When Jeroen and I were 'dating' he was alarmed that I drank nothing but Coke or pineapple juice, so one day he bought me a water cooler, a big standing one and installed it.
You could say Jeroen taught me how to drink water. And though I have a lifelong love-hate relationship with Coke, water has become an important part of my so-called diet.
Cold water is love. When I travel I'm attracted to water in unique packaging.
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![Designer water]()
![Cute Watsons water in the ferry]()
I love it when hotels give free water, so I don't have to go to the 7-11.
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![Boys will be boys]()
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Recently a friend sent me a case of Lightwater, which I thought was imported. It's not your ordinary water because it contains electrolytes, which is also found in Gatorade, minus the coloring and flavoring.
Jeroen, who loves Pellegrino, tried it first and took it to his work out sessions (he tries to train four times a week).
He was raving about it.
"For me it tastes clean and it's the only water that has no after taste hours after you have opened it," he says.
Then I got sick. I am apparently not able to digest popcorn. I was violently ill yesterday, I almost passed out in the toilet. I thought I would be confined to the hospital. I thought I would die!
I started going to the toilet at 1 am and finished at 3 pm. I hardly slept.
Took some medicine and hydrated myself with Lightwater. I rose back from the dead around 5 pm and started to feel hungry. Oh, and I lost one pound!
(Thank you Jeroen, Yaya, Lia for taking care of me. Plus my dad.)
Later that day my son Ben came home sick after playing basketball in the park. He complained of a huge headache. I figured he might be dehydrated. I gave him two kid's Panadol and Lightwater. One hour later, he was playing again.
My kids are the litmus test of taste. They will refuse anything that tastes funny, but with Lightwater there was no complaint.
You could say, hindi lang pang pamilya, pang isports pa!
![Lightwater]()
Lightwater is "water made better"—by getting the purest form of water infused with vital electrolytes.
It is the brainchild of businessman Jasper Ong who's been in the healthy beverages market for the last ten years and counting—importing 100% cranberry, blueberry, acai and pomegranate juices.
Jasper said the idea came to him after he experienced an electrolyte imbalance during a game of badminton.
The following day he began research on electrolyte imbalance and the importance of electrolytes in our system. It took around three years of research and development, plus many trips to Europe before he was able to come up with Lightwater.
He explains: "We basically purify the water back to its original state by removing all the impurities, and then infuse the electrolytes in the form of Calcium, Magnesium and Potassium. We decided not to use Sodium as an electrolyte as there are some studies linking too much sodium intake to high blood pressure."
Packaging design was done in-house with the bottle developed from scratch.
"We didn't want the usual run-of-the-mill bottle commonly found in supermarkets. Our bottles are made from only 100% virgin material which can eventually be recycled into other common household plastic products," Jasper said.
Lightwater's main benefit is it's hydrating properties. It hydrates faster and better than normal water because of its electrolytes. And unlike sport drinks, it doesn't contain sugar, salt, coloring or flavoring.
Lightwater is priced at PHP 25/22 oz. bottle and is initially available at 7-11 stores.
http://www.drinklightwater.com/
You could say Jeroen taught me how to drink water. And though I have a lifelong love-hate relationship with Coke, water has become an important part of my so-called diet.
Cold water is love. When I travel I'm attracted to water in unique packaging.
I love it when hotels give free water, so I don't have to go to the 7-11.
Recently a friend sent me a case of Lightwater, which I thought was imported. It's not your ordinary water because it contains electrolytes, which is also found in Gatorade, minus the coloring and flavoring.
Jeroen, who loves Pellegrino, tried it first and took it to his work out sessions (he tries to train four times a week).
He was raving about it.
"For me it tastes clean and it's the only water that has no after taste hours after you have opened it," he says.
Then I got sick. I am apparently not able to digest popcorn. I was violently ill yesterday, I almost passed out in the toilet. I thought I would be confined to the hospital. I thought I would die!
I started going to the toilet at 1 am and finished at 3 pm. I hardly slept.
Took some medicine and hydrated myself with Lightwater. I rose back from the dead around 5 pm and started to feel hungry. Oh, and I lost one pound!
(Thank you Jeroen, Yaya, Lia for taking care of me. Plus my dad.)
Later that day my son Ben came home sick after playing basketball in the park. He complained of a huge headache. I figured he might be dehydrated. I gave him two kid's Panadol and Lightwater. One hour later, he was playing again.
My kids are the litmus test of taste. They will refuse anything that tastes funny, but with Lightwater there was no complaint.
You could say, hindi lang pang pamilya, pang isports pa!
Lightwater is "water made better"—by getting the purest form of water infused with vital electrolytes.
It is the brainchild of businessman Jasper Ong who's been in the healthy beverages market for the last ten years and counting—importing 100% cranberry, blueberry, acai and pomegranate juices.
Jasper said the idea came to him after he experienced an electrolyte imbalance during a game of badminton.
The following day he began research on electrolyte imbalance and the importance of electrolytes in our system. It took around three years of research and development, plus many trips to Europe before he was able to come up with Lightwater.
He explains: "We basically purify the water back to its original state by removing all the impurities, and then infuse the electrolytes in the form of Calcium, Magnesium and Potassium. We decided not to use Sodium as an electrolyte as there are some studies linking too much sodium intake to high blood pressure."
Packaging design was done in-house with the bottle developed from scratch.
"We didn't want the usual run-of-the-mill bottle commonly found in supermarkets. Our bottles are made from only 100% virgin material which can eventually be recycled into other common household plastic products," Jasper said.
Lightwater's main benefit is it's hydrating properties. It hydrates faster and better than normal water because of its electrolytes. And unlike sport drinks, it doesn't contain sugar, salt, coloring or flavoring.
Lightwater is priced at PHP 25/22 oz. bottle and is initially available at 7-11 stores.
http://www.drinklightwater.com/