Dehydrated? Don't drink the water!

[Cajuncowboy]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8897662/EU-bans-claim-that-water-can-prevent-dehydration.html

It doesn't work!

At least according to the EU.

 

[vta]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8897662/EU-bans-claim-that-water-can-prevent-dehydration.html

It doesn't work!

At least according to the EU.

Well it's good to see it's not only America that is going insane.

 

[Real1st]

They don't want you to drink water for a reason.

 

[Cajuncowboy]

They don't want you to drink water for a reason.

What would that be?

 

[Real1st]

What would that be?

They don't want you hydrated :laugh2:

 

[Cajuncowboy]

They don't want you hydrated :laugh2:

Oh, well it makes sense then.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Pedialyte is the answer of course.

Pedialyte is the Hangover wonder drug! (even though it isn't a drug)

 

[dargonking999]

I mean i can see there logic behind it, but it lacks sense and reason which is why it sounds as dumb as it does. They couldn't prove the drinking water keeps you hydrated so therefore you can't say that it does, though sense and reason says that it should. Bottom line its something that shoulda just been left alone.

 

[Temo]

The actual ruling is stating that dehydration in the body is often not caused by a simple lack of drinking water, so topping up the body with drinking water can’t be said to be a total solution to the dehydration.

It's sorta like if you wanted to say "use this ice pack to battle your fever".

 

[Eskimo]

For the general population who is healthy at that moment and needs to drink water there is no benefit to drinking packaged/bottled water over tap water. I think that is part of the reason they don't want it advertised on the bottled water.

The other aspect is for those who truly do become dehydrated something has seriously gone wrong. It may be due to serious illness (severe diarrhea/vomiting, cancer, severe infection, etc.) and the solution in that case is not to drink water - it will not be sufficient to handle the problem and may in some cases make you worse off.

The fact that drinking water rehydrates you is simple fact and there is no reason to bother putting that on bottled water. It is dumb advertising of an obvious health claim.

 

[burmafrd]

For the general population who is healthy at that moment and needs to drink water there is no benefit to drinking packaged/bottled water over tap water. I think that is part of the reason they don't want it advertised on the bottled water.

The other aspect is for those who truly do become dehydrated something has seriously gone wrong. It may be due to serious illness (severe diarrhea/vomiting, cancer, severe infection, etc.) and the solution in that case is not to drink water - it will not be sufficient to handle the problem and may in some cases make you worse off.

The fact that drinking water rehydrates you is simple fact and there is no reason to bother putting that on bottled water. It is dumb advertising of an obvious health claim.

and then the EU 'experts' just had to show everyone that they can be dumber still