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Water in Bags! From Japan, Mizu no Genso premium water empties wallet
kilian-nakamura.com — $3 for 300ml as opposed to a 500ml Volvic for $1 is quite the jump. This is water for the aficionado who just wants pure, unadulterated H2O.
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- NikoKun, on 10/21/2007, -1/+12Yeah I used to get juices and stuff, in bags like this, when I stayed in Japan for 2 weeks. lol
- gerbalblaste, on 10/21/2007, -0/+3throughout central america water often is sold in bags not bottles.
- iheartjebus, on 10/21/2007, -0/+1same thing in Africa. (well, at least Senegal)
- inverselogic, on 10/22/2007, -0/+0Same Here Niko! was in Japan for 2 weeks this summer, I had ice cream out of a bag like this =)
- gerbalblaste, on 10/21/2007, -0/+3throughout central america water often is sold in bags not bottles.
- ivankraszl, on 10/21/2007, -11/+5This is practically distilled water. It's healthy if you eat well.
- ropers, on 10/21/2007, -3/+5No it's not. See my comment below.
- rolosworld, on 10/23/2007, -1/+3bahh... I try to be as "healthy" as possible with food and been clean... funny thing is that I get sick a lot.. on the other hand, you can go everywhere a bum (even a dog) is, sleeping on the streets and eating from garbage and its hard for them to get sick!! I think it would be eventually healthier to throw your food to the ground for a couple of minutes before eating so you get a couple of needed germs. We have evolved hundred of years eating stuff not so well cleaned, how can suddenly its more healthy to eat super clean stuff? ....vitamins? how about germ pills? hehehe
- ivankraszl, on 10/23/2007, -3/+2I think you're wrong.
- JigoroKano, on 10/22/2007, -2/+26Or you could just go get some DI water from the chemistry lab. They probably have it in your Walmart/grocery store too, for ironing and other things. It doesn't cost hardly anything.
Body builders, boxers, wrestlers, MMA fighters use it to shed water weight... which is an inherently unhealthy thing to do. If you drank only DI water and ate unseasoned food, I bet you could kill yourself pretty quickly.- Pritchard, on 10/21/2007, -1/+1Freeze it. I hear 100% pure h2o frozen is harder than steel. Of course, the Science Channel likes make a big deal out of things, which is why I no longer watch it...
- ivankraszl, on 10/23/2007, -3/+3No hard feelings, but you're incorrect.
- JigoroKano, on 10/21/2007, -1/+2People can kill themselves by drinking too much water. Do you know why? And do you know why that would be magnified by drinking DI water and not getting any salt in your diet?
No hard feelings but you don't know any of these things do you?- Simus, on 10/22/2007, -0/+1Yep, I have seen many patients come through our Hospital that drank gallons of tap water a day and had Hyponatremia, usually is in combination of other factors, like Liver Cirrohosis.
- JigoroKano, on 10/21/2007, -1/+2People can kill themselves by drinking too much water. Do you know why? And do you know why that would be magnified by drinking DI water and not getting any salt in your diet?
- ropers, on 10/22/2007, -19/+26WARNING: If this is really distilled water, then drinking more than a very small amount of it could be lethal: Your cells, including your brain cells, will swell, and since the brain is confined in the skull and has nowhere to go, pressure can build onto the brain stem at the foramen magnum, and this compression can disable the breathing centre which is located right there, causing you to stop breathing, and well, you can imagine the rest. People were not made for chemically pure water. There is a reason why isotonic drinks are considered somewhat more of a healthy way to replenish lost fluids.
- Roryking, on 10/22/2007, -5/+29Well, osmotic shock is a real possibility for sure, but the body is far too salty to allow that to happen except in extremely high amounts. People who would drink only distilled water, yeah, that's dumb.
- Error601, on 10/22/2007, -3/+13Then how to we preserve our precious bodily fluids?
- mushoo, on 10/22/2007, -0/+16It's the damn fluoride man. The commies are trying to sap my essence.
