💧 Not All Water Is Clean (Even If the Bottle Says So)
What to avoid & what to drink instead.
Hey Label Reader,
If you’ve been drinking more water lately — trying to hydrate, get glowing skin, kick brain fog — I’ve got a little label truth bomb for you:
Not all water is created equal.
In fact, some of the bottled water on shelves is just expensive tap water... and others might be depleting your body of the minerals it needs to function.
Let’s read the labels. Let’s get hydrated for real.
💧 WATER LABELS: READ BEFORE YOU SIP
🚫 WHAT TO AVOID
1. Purified Water
➤ Filtered tap water (literally).
➤ Stripped of all minerals via reverse osmosis.
⚠️ Can dehydrate you over time by pulling minerals from your body.
🧴 Brands: Aquafina, SmartWater, Dasani
2. Distilled Water
➤ 100% stripped. Zero minerals.
➤ Meant for humidifiers, not humans.
3. Alkaline / pH Water
➤ Marketed to sound “clean” or “healing.”
➤ Often just purified water with baking soda or synthetic minerals.
❌ Doesn’t balance your pH. Doesn’t detox anything.
✅ WHAT TO DRINK INSTEAD: SPRING WATER
Spring water is the real deal.
✔ Naturally filtered through rock and earth
✔ Retains essential minerals (like magnesium, calcium, potassium)
✔ Actually hydrates your cells
🔍 LABEL TIP: Look for “Sourced from [Spring Name]”
Not “bottled by XYZ company.”
🧴 TRUSTED SPRING WATER BRANDS
Mountain Valley
Evamor
Icelandic Glacial
Starkey
Some Poland Spring (if it lists the actual spring)
📱 SAVE THIS: WATER LABEL CHEAT SHEET
I made you a quick-glance graphic you can save to your phone and take with you to the grocery store.
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🚨 LABEL RED FLAGS:
“Purified by reverse osmosis”
“Enhanced with electrolytes for taste”
No spring source listed
Bottled by PepsiCo or Coca-Cola
🧠 FINAL THOUGHT:
You’re not just drinking water — you’re drinking what’s in it.
If your water is dead, overly processed, or filled with fake minerals… your body knows.
Start flipping those bottles over. Trust your gut. Read the label.
You deserve better than glorified tap water in a skinny bottle.
Talk soon,
Jen Smiley
Reads Labels So You Don’t Have To
(Because sneaky ingredients should not ruin your day.)
📌 P.S.
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