At no other time than summer do fields and trees, gardens and bushes give us such a rich supply of the most delicious fruits and vegetables. Now there are raspberries, currants, blueberries and blackberries that you can pick directly from the bush and enjoy.

Also nectarines, peaches, plums, and soon apples and pears, that hang full and ripe on the branches. The first potatoes can be harvested in the field. Then juicy carrots and freshly harvested, sugar-sweet peas make it a delight for the senses.

It has long been known that people who live in regions with hard, calciferous water are less likely to suffer strokes and heart attacks than those who live in regions with soft, mineral-poor water. Even if supplying our body with minerals is not one of water's main tasks, it can make an important contribution, as statistical observations show.