Busting the Water Myths
Myth
1: Drinking water
between meals is bad for digestion – This is one line that has been passed
down from generation to generation. However, there is no scientific
evidence to indicate that it will affect the digestive process. At the
most, it will probably fill you up and reduce your appetite for dinner.
But besides that, go ahead and enjoy a glass of water with every meal.
Use a fitkari or
alum for sedimentation
Sometimes the stored water looks and becomes cloudy (turbid) and
unclear. Sedimentation is a physical process used to remove such turbidity of
water by settling down the suspended particles.
The process of sedimentation can be quickened by adding certain
chemicals such as alum or fitkari.
To treat and purify the contaminated water at home, a piece of alum can be
added and left unstirred for a couple of hours. After some time, the impurities
get collected at the bottom of the vessel. After which, transfer the clear
water into another container.
Bring it to a boil
Simply boiling the water is the easiest and most effective method
of disinfecting the water. It effectively destroys most of the microorganisms
such as bacteria, viruses, protozoan and other pathogens.
A “rolling boil” for a minimum of one minute is enough to kill
most of these disease-causing organisms.
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