On Drinking Water: Information and Issues

[P-Chan]

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i've heard na ang mga Atkins diet are dangerous and dili pang long run..

[diem]

Pure water has no calories.

[noel quinicot]

i agree with khitty nad p.chan, because of good exercise and good eating habits, i have only 16% of body fat

[iamwaway]

patabang ko kung unsaon pagconvert sa hard water to soft water

[shoti]

up

[Zirv]

boil it

[youngentrep20]

whats the differnce between the two?

[T1CODE]

correct me if im wrong...

in chemistry water generally specified as hard susbtance (hard water)

if u boil the water, minerals will be lost, i guess thats what they called soft water...

try to examine the kettle in ur kitchen... u can see a white color covering the surface of the kettle -- its the calcium and other minerals that was deposited when u heat a water.

paging any chemical engineers out there pls help me explain... hehehe

[nightsurfer]

Hard water is water that contains Calcium & Magnesium Carbonates. Typically its like the water we have in our taps (in Cebu) and water we draw from our deep wells because Cebu island is a lime bed.

TO convert hard water to soft water there are a few things that can be done:

1) boiling it precipitates some of the 'hardness'. Thats why you have those white deposits (called scales) on your kettles.
2) Using a process called water softening using ion exchange resins (an engineering process). This is what industries are doing.
3) Using reverse osmosis technology (like the water stations where we buy our 5 gal purified water)
4) by distillation - technically not only softens but also purifies the water (like reverse osmosis)

Hope this helps.

[andch81]

is it true that cold water would eventually make u fat?