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Water
Water is your body's most important nutrient. It is involved in every bodily function, and makes up 70- 75% of your total body weight. Water helps you to maintain body temperature, metabolize body fat, aids in digestion, lubricates and cushions organs, transports nutrients, and flushes toxins from your body.
| Types of water | |||
| Tap Water | Purified water with minerals. | ||
| Drinking Water | Enhanced tap water | ||
| Spring Water | Water from a spring with minerals. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, spring water that comes out of the ground on its own or is bottles near water that comes out of the ground on its own. | ||
| Mineral Water | Purified water with minerals. It contains large amounts of dissolved minerals such as calcium, sodium, magnesium and iron. | ||
| Distilled Water | Water without minerals. It is water that has been treated by boiling and condensation to remove solids, inorganics and some organic chemicals. | ||
| Carbonated Water | Also known as soda water, sparkling water or seltzer water, is plain WATER into which carbon dioxide gas has been dissolved. (the process of dissolving carbon dioxide is called carbonation). | ||
| Purified Water | Water tha has been produced by distillation, deionization or reverse osmosis. | ||
| Sparkling Bottled Water | Water that after treatment and possible replacement of carbon dioxide, conatins the same amount of carbon dioxide that it had at its source | ||
| Soda Water, Seltzer Water and Tonic Water | These are not considered bottled waters. They are regulated differently, may contain sugar and calories and are classified as soft drinks. | ||
| NOTE: | Under the standard of quality regulations for bottled water, the FDA has established allowable levels for physical, microbiological, chemical, and radiological contaminants in bottled water. The minimum standards for the quality of bottled water are generally the same as those established by the EPA for public drinking water systems. | ||
