Bodily Limescale build up??

[Loosehead]

We are encouraged to drink lots of water, the water is very hard where I am, how does my body avoid looking like the inside of my kettle, ie coated in lime scale. I can see why the stomach would not be affected but what about all over the body where the water goes?

[Ethel]

It is repeatedly boiling the water that causes the kettle to become coated in limescale.

As you do not heat the water in your body in that way, everything flushes out naturally.

[Loosehead]

Yes but it also builds up on my taps, sink, draining board etc and that's just cold water.

[jiggy-gb]

I would guess that the body breaks down and flushes out such things like that, the same way it does with excess vitamins and minerals from our food. All those enzymes and stomach acids have their work cut out!

[~owzat~]

Well according to the "experts" Loosehead, hard water is better for you than soft. As jiggy says, the enzymes (digestive juices) etc in our stomach sort all that out anyway. More good minerals in hard water. Downside is we have to descale the kettle more often (having said that, a water filter certainly cuts the weekly chore of doing just that). People in soft water areas don't need to use as much soap etc, and it appears kinder to their skin (damn it!).

Let's hope the experts don't change their minds - again!

Sorry, got to go and limescale blast the bathroom!!