The most necessary liquid for every living creature on our planet is the water. There are no calories in its consistency, no nutrition values are detected beside some sodium and a small percentage of minerals. Still, we need it so much and without it we can’t live.
We may think that it is safe to use since it is all natural, but many big corporations found a way to misuse this essential beverage, and it’s not the fluoride that everyone thinks it’s the scariest thing found in the water, but something much more serious.
Dasani Bottle Water Ingredients
Many people assume that the bottled water usually has only one or two ingredients, including the water itself and the salt found in its natural form. But, in one bottle of Dasani water there are some extra ingredients and they are magnesium sulfate and potassium chloride.
Potassium chloride
This substance is white in color, powdery and has no smell. It can be very easily dissolved in water and you cannot notice it since it’s not visible.
It has wide range of use in the nonmedicine, and one of them is being a fertilizer.
Another use, which is a bit morbid and upsetting, is being added to lethal injection, or in other words, injected in the bloodstream directly so that the patient can have fast death. If you consume potassium chloride somehow, then you should know the side effects it causes: nausea, bad aftertaste, diarrhea, heartburn and abdominal pain.
It is highly recommended for people having troubles with kidneys to stop consuming this substance. Also, people who have experienced problems with Addison’s disease, those taking diuretics, or when dehydrated, should avoid potassium chloride.
Magnesium sulfate
We usually know it as Epsom salt and its common use is to treat fungal diseases including toenail fungus or athlete’s foot. Magnesium sulfate can be quite helpful for many things and for many medical uses, but it can be very dangerous if you consume it while planning a pregnancy, being pregnant and breastfeeding.
As said by FDA, you need to be careful in this situations since magnesium sulfate can cause birth defects. Many doctors used to prescribe magnesium sulfate to pregnant women to prevent any conditions that can occur during the pregnancy, but, FDA said that clinics need to ban this substance because there are evidences that it can harm the bone structure while developing in the fetus.
This was concluded after conducting 18 different studies and reviewing them. In these studies, women consumed magnesium sulfate in a period of at least 10 weeks. The experiments showed that the babies were born with many defects like fractures of long bones as well as ribs.
While consuming magnesium sulfate you might notice many side effects, including:
- irregular heartbeat
- confusion
- muscle weakness
- dizziness
- low blood pressure
- sleepiness
There are so many healthy issues linked to drinking bottled water and how harmful it can be. Beside the fact that many health risks are connected with drinking any liquid substance that soaks BPA-laden plastic and all the environmental impact that the bottled water goes through, the new discovery should put an end to the consumption of bottled water once and for all.
Via: Breeze