Dr. Roach: Forget Bottled Water, Tap Water is Better | Reynolds Blog

Bottled and purified water sales have increased over the years. I often see advertisements showing filters attached to faucets that “take out all impurities.” My parents had a water softener, and my father, professionally involved in weight-bearing physical activity, experienced demineralization of his skeleton and a broken hip. It has been suggested that the water softener took minerals, including calcium, out of the water that my parents used to cook and drink. I drink tap water, but is a large percentage of the U.S. population headed for demineralization and malnutrition because they drink only “purified” water?

Most water softeners work by exchanging sodium for
the “hard” minerals, especially magnesium and calcium, present in most
tap water, to greater or lesser extent.

If the water in your area
is naturally very hard, then a significant amount of sodium may be
added, and calcium and magnesium removed. However, this is very rarely a
problem, and almost certainly had nothing to do with why your father
had a hip fracture.

We
get our minerals mostly from food, not from water. The major risk
factors for osteoporosis in men are smoking, alcohol, low testosterone
levels and low vitamin D, although there are many other causes.

I
don’t recommend bottled water or water purifiers because in most of the
United States and Canada, the water quality is excellent. Bottled water
is 1,000 times more expensive than tap water where I live. I have been
to places where the tap water doesn’t taste so good, in which case I
would recommend a filter over bottled water.

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Original Date: Dec 17 2018

Written By: Keith Roach
Keith Roach
Keith Roach