Srijita wrote:[face=Times New Roman]Happily I’ve had the chance to look into it now. It is not mineral water per se that is purported to cause wrinkles, but the act of puckering one’s lips when drinking directly from the bottle.
Earlier this year, a dermatologist by the name of Dr Marilyn Berzin reported on an influx of young patients with premature wrinkles around their mouths. The appearances were similar to “smoker’s lips”, but none of the patients had a smoking history. What they all had in common was a tendency to drink from water bottles throughout the day. Drinking from certain types of bottle (sport, straw tops or nozzles) involves the same lip-pursing action as cigarette smoking. Doing so consistently over a ~2-year period may accelerate the development of wrinkles. I daresay it does not matter what is actually in the bottle, be it diet Coke, tap water, fruit juice, or some other beverage.
The recommendation is to drink from a wide-mouthed bottle, which allows the upper lip to stay relaxed while drinking. Pouring the drink into a glass, the conventional way, might be another solution.
Thanks, Lemina, for highlighting that. It was jolly interesting.[/face]
When the study was first announced on the news channel, I was like, "Wha....? How can water be bad?" but then they revealed that it was the act of puckering the lips that caused wrinkles and not the water itself. The announcement was so misleading.
Sorry it took so long to respond. I was wondering if anyone would catch the catch of the statistic that I pointed out. XD
Contaminated water? Well that's kinda crappy. I guess a better choice over bottled water would be filtering out tap water yourself using those filter thingies that they sell. Nothing's perfect though--the filters couldn't filter everything out.