- will180, on 10/21/2007, -0/+3We must close the mine shaft gap!
- rootneg2, on 10/22/2007, -0/+2And that is why I drink only pure grain alchohol and distilled water, or rainwater.
- dhVyse, on 10/22/2007, -5/+21This is 100% untrue, I don't know where you heard this, but it's wrong.
From the wiki:
"Drinking distilled water is quite common.
Many beverage manufacturers use distilled water to ensure a drink's purity and taste. Bottled distilled water is sold as well, and can usually be found in supermarkets. Water purification, such as distillation, is especially important in regions where water resources or tap water is not suitable for ingesting without boiling or chemical treatment."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distilled_water- norman619, on 10/21/2007, -1/+4Hmmm Well I know the wiki gods are infallible but take a gander at this.
http://www.mercola.com/article/water/distilled_wat ...
http://www.snyderhealth.com/water_ionizers/distill ...- tsmithkc, on 10/21/2007, -0/+2Well, those are just wonderful if you want to get your health advice from some dude named Zoltan. Can he make me Big?
- norman619, on 10/21/2007, -0/+4Oh and actually the beverage companies use a preservative to make sure their drinks taste good for quite a while. Some of the bottled water you buy is from these companies. They sell you the very same water they use to make the drink and sell it to you for more than the drinks sell because they know people are stupid enough to pay those prices.
- norman619, on 10/21/2007, -1/+4Hmmm Well I know the wiki gods are infallible but take a gander at this.
- lordcat, on 10/22/2007, -1/+18I drink distilled water on a daily basis... half a gallon a day (8 full 8 ounce glasses)... been doing it for years...
I do it because I've got a lot of allergy and intolerance related problems, especially with digestion... regular water, even bottled water, contains things (ie: fluoride) that I'm allergic to... and makes me sick... the only water that doesn't make me sick is distilled... so that's what I drink... about a half gallon a day... The body has enough other crap in it that 'pure water' doesn't stay pure very long once it enters your system...
The one down side to drinking distilled water is the lack of minerals/etc that you would normally get from water... this doesn't have any of that... You'd need to supplement it with the appropriate vitamin/mineral/etc supplements to make up for it...- ErrorS, on 10/21/2007, -0/+1If that's the case, you should look for super-pure waters.. Distillation removes more pollutants than even RO but it still doesn't remove all.. I don't know if youi have any where you live, but here they sell water that has been through Distillation, Ionization, ultra-violet and Reverse Osmosis that's suppose to be 99.9% pure.
- noseeme, on 10/21/2007, -0/+1Do you have enough ellipses in that comment?
- ivankraszl, on 10/25/2007, -3/+1Sorry, that's not the case.
- lordjeebus, on 10/25/2007, -2/+0It's safe as long as you have a kidney
- bib4tuna, on 10/22/2007, -0/+1...and if i don't?
- TheZorch, on 10/25/2007, -1/+1Dug down for both being totally wrong and for spreading FUD.
Kill FUD, dig down an idiot today and save Digg.com for us smarter people tomorrow.
- eagle123, on 10/21/2007, -3/+5of course is another steal from soda companies, they always wash your brain with commercials about that drinking bottled water is better than normal water, and also they make you think that it will make you more thin, when any water can do that
- carpespasm, on 10/21/2007, -1/+2yes, but when's the last time tap water had a multi-million dollar ad campaign between many companies with various flavors and the like?
- DaffyDuck, on 10/22/2007, -0/+16Am I missing something? The label just says H2. Where's the O?
- Lyanto, on 10/22/2007, -2/+12Clearly they're selling premium bagged water from Halo 2.
- signal15, on 10/22/2007, -0/+24It's pure liquid hydrogen. Gives you one hell of a brain freeze on the way down.
- johnnagy, on 10/22/2007, -3/+11i drink distilled water all the time and i'm perfectly fine. i've been doing it for months now.
- Simus, on 10/22/2007, -0/+1It's fine as long as you are getting your salts and other things from other places.
