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Feedback: Beware water that's watered down, says nutritionist

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7 November 2018

counterfeit water cartoon

Paul McDevitt

But not a drop to drink

ALTHOUGH we have reported on many eclectic varieties of water – alkaline, crystal-tuned, sonically vibrated and so forth – Feedback is thrown into a quandary by neuroscientist and nutritionist Lisa Mosconi’s revelation that the world is saturated with counterfeit water.

Alan Worsley forwards a Guardian article from the food guru, advising readers on how to eat for peak mental performance. To wash down the usual prescription of kale and oily fish, Mosconi tells us: “people often do not realise that the ‘water’ they are drinking is not actually water. Purified water, fizzy water – all…

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