Relevance of a Hypersaline Sodium-Rich Naturally Sparkling Mineral Water to the Protection against Metabolic Syndrome Induction in Fructose-Fed Sprague-Dawley Rats: A Biochemical, Metabolic, and Redox Approach
Table 1
Chemical characteristics of tap and natural mineral waters.
Characteristics
Tap water
Hypersaline sodium-rich naturally sparkling mineral water—Pedras Salgadas
Total mineralization (mg/L)
148–151
2855
pH
6.5–9.0
6.16
Sodium (mg/L)
200
591
Calcium (mg/L)
30.5–40.2
92.5
Magnesium (mg/L)
3.6–9.2
26.2
Potassium (mg/L)
2.6
29.9
Copper (mg/L)
2
0.0013
Zinc (µg/L)
*
1.1
Selenium (µg/L)
10
<2.0
Bicarbonate (mg/L)
*
2013
Chloride (mg/L)
250
30.8
Sulphate (mg/L)
250
6.4
*: no need for control (Portuguese Act 306/2007, from 27th of August).
