Brita Classic Filter Cartridges x 3

Exercise is an integral part of a healthy lifestyle, but is important not to forget that muscles do not work as well when dehydrated.

We can lose over a litre of water in an as little as an hour when exercising, so it is important to put those fluids back. Experts recommend drinking water before, during and after exercise to avoid dehydration.

Under the weather, one way to start feeling better

There are a few times when keeping fluid levels topped up is quite important as when we are ill, water is lost in a number of ways, particularly through sweating and diarrhoea, often at a time when the stomach is particularly sensitive. Keep a BRITA water filter close to hand to make sure the patient can help themselves to a glass of water to sip whenever they're feeling thirsty.

In retirement – as important as ever

As we get older, our ability to recognise feelings of thirst fades. This can result in symptoms of dehydration that are easily countered by keeping water levels topped up. Keeping a jug filter topped up is a good reminder to drink the recommended amount, and ensures you are drinking water at its best.

Seven Golden Water Rules

Drinking lots of water will keep you fit: you will not become physically tired as quickly and you will also be mentally "on the ball" when your water reservoirs are filled up.

Rules for healthy drinking:
• Drink at least 8 x 250ml glasses a day or more if you get a lot of exercise. Do not wait until you are thirsty.
• Drink lots of water evenly distributed over the day. The best way to do it is to always have a supply of drinking water close by: on your desk, in the train, in the car, at the beach...
• Water cannot be replaced by coffee, tea or soft drinks. Coffee and alcohol even have a dehydrating effect.

• Drink before, during and after working out. Take regular water breaks!
• The very best thing is to start and finish each day with a glass of water, because while you sleep your body loses water.
• Cold viruses can dehydrate your body. Therefore you should always keep a big bottle of water near your sickbed, so that you do not have to get up to get a drink.
• When the weather is hot, drink room temperature or warm water for keeping your water equilibrium in balance; warm water is absorbed much faster than iced water.

From Pregnancy onwards

In fact, soft and fizzy drinks seem to be replacing water, with children drinking on average over two soft or fizzy drinks a day. More worrying is that more than one in five drink three to six soft drinks per day and 6% drink seven glasses or more.

Water consumption is not high enough with more than a third (36%) of children drinking only two glasses of water or less. Worse still, 4% of parents say their children do not drink any water at all.

Water enables your body to digest food more efficiently and assists the bowel in getting rid of waste products. It also helps your body to deal better with the sugar and salt in food so that it does not retain too much of these potentially health-damaging substances.

It can reduce fluid retention as well as cushioning unsettling swings in blood-sugar levels.

Today, drinking water is taken for granted in the majority of the developed countries. Still, it is one of our most precious resources. Most of our tap water comes from reservoirs or rivers, the rest being taken from underground sources.

The 'raw' water goes through an intensive treatment process to make it safe for human consumption, although ground water, because it goes through a process of natural purification, needs little treatment (apart from some disinfectant to keep it safe during transportation).

• Makes great tasting coffee and tea.
• Reduces limescale build up in kettles and coffeemakers.
• May improve the colour and texture of foods cooked with water and can reduce the amount of scum produced during cooking.
• Costs much less than bottled water.
• Helps cut flowers to last longer and household plants thrive.

Hard or soft water – what does it mean to you?

Confusingly there are two different kinds of water hardness, both caused by calcium and magnesium salts. The first, found in most water, is known as permanent hardness and is caused by the calcium and magnesium salts of chloride and sulphate. They give water its characteristic taste but do not cause scale deposits when the water is heated.

The second type of hardness is called temporary hardness and is caused by calcium and magnesium bicarbonate. Calcium and magnesium bicarbonate are destroyed by boiling and therefore this is sometimes referred to as "temporary hardness". Boiling changes it to insoluble carbonate, which is the deposit we know as scale. This fixes to surfaces such as heating elements and boiler walls. It also causes that murky, scummy appearance in tea and coffee.

Classic Cartridge:
The original BRITA filter cartridge for cleaner, clearer, great tasting water.

The BRITA Classic filter cartridge reduces limescale and other substances such as chlorine which affect the taste and odour in your tap water. Furthermore it reduces aluminium and certain heavy metals (like copper and lead) and certain pesticides (like diurone).

Organic impurities are also reduced. The result is cleaner, clearer, great tasting water for hot and cold drinks, and for delicious food. You will also have less limescale build up in your domestic appliances.

Recycling:

Do your bit for the environment…

Recycle your used Brita cartridges.
All components of the BRITA cartridge are recyclable. Cartridges returned to BRITA will be returned to our own recycling plant in Germany where the component parts are separated and processed for secondary use.

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