Water Type Information

Water Type is important when improving your body for fitness or bodybuilding. This article will list 7 different types and give a brief description of each one.

1st Water Type – Purified Water

Purified water has been filtered to remove some of the chemicals and impurities from ordinary tap water.

Some of the physical filtered processes include…

• Distillation
• Deionization
• Reverse Osmosis
• Carbon Filtration

2nd Water Type – Distilled Water

Distillation of water removes impurities by boiling the water, causing the water to evaporate away the dissolved minerals and then condensing the steam into a clean container.

3rd Water Type – Bottled Water

Many bottled water is from a spring or has been through reverse osmosis before bottling. However, there are other types of bottle water such as…

• Carbonated water
• Mineral water
• Distilled water
• Artesian well water
• De-ionized water.

4th Water Type – Ionized or Alkaline Water

This has been split up into alkaline and acid fractions by utilizing electrolysis, which makes it have a pH greater than 7.

5th Water Type – Deionized or Demineralized Water

This water type has its mineral ions removed by exposing it to electrically charged resins.

6th Water Type – Hard and Soft Water

Hard water contains an considerable quantity of dissolved minerals.

Soft water is treated water which contains the positively charged ion of sodium.

7th Water Type – Tap Water

Water out of your faucet can come from two sources…

1. County or City supplied water
2. Well water.

County or City supplied tap water is ordinarily not purified but is chemically treated with chlorine and fluoride.

Well water is from under the ground which is drilled somewhere on the property. Majority of well water is found in homes outside the city limits.

You can easily and cheaply purify your tap water since there are many type of filters on the market.

Water Type Final Thought

As you can see, not all water is equal. When drinking water, your main goal is to consume the purest water possible. Your next step is to learn which water type is best for you as a bodybuilder.

Henry Chervenka

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