Lewis Perin > wrote:
>Hmm. It's actually pretty hard to get the numbers on Burton.

That's because everyone has their own particular ratio of the three
ingredients. But it's basically adding calcium, potassium, and magnesium.

> But for
>New York City vs. Volvic, if all 5 of your ions are really important, it
>looks kind of bleak. Note the iron surplus NYC has:
>
> NYC Volvic
>sodium 9 9.4
>potassium 0.5 5.7
>iron 40 <0.01
>magnesium 1.2 6.1
>calcium 5.5 9.9

And my guess is that 90% of what you don't like about the NYC water is the
excess of iron. If it weren't for that, Burton's actually would fit the
bill for you.

>No supplementation - Burton or whatever - will affect that, and its
>such a high ratio that dilution with distilled water would have to be,
>well, homeopathic.

However, I bet distilled water and a little salts would be cheaper than
Volvic by a long shot.
--scott
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