- amitgawande, on 10/21/2007, -2/+2"H2"??? Is that bag supposed to breathe 'O' ?
- SuperCUBE, on 10/21/2007, -1/+3Or you could drink distilled water, as johnnagy mentioned above, for 50 cents for 3800 mL of liquid.
And it's pure. It has to be to be distilled. - madskjaer, on 10/21/2007, -1/+5"Pure" water, or electrolyzed water, is actually less healthier than regular tap water (depending on where you live), because tap water contains minerals that are healthy, and electrolyzed water does not. Also, I think tap water tastes a lot better.
- SuperCUBE, on 10/21/2007, -0/+1Usually items that taste good are good for you (natural items, at least)
- ErrorS, on 10/21/2007, -0/+2Yes, like peanut butter.. we should all live on peanut butter
- SuperCUBE, on 10/25/2007, -0/+1Peanut butter isn't exactly something found naturally.
Peanuts, sure. Leave out the hydrogenated oils and yeah, you could live off of peanut butter.
- SuperCUBE, on 10/25/2007, -0/+1Peanut butter isn't exactly something found naturally.
- ErrorS, on 10/21/2007, -0/+2Yes, like peanut butter.. we should all live on peanut butter
- norman619, on 10/21/2007, -1/+1All tap water if safe to drink. They all have to adhere to the same standards. Tap water from some area may smell funny but the small is no indicator of safety when it comes to municipal water. Bottled water industry isn't regulated and as such has no standards they must meet.
- jhuebel, on 10/21/2007, -0/+1To add to that comment, water that's been carbon-filtered is the best way to go. Guess your fish live better than you do.
- ErrorS, on 10/21/2007, -0/+1carbon removes chlorine and ammonia, some other minor chemicals.. carbon filters are usually for taste, they don't remove much else.
Unless you're drinking distilled or RO&DeIonized water, you're basically drinking mineral water.. this includes all Brita, tap filters, under the sink filters, refrigerator water filters, etc. They miss all TDS, biological material and a good percentage of larger sediments and heavy metals.
- ErrorS, on 10/21/2007, -0/+1carbon removes chlorine and ammonia, some other minor chemicals.. carbon filters are usually for taste, they don't remove much else.
- SuperCUBE, on 10/21/2007, -0/+1Usually items that taste good are good for you (natural items, at least)
- matude, on 10/21/2007, -0/+2http://h2water.net/
Yep H2 water.- gfnw, on 10/23/2007, -0/+1We don't need no pesky Oxygen pollutin' our water!
- eightyd, on 10/22/2007, -4/+40Personally, I like my water chock full of nasty things that could potentially kill me. I'm kind of opposed to the whole let's-all-live-totally-sterile-so-our-bodies-develop-no-resistances-and-a-major-virus-can-come-through-and-wipe-us-all-off-the-planet lifestyle. imo.
- jhuebel, on 10/21/2007, -1/+4Let your kids eat dirt. For every parent who bristled at that statement, you're contributing to your kids' overall poor resistance to disease. It's good for kids to get dirty, as long as you don't leave them that way.
And for those with or without kids, stay away from hand sanitizers and anti-bacterial soap. A good bar of plain soap is all you need.
- jhuebel, on 10/21/2007, -1/+4Let your kids eat dirt. For every parent who bristled at that statement, you're contributing to your kids' overall poor resistance to disease. It's good for kids to get dirty, as long as you don't leave them that way.
- amcmillan, on 10/22/2007, -1/+1I will buy some tomorrow. Yayyyy, bag-water!
- norman619, on 10/21/2007, -0/+1Is that like the wine in a box/bag?
- signal15, on 10/22/2007, -0/+12I drink a LOT of water. In fact, other than milk and juice for breakfast, that's pretty much all I drink. So, I tend to pick up the flavor of all the water I try more than other people, and you know what the best water is? My city water, run through a chlorine filter. Almost all bottled water tastes terrible (with the exception of Icelandic, Fiji, and some of the italian spring waters).
