Is filtered water better for you?

December 7th, 2011

Did you know that in medieval times people drank ale, mead, or cider instead of water because the water supply was usually dirty? It almost makes being a medieval peasant sound like a sweet deal, until you consider the fact that the life expectancy was around 35 years. Which kind of puts a sobering spin on things.

These days, we’re well aware of how important it is to stay properly hydrated. The body is made up of around 70% water, and it’s recommended that you drink around 8 cups of water per day for optimum health.

So we’re pretty much down with the whole ‘drinking water’ thing. The real question is: do we need to drink filtered water? Is there any benefit in drinking filtered water over tap water?

The short answer to these questions is ‘yes’. Even though water authorities impose strict controls and high quality standards, factors such as old pipes, limescale, and the chlorination process can affect the quality and taste of tap water. Filtering not only gives you better drinking water, it also improves the taste of your food (since water is used in many stages of the cooking process) and it can give you better results when brewing tea or coffee.

But what about fluoride? Water fluoridation helps protect teeth against decay – for example, six year old children living in fluoridated areas of Victoria experience 36% less decay in their baby teeth than those in non-fluoridated areas. So it’s important to install a water filter that removes the bad stuff while retaining the good.

The Australian and New Zealand Dental Associations recommend BRITA water filters because they do not remove fluoride. BRITA water filters leave in fluoride and dissolved minerals essential for wellbeing.

Founded in 1966, BRITA is a German company that specialises in water filtration products. BRITA is the world’s number 1 seeling water filter and BRITA water is enjoyed by for than 50 million people in over 80 countries every day.

With a BRITA filter, water tastes and smells better. It eliminates that metallic, chlorinated tap water taste, giving you fresh, natural, and untainted water to enjoy. Not only does BRITA filtered water taste better, it’s also better for your body, with 99.9% removal of Cryptosporidium and Giardia.

BRITA is also partnered with Greening Australia, working together to restore, protect and build biodiversity and provide ecosystem services that are fundamental to our quality of life.

Now available from Appliances Online, the BRITA On Line Active Direct Kit makes it easy to install a water filtering system in your own home.

For more info, you can find out how to install a BRITA water filtration kit here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMVzo83OLYo&feature=player_profilepage

Louise Carter

Louise is a writer with a passion for appliances, especially those that involve food. She is particularly fond of ovens because they enable her to make cake. Apart from baking Louise also enjoys listening to alternative music, dying her hair various unnatural colours and writing poetry that has been described (by her Nan) as 'quite nice'. On her appliance wish list is a Hello Kitty toaster and 'Hero' the barking dog-shaped hot dog maker. She lives in Sydney. Google+

One response to “Is filtered water better for you?”

Refrigerator Appliance Parts says:

December 9, 2011 at 8:13 am

Thanks for the informative post. I do a lot of appliance service work and always tell my customers about the importance of filtering their water. Especially from fluoride.