Guest guest Posted January 18, 2002 Report Share Posted January 18, 2002 A while ago I found a good deal on a reverse osmosis water filter and bought it -- an impulse buy -- I wish I had waited. I live in a rental with weird, old plumbing (the kitchen sink pipes come out of the wall). It would cost a chunk of money to have someone just look at it to see if it can be installed. So it's sitting in my basement and I'm looking for another solution. I just came across water distillers on the internet. There are copious companies selling them so I'm surprised I never heard of them. Apparently they remove almost all contaminants (including fluoride). See http://thewatersite.com/how_they_work_water_distillers.htm The concept seems sound, and you can buy then for countertop or under the sink use. Anyone know anything? Do they work? How much does brand matter? Thank you, wise ones, Daphne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2002 Report Share Posted January 18, 2002 If you need distilled water for laboratory experiments or for use in irons a distiller can be very helpful. The stainless-steel ones are best. However, beware of drinking distilled water. We need the minerals and stuff (most of it) that is normally found in water in nature. Drinking distilled water will leach minerals out of the body almost as quickly as they are being eaten in foods. Best to have filtered tap water or bottled, gaseous mineral water. I use the Amway under-counter water filter which was one of the best of it's type when I got it about 2 years ago. It's also very easy to install if you are handy with common tools. Regards, -=mark=- At 08:55 PM 1/17/02 -0800, you wrote: >A while ago I found a good deal on a reverse osmosis water filter and >bought it -- an impulse buy -- I wish I had waited. I live in a >rental with weird, old plumbing (the kitchen sink pipes come out of >the wall). It would cost a chunk of money to have someone just look >at it to see if it can be installed. So it's sitting in my basement >and I'm looking for another solution. > >I just came across water distillers on the internet. There are >copious companies selling them so I'm surprised I never heard of >them. Apparently they remove almost all contaminants (including >fluoride). See >http://thewatersite.com/how_they_work_water_distillers.htm > >The concept seems sound, and you can buy then for countertop or under >the sink use. Anyone know anything? Do they work? How much does >brand matter? > >Thank you, wise ones, > >Daphne > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2002 Report Share Posted January 18, 2002 I have heard that reverse osmosis also takes out too many minerals. Anyone have some comments on this? Shari ----- Original Message ----- From: Theta Sigma Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 9:20 AM Subject: Re: water distillers If you need distilled water for laboratory experiments or for use in irons a distiller can be very helpful. The stainless-steel ones are best. However, beware of drinking distilled water. We need the minerals and stuff (most of it) that is normally found in water in nature. Drinking distilled water will leach minerals out of the body almost as quickly as they are being eaten in foods. Best to have filtered tap water or bottled, gaseous mineral water. I use the Amway under-counter water filter which was one of the best of it's type when I got it about 2 years ago. It's also very easy to install if you are handy with common tools. Regards, -=mark=- At 08:55 PM 1/17/02 -0800, you wrote: >A while ago I found a good deal on a reverse osmosis water filter and >bought it -- an impulse buy -- I wish I had waited. I live in a >rental with weird, old plumbing (the kitchen sink pipes come out of >the wall). It would cost a chunk of money to have someone just look >at it to see if it can be installed. So it's sitting in my basement >and I'm looking for another solution. > >I just came across water distillers on the internet. There are >copious companies selling them so I'm surprised I never heard of >them. Apparently they remove almost all contaminants (including >fluoride). See >http://thewatersite.com/how_they_work_water_distillers.htm > >The concept seems sound, and you can buy then for countertop or under >the sink use. Anyone know anything? Do they work? How much does >brand matter? > >Thank you, wise ones, > >Daphne > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2002 Report Share Posted February 27, 2002 At 08:57 AM 2/27/2002 +0000, you wrote: >I'd have to drink 450 Liters (197 8 >oz glasses!) of [tap] water to meet the FDA RDI for iron. Foods contain the nutrients that are lacking in water. For example: 3 oz raw clams = 11.88 mg iron (canned and drained is even higher = 23.77mg) 1 cup cooked turkey or chicken giblets = 9.73 mg to 9.34 mg iron 1 cup long grain enriched rice = 7.97 I left out the many cereals that are probably enriched with iron artificially but are highly processed foods. And Celtic Sea Salt contains the missing (from lots of foods that used to have more) trace elements we need. -=mark=- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2002 Report Share Posted February 27, 2002 At 08:57 AM 2/27/2002 +0000, you wrote: >I'm not concerned about the mineral deficiency that some maintain >will develop over long term use of distilled H2O. I've decided to >purchase a distiller, and I'll be sure to post if I develop a mineral >deficiency. I caution against it. Keep in mind that water is the universal solvent - it will dissolve nearly anything into itself. And distilled water is the extreme in that regard (and not found anywhere in nature ). Cellular osmosis will come into play (from high to low pressure) and will pull minerals out of your bone and tissues. And I think that it will do that regardless of the amount of minerals you ingest. Nevertheless I'm sure we would all be interested in and would benefit from a pre/post measure of your bone density and tissue mineral levels and a diary of foods and amounts eaten/drunk during the experiment. Best regards, -=mark=- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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