Plus, tap water has less contaminants in it than bottled water because of stricter standards. Buy yourself a nice stainless steel water bottle, an under counter inline water filter for $30-40, and just use filtered tap water.
PUR and Brita filters are junk compared to the inline filters. They cost several times more money, and have "ripoff" mechanisms to prevent them from working after so much water has passed through them, which forces you to buy another filter for a ton of money. It is highly unlikely the filter is spent after the few gallons of water it will filter before shutting off. Plus, the inline filters filter out 5 times more stuff.- anyonomous, on 10/21/2007, -0/+2I think you can get a good quality water filter for even less than $30 but apart from that, very good advice.
- norman619, on 10/21/2007, -1/+2Explain to me how filtering water which has already been filtered does anything for you. It's just money thrown away.
- msgyrd, on 10/21/2007, -0/+1He explicitly said a chlorine filter. He's removing the taste of chlorine, which is quite noticeable.
- blinded, on 10/22/2007, -0/+3filtered city water goes through a lot of pipes before it comes out of your faucet. the charcoal or biosand in a filter will remove organic as well as mineral particles in water
- norman619, on 10/22/2007, -1/+1LOL!!! Way to fall for the BS. I have a really nice used car I'd like to sell you.
- qlynt, on 10/21/2007, -0/+1Does anyone have any recommendations for inline filters? I searched for some and the prices range from like $40-300.
Something like this?
http://www.filtersfast.com/OmniFilter-CB3-water-fi ...
- norman619, on 10/21/2007, -1/+2Explain to me how filtering water which has already been filtered does anything for you. It's just money thrown away.
- norman619, on 10/21/2007, -0/+2Most bottled water has a nasty metallic taste to them. Nasty stuff. I drink tap water. I live in the 2nd largest city in my state but work in a very small town. The people there drink bottled water. Why because their water has this funny smell and they mistake this for the water being unfit to drink. Fact is their tap water is safe to drink. They have fallen for the cray hype most people fall for. The quality standards for tap water in the US are higher than those for bottled water. It's amazing people will believe when it appears to come from some authority or the freaking TV.
- jhuebel, on 10/21/2007, -0/+1Even without an inline filter, tap water tends to be better for you than bottled water. As you mentioned, standards are much more strict with the municipal water supply. I drink tap water almost exclusively and haven't ever had any problems. People have become so scared of every little germ that they're inadvertently making themselves more susceptible to the very germs they fear. It's okay to get sick every once in a while, because it teaches your body to fight back.
- msgyrd, on 10/21/2007, -0/+1I doubt most people drink bottled water for safety reasons. I drink it because of convenience and taste. I don't care if my tap water is safe; it smells like sulfur. It's the same as the fact that I choose steak over McDonalds if given the opportunity. McDonalds is generally safe, but it tastes bad...why eat or drink something I don't like?
- anyonomous, on 10/21/2007, -0/+2I think you can get a good quality water filter for even less than $30 but apart from that, very good advice.
- DrKevorkian, on 10/21/2007, -1/+2How is this any different from distilled water here? And why would you want to drink it, its disgusting really.
- everfalling, on 10/21/2007, -0/+9oh yeah? well in Canada, milk comes in bags!
- norman619, on 10/21/2007, -0/+1So does candy!
- Sixcolors, on 10/21/2007, -0/+2You beat me to it. XD http://www.canadiandesignresource.ca/officialgalle ...
- tylerjames, on 10/21/2007, -0/+2@Sixcolors
is that site some kind of satire? all the people in the comments sound shocked into stupidity about the bag situation
"In Ontario and I believe also in Quebec the use of the 4 Litre jug is prohibited by provincial law for use as a milk container."
