EU: Drinking water does not help prevent dehydration?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... ation.html

EU officials concluded that, following a three-year investigation, there was no evidence to prove the previously undisputed fact.

Producers of bottled water are now forbidden by law from making the claim and will face a two-year jail sentence if they defy the edict, which comes into force in the UK next month.

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NHS health guidelines state clearly that drinking water helps avoid dehydration, and that Britons should drink at least 1.2 litres per day.

The Department for Health disputed the wisdom of the new law. A spokesman said: “Of course water hydrates. While we support the EU in preventing false claims about products, we need to exercise common sense as far as possible."

German professors Dr Andreas Hahn and Dr Moritz Hagenmeyer, who advise food manufacturers on how to advertise their products, asked the European Commission if the claim could be made on labels.

They compiled what they assumed was an uncontroversial statement in order to test new laws which allow products to claim they can reduce the risk of disease, subject to EU approval.

They applied for the right to state that “regular consumption of significant amounts of water can reduce the risk of development of dehydration” as well as preventing a decrease in performance.

However, last February, the European Food Standards Authority (EFSA) refused to approve the statement.

A meeting of 21 scientists in Parma, Italy, concluded that reduced water content in the body was a symptom of dehydration and not something that drinking water could subsequently control.

Now the EFSA verdict has been turned into an EU directive which was issued on Wednesday.

Ukip MEP Paul Nuttall said the ruling made the “bendy banana law” look “positively sane”.

He said: “I had to read this four or five times before I believed it. It is a perfect example of what Brussels does best. Spend three years, with 20 separate pieces of correspondence before summoning 21 professors to Parma where they decide with great solemnity that drinking water cannot be sold as a way to combat dehydration.

“Then they make this judgment law and make it clear that if anybody dares sell water claiming that it is effective against dehydration they could get into serious legal bother.

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Prof Brian Ratcliffe, spokesman for the Nutrition Society, said dehydration was usually caused by a clinical condition and that one could remain adequately hydrated without drinking water.

He said: “The EU is saying that this does not reduce the risk of dehydration and that is correct.

“This claim is trying to imply that there is something special about bottled water which is not a reasonable claim.”

Yet still nothing about the dangerous toxin of dihydrogen monoxide that's in water. EU still in the pocket of Big Dihydrogen Monoxide corporations.

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On-topic...on one hand, it certainly makes sense. In a world where language has to be very precise and state the bleeding obvious to avoid lawsuits (the whole "Product may be hot after heating" nonsense), it's playing it safe not to have bottled water claim to prevent dehydration. To that end however, you'd think that "regular consumption of significant amounts of water can reduce the risk of development of dehydration" would be a reasonable compromise, not giving out false information or making false promises.

@benji: told you so.

I would like a second opinion

I would like a second opinion

you realize that thing probably has a video in a nurse outfit

infact, if you drink too much water, than that causes dehydration.

infact, if you drink too much water, than that causes dehydration.

Except..no it doesnt. It causes "waterlogging", water intoxication, or whatever you wanna call it. But it doesnt cause dehydration

It cause the feel of dehidration, which ultimately leads to dehydration, stunning, but true

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It cause the feel of dehidration, which ultimately leads to dehydration, stunning, but true

Not true whatsoever, what the fuck are you talking about?

Water Intoxication=headache, personality changes, changes in behavior, confusion, irritability, and drowsiness.
Dehydration=headaches, a sudden episode of visual snow, decreased blood pressure, and dizziness or fainting. Delirium, unconsciousness, swelling of the tongue

That's 2 symptoms that match. Period. Thats not the feeling of dehydration.

I really want to post a certain picture of bill nye that violates rules.

motherfucker mixed those 2. I should be analed by a black person for saying that

you rang?