Water: distill and remineralize?

[Guest guest]

I've been going round and round the mulberry bush on the question of what

to do for water.

I used to buy and drink Poland Spring water, though I always wished I could

get it in glass jars instead of soft plastic jugs. For awhile I thought

distilling would be the best way to go, especially since distilled water

tastes so good, but then I found out that drinking distilled water is a

good way to lose minerals. Further reading seemed to indicate that reverse

osmosis with carbon post-filtration would be the way to go, but those

systems are way beyond my budget, and while they may remove the

fluoridation, they apparently also remove too many necessary minerals.

So now I'm wondering whether distillation may be the best way to go after

all -- it'll get rid of just about everything -- provided the water is

remineralized afterwards with some kind of supplement like

ConcenTrace. Certainly the startup costs would be much lower, as

distillers are quite cheap compared to good RO rigs, and as it sounds like

even RO-filtered water would need remineralization, the operating costs

would likely be similar.

One concern I have with remineralization is taste. I've tried azomite

powder, and while it's tolerable, I couldn't drink something with a strong

taste like that on a constant basis. Does ConcenTrace impart a salty taste

to water? How much would I have to add to each gallon? Is there a better

supplement?

As an interim solution I've been using a Pur faucet-mounted filter, but

this has been EXTREMELY dissatisfying for a whole variety of reasons. (If

my experience is any guide, avoid faucet-mounted filters like the

plague!) To keep things going for a little longer I replaced the Pur with

a Brita pitcher, but while this may eliminate a few of the problems I've

been having, it's still a lousy solution.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

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