Is Deer Park Water Bad For You?
Also Known As: Deer Park 100% Natural Spring Water
Short answer
Deer Park water is not bad for you. Unlike many other brands who simple package tap water, Deer Park uses spring water, which is freer from pollutants and full of various trace minerals. They also use BPA-free bottles.
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Very healthy and numerous health benefits. A few harmful qualities may be associated, but only under certain circumstances such as an allergic reaction.
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Category 'A'
Very healthy and numerous health benefits. Side effects are rare. Things rated an 'A+' are typically necessary for survival (for example, water).
Very healthy and numerous health benefits. A few harmful qualities may be associated, but only under certain circumstances such as an allergic reaction.
Very healthy and numerous health benefits. Harmful qualities may be associated, but aren't usually serious.
It is important to note that even the best things in life can become bad in immoderate amounts. So, although something may be rated an 'A+', overconsumption/overdoing can bring unwanted effects.
Category 'B'
Very beneficial to your health. Things rated a 'B+' may have a few harmful qualities to pay attention to.
Overall beneficial to your health. Things rated a 'B' may have some harmful qualities to pay attention to.
More beneficial to your health than not. However, harmful qualities are most likely associated and shouldn't be overlooked.
The main difference between category 'A' and category 'B' is the harmful qualities typically present in 'B' items. Serious side effects are usually uncommon, but are still possible and should be taken note of.
Category 'C'
Both beneficial and harmful qualities associated. Things rated a 'C+' are typically a bit more on the beneficial side. Still, moderation is important.
A fairly even ratio of beneficial and harmful qualities. Moderation is important. Very general topics that can lean towards both sides of the spectrum will be placed here as well. Rice, for example, can be good or bad depending on the type.
More harmful than beneficial. Side effects are common, especially when consumed/done excessively. Moderation is very important.
Category 'C' usually denotes to both good and bad qualities. When it comes to this category, it is important to keep this word in mind: moderation.
Category 'D'
Harmful to your health. Although benefits may be associated, the bad most likely outweighs the good. Moderation is very important.
Harmful to your health. A few benefits may be associated, but the bad outweighs the good. Moderation is extremely important.
Harmful to your health. Very few, if any, benefits are present. Things in this category should be avoided as much as possible.
Category 'D' is typically for things that are more harmful than beneficial. While consuming/doing something unhealthy once in a blue moon shouldn't hurt, we definitely recommend eliminating 'D' items as a regular part of your routine/diet.
Category 'F'
Category 'F' is for things that fail to bring anything beneficial to the table, and are very harmful to your health. We recommend completely avoiding anything in this category. Long-term side effects of 'F' items are usually very serious.
Category 'N'
'N' stands for neutral. Things placed into this category are generally (a) neither good nor bad for you, or (b) lack the necessary evidence to reach any conclusions.
Long answer
The biggest difference between Deer Park and many other mainstream brands of water is their use of 100% natural spring water. Brands such as Dasani don't use spring water. Instead, their ingredient label will read "purified water". This is a fancy term for tap water with some added minerals. Spring water, on the other hand, is water that has been filtered by the earth itself and then sourced. Spring water generally contains fewer pollutants and more important trace minerals when compared to water sourced elsewhere.
After being collected from the spring, Deer park water then undergoes a 10-step quality/safety check before bottling. Deer Park further discloses their spring water sources from each state, and they release a yearly water analysis report publically that is performed by a third party lab.
In 2015, Deer Park reported minimal amounts of the following inorganics occasionally present in their Natural Spring Water bottles: fluoride, nitrate, and bromide. These amounts fall below the FDA and EPA standards of quality. Toxicity levels of these compounds are much, much more than what is found in Deer Park water.
The minerals chloride, calcium, magnesium, and sodium can also be found naturally occurring in their spring water and are beneficial to our bodies in a number of ways.
Deer Park Natural Spring Water is slightly alkaline. The company’s 2015 quality report states the pH is 6.6 - 8.5. The higher the pH number, the more alkaline the water. Alkaline water can be very beneficial to your health. It detoxifies and hydrates, contains antioxidants, and boosts your immune system. Many illnesses cannot grow in an alkaline environment, including cancer cells. Granted, to get these benefits you would need to drink alkaline water on a regular basis and with some consistency which you are not likely to get with bottled water that comes from multiple sources.
Lastly, Deer Park uses BPA-free plastic water bottles, which is great because BPA is known to disrupt the endocrine system and lead to a host of negative effects ranging from reproductive disorders to breast cancer.
Other concerns regarding plastic bottles can be addressed here.
Benefits
- hydrating
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bpa-free
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source of trace minerals
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use of spring water
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slightly alkaline
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