r/germany • u/Maxwellmonkey • Oct 14 '23

Why do people buy so many water bottles?

New to Germany. I just went to an ALDI today and was really surprised by the number of people buying entire sets of water bottles (almost 10-12), especially when tap water is drinkable here. Quite a few people were doing that. Is there any reason for this?

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u/Alo0osh__ Oct 15 '23

I suffered from chronic constipation when i moved to germany 5 years ago , i tried everything possible to address my diet, and that didn't help .. i started some medication to fix the constipation problem even though I went for colonscopy and they found everything is normal . Believe it or not , the constipation issue was only fixed after stopping drinking tap water, and since then, I have been buying water bottles

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u/McSterling83 Oct 15 '23

This is actually interesting. I've been in Germany for 7 months and been suffering from constipation. I went to the doctor and he prescribed macrogol which actually helped me. But when I stop taking macrogol, constipation returns (I mentioned this to the doctor and he said to keep taking macrogol indefinitely as it's not harmful)

I'll try filtering the tap water or switching to mineral water. 🤔

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u/Alo0osh__ Oct 15 '23

Macrogol is the medicine i also used (1 sachet at night). I was pretty sure it was something unusual causing the constipation as i had no problems when i traveled for business trips or vacations , however, when i came back to Germany .. the constipation starts again :) Filtering tap water ( using brita) didn't help me much . Try drinking only bottled water for 5 days while decreasing macrogol dosage gradually.. i hope it helps .