Bottled up

WE live in a country where drinking bottled water is the norm.

Nevertheless, Andrea Burton, a nutritionist who was quoted recently in the UK media, maintained that consuming only bottled water could have a detrimental effect on the body.

“It could even be worse than drinking tap water,” she warned.

She said that it was important always to read the label on bottled water, as this would reveal if it came from a registered spring or was filtered.

“If not, it might be less healthy than you’d imagine,” she said, recommending instead that people should filter their own tap water.

MORE conflicting ­ or reassuring ­ information regarding alcohol.

New research in Australia found that people who consumed ‘low to moderate’ amounts of alcohol each week suffered less stress, a known cause of inflammation. This is also a principal cause of the aches and pains that can include arthritis.