- what? you can buy the huge jugs at any convenience store
"i couldnt deal with the bags of milk, half of it would end up all over he floor, so i ended up buying liter cartons…not very practical"
- i'm sure anyone with a fully functional brain would know how to use/change bagged milk, especially if you've ever seen anyone else do it in your life... it's not ***** calculus, just put a new bag in, cut a small hole in the corner, and away you go... you'd have to be a ***** to spill it all over the floor
again, if this is satire then they've got me beat - DiamondIce, on 10/21/2007, -0/+1I'm trying to decide if this is a hoax or not. I've lived in Edmonton all my life and I've never seen a bag of milk before. All we have are 1, and 2 litre cartons/jugs and 4 litre jugs.
- ChayD, on 10/21/2007, -0/+1Wow, a bag of milk :) I've geen goats milk in bags before but not cow juice.
- reddikilowatt, on 10/21/2007, -0/+1http://www.mindfully.org/Plastic/Dairies-Glass-Bot ...
Not too many dairies in the US use glass anymore. Too bad, I always liked going to Meyer Dairy and picking up a few quarts (and a milk shake for the trip home!). An advantage was that you could tell at a glance how much milk was in the container (unlike wax board, which is good for avoiding funny flavor), and it didn't add any strange flavors (like plastic). I guess cleaning and sterilization made it too expensive.
- norman619, on 10/21/2007, -0/+5Myth: There are more pollutants in drinking water today than there were 25 years ago.
Reality: Not necessarily. Twenty-five years ago, we did not have the technology to know what was in our drinking water. Today, we have sophisticated testing instruments that help us to know more about our water than ever before.
Myth: Using a home water treatment device will make tap water safer or healthier to drink.
Reality: Some people use home water filters to improve the taste, smell, or appearance of their tap water, but it does not necessarily make the water safer or healthier to drink. Additionally, all home treatment devices require regular maintenance. If the maintenance is not performed properly, water quality problems may result.
Myth: Bottled water is safer than tap water.
Reality: Not necessarily. Unlike tap water, the quality of finished bottled water is not government- monitored. Studies have shown that microbes may grow in the bottles while on grocers’ shelves. You don’t need to buy bottled water for safety reasons if your tap water meets federal, state, or local drinking water standards.
Myth: “New” water is better than treated water.
Reality: There is very little water on Earth that is new. Most of our water has been touched by some type of human or animal activity. Even in remote wilderness areas, studies have found bacteria contaminating water. So, it’s always best to drink water that you know has been treated. - nanboya, on 10/21/2007, -0/+3What's really sad about this though is the amount of extra, non bio-degradable trash that gets generated by an island country that either dumps its trash overseas or burns it... and I thought the trend was towards more environmentally friendly products?
- wilf_brim, on 10/21/2007, -0/+2Seems just to be distilled water in a bag. If you are highly paranoid about pthalates and whatnot, the best container for distilled water would be plain old glass.
- billbacon, on 10/21/2007, -0/+2I'm in Japan and haven't seen this in any of the stores. I'm sure it sells somewhere but it's not popular.
- Japan1, on 10/22/2007, -0/+1I am in Japan also and have never seen this.
- BrianCMasi, on 10/21/2007, -0/+2ROFL Dugg for Profit formula!
- pyokopon, on 10/21/2007, -0/+0Those bags are excellent for juice and stuff. You could understand the use of bagged/bottled water in Japan though since most of the tap-water there tastes like chlorine.
- donsherio, on 10/21/2007, -0/+1Yeah those bag-style containers aren't new at all. In Japan you can get juice, energy drinks, and even ice cream in those. Its just another form of packaging that they have that allows you to store the product and package more efficiently.
- ubergeek09, on 10/22/2007, -1/+0You have so much money you don't know what to spend do with it if you buy "premium water" like this.
- eagle123, on 10/22/2007, -0/+3there is one problem nobody seems to see, when you drink water that dont have any germs, you start to lost your defences, it can sounds weird but some germs are good for your health because you need to be able to fight back those germs, thats why there are so many people who is so weak.
- wildman082, on 10/22/2007, -0/+1This made me think of the commercial in Zoolander
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