your facts..........Hydra was a mythological creature.

Hydro, however, has a connection with water........

[Kayless]

The Hydra was part of the word rehydration as quoted, I am well aware of the hydro/hydra

[Kayless]

but water is part of rehydration isn't it?