Re: Question About Water For Making Nut Milks

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Terri,the information out there is because most tap water is filled with chemicals, chlorine, fluoride and more.  the recommendation is to not use water that has these in it.  My recommendation is to put a water filter on your water in your house for water you drink and use in cooking.  If you are fine with drinking your tap water than it'll be fine with your nut milks.

-- Bonnie Clinical Herbalist and Herbal Educatorwww.bonniesherbals.com

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After years of filling and lugging home 5 gallon water jugs (4 at a time!) that I filled up at the filtered water machine at Publix (which uses R/O filtration). I finally bought and had my plumber install this R/O water system: http://www.costco.ca/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=10319005 & lang=en-CAI won't drink tap water because of the fluorine and chlorine content (and the taste). You aren't supposed to use tap water in making cultured veggies or kombucha, etc. because the chemicals might kill the healthy bacteria, so I figure the same could happen to the healthy bacteria inside of ME :-)To combat the possibility of reduced mineral content in R/O water, I add either Concentrace Minerals or Supreme Fulvic/Humic Minerals. I rotate between these. And on occasion, I purchase Spring Water at the Grocery store and don't need to add any minerals to that…

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On Feb 29, 2012, at 10:48 AM, terrischurter wrote:

I have not made nut milk yet, but hope to do so soon.

I have noticed that the recipes I see call for filtered water. I drink water directly from the tap and it is hooked up to the refrigerator ice maker too. Does anyone else drink tap water? If you do, is there any reason not to use it to make nut milk?

I'm inclined to just go ahead and use the water I get from the tap and not bother to buy special water.

What do you all think?

Thanks in advance.

Terri

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I personally won't drink tap water or use it for cooking. Most municipal water

systems use loads of chemicals, chlorine and flouride-none of which you want to

consume. At the very least, you might want to think about a Britta pitcher, or

something along that line. Keep in mind that if you buy a simple goldfish,

putting it in tap water can kill it-so I doubt you want to consume those things

yourself. Any place that you buy fish will tell you not to put fish in

tapwater, or to treat it first to remove the harsh chemicals. Every municipal

water source is required to make available to the public a list of chemicals

used-you might want to get one from your local water department. Last time I

checked, my city water had over 276 chemicals in it-several known carcinogens.

Sadly, if you use bottled " purified " or " enhanced " water, it is nothing more

than tap water in a bottle. Switching from tap water to spring water made a

HUGE improvement in my health. A Britta will filter some, but not all of the

chemicals, but it is a start.

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> I have not made nut milk yet, but hope to do so soon.

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> I have noticed that the recipes I see call for filtered water. I drink water

directly from the tap and it is hooked up to the refrigerator ice maker too.

Does anyone else drink tap water? If you do, is there any reason not to use it

to make nut milk?

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> I'm inclined to just go ahead and use the water I get from the tap and not

bother to buy special water.

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> What do you all think?

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> Thanks in advance.

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> Terri

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