drinking water, potassium chloride, etc.

[Guest guest]

I am wondering what solutions people have found for drinking water.

Here are some basic points that I have *heard* but feel are valid

concerns:

-bottled spring water is an unknown risk. Some are totally unprocessed

from springs and we don't know much about those areas where they may

be getting the water before bottling.

-carbon filtration is not good on un-sterilized water

-water softened with sodium chloride is not good for us due to high

sodium content (and the recommendation is to use an REverse Osmosis

(RO) unit)

-Reverse Osmosis water strips minerals from your body, because of it's

low mineral content

So, does anyone know anything about using potassium chloride to soften

your water, and then not using an RO unit? I know that the potassium

is better for our local lakes, etc. than sodium (the sodium is

actually illegal for those of us by a lake in my area), but how is it

for our bodies?

-what about distilled water? And, this is high cost; does anyone

distill their own?

Thanks,

Hartland, Michigan

[Guest guest]

I use tap water with a Brita carbon filter in a pitcher. My town uses

well water and ground water, and the Brita filter removes most of the

chlorine. I keep an eye on the web page for my town -- so far we do

not have fluoride added; although the county is pushing it, so far my

town has resisted. If they do start using fluoride, I will have to

get a filter for that (more expensive!) or start using all bottled

water. Hopefully it won't come to that!

I buy Gerolsteiner and/or Apollonius (sp?) naturally sparkling mineral

water from Europe. I have read that in France and Germany, the laws

regarding water are more stringent than here. I was addicted to pop,

but weaned myself off by using this naturally sparkling water, because

it's the bubbles I love! I make the ginger ale from NT and mix it

with the sparkling water and filtered water (to cut cost -- the German

water is pricey, although not bad when I think of what I used to spend

on Diet Coke!) There is a high mineral content in the German water,

so I figure that helps, too.

Ann

>

> I am wondering what solutions people have found for drinking water.

> Here are some basic points that I have *heard* but feel are valid

> concerns:

>

> -bottled spring water is an unknown risk. Some are totally unprocessed

> from springs and we don't know much about those areas where they may

> be getting the water before bottling.

> -carbon filtration is not good on un-sterilized water

> -water softened with sodium chloride is not good for us due to high

> sodium content (and the recommendation is to use an REverse Osmosis

> (RO) unit)

> -Reverse Osmosis water strips minerals from your body, because of it's

> low mineral content

>

> So, does anyone know anything about using potassium chloride to soften

> your water, and then not using an RO unit? I know that the potassium

> is better for our local lakes, etc. than sodium (the sodium is

> actually illegal for those of us by a lake in my area), but how is it

> for our bodies?

>

> -what about distilled water? And, this is high cost; does anyone

> distill their own?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Hartland, Michigan

>

[Guest guest]

I found this site which describes the contents of various bottled

waters: http://www.aquamaestro.com/step1.asp

But I would not buy anything from this website -- the prices are high,

$24 to $30 for a case of 12. I can get Apollinaris and Gerolsteiner

for much less at Trader Joe's, for around $12 a case.

Also, they are on sale sometimes at my local grocery store and the

health food store.

Ann

> >

> > I am wondering what solutions people have found for drinking water.

> > Here are some basic points that I have *heard* but feel are valid

> > concerns:

> >

> > -bottled spring water is an unknown risk. Some are totally unprocessed

> > from springs and we don't know much about those areas where they may

> > be getting the water before bottling.

> > -carbon filtration is not good on un-sterilized water

> > -water softened with sodium chloride is not good for us due to high

> > sodium content (and the recommendation is to use an REverse Osmosis

> > (RO) unit)

> > -Reverse Osmosis water strips minerals from your body, because of it's

> > low mineral content

> >

> > So, does anyone know anything about using potassium chloride to soften

> > your water, and then not using an RO unit? I know that the potassium

> > is better for our local lakes, etc. than sodium (the sodium is

> > actually illegal for those of us by a lake in my area), but how is it

> > for our bodies?

> >

> > -what about distilled water? And, this is high cost; does anyone

> > distill their own?

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> > Hartland, Michigan

> >

>

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Water is a solvent..that means everything wants to disolve in

it..including minerals..bits of clay and dirt etc...so RO and

distilled water have nothing in them..they are pure solvents...when

you drink this, they will definetly remove some of the minerals in

the body ..these minerals will disolve in the water until the water

reaches a state of equilibrium, that is no more stuff can disolve in

it anymore..

Some people say that this is a good thing and others , its a bad

thing...the pro camp say that there is a lot of excess mineralisation

in the body that needs to be got rith off...what i call the kettle

fur effect..from years of drinking bad water full of lots of macro

chemicals like Sodium, Ca and Potassium salts..alot of these salts

acumulate in the joins and cause artheritese or even kidney

stones...flushing those out with RO or distilled water is a kind of

therapy..

Others say the leaching out of good minerals from the body is a

negative on the use of RO and distilled water..

My view is that RO and distilled water can be used as a short term

therapy to remove excessive mineralisation in the body joints ..but

it should not be used as a long term drinking solutions...try it for

3-6 months and see...that is if you really need to flush your body

out,otherwise just stick to good quality spring water..something like

Evian (french alps), and for cooking water I use a 3 stage filter

hooked to my kitchen sink.

> >

> > I am wondering what solutions people have found for drinking

water.

> > Here are some basic points that I have *heard* but feel are valid

> > concerns:

> >

> > -bottled spring water is an unknown risk. Some are totally

unprocessed

> > from springs and we don't know much about those areas where they

may

> > be getting the water before bottling.

> > -carbon filtration is not good on un-sterilized water

> > -water softened with sodium chloride is not good for us due to

high

> > sodium content (and the recommendation is to use an REverse

Osmosis

> > (RO) unit)

> > -Reverse Osmosis water strips minerals from your body, because of

it's

> > low mineral content

> >

> > So, does anyone know anything about using potassium chloride to

soften

> > your water, and then not using an RO unit? I know that the

potassium

> > is better for our local lakes, etc. than sodium (the sodium is

> > actually illegal for those of us by a lake in my area), but how

is it

> > for our bodies?

> >

> > -what about distilled water? And, this is high cost; does anyone

> > distill their own?

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> > Hartland, Michigan

> >

>