Guest guest Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Several people in other board talking about distill water is dead water and too acid. It will draw mineras from the body. advice short-term use only. Long term will defenitely have negative impact to the human and weaken our health. So there comes the water-debate: distill or not distill? I don't like drinking fluroided water but not sure will invest my health in distill water after seeing few negative reports over it...so confusing...wish some experts in this area will chin in...Helen Jim Witte wrote: Do people have any experience with what RO systems are best? In terms of how much they remove (I'm not really a stickler below 95% on this - I figure there's enough other poison out there - or perhaps that's just my way of staying semi-sane!) Cost (initial and replacement of filters) Or are distillers generally better than RO- systems? I've run into one (http://thewaterexchange.net/reverse-osmosis- water-filters.htm) that says it will remove F - do 150 gallons a day, and is only $199 (on sale from $299 regular). I'm wondering if there's a catch somewhere. The replacement parts on this one (TLC-150) work out to about $100 a year. Is that the catch, or is that standard for RO-systems? Then there are systems that include UV systems to kill bateria and viruses (how do you kill a virus - by disrupting their DNA/RNA? I thought they weren't even really alive..) But I'd think for municipal water systems which are already loaded with chlorine and filtered (mainly for bateria), this might not be as necessary. Anyway, might we *want* some low-level bacteria in the water for our immune systems to work on killing - instead of our thyroid glands? (hygeine hypothesis applied to autoimmunity) Jim --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Several people in other board talking about distill water is dead water and too acid. It will draw mineras from the body. advice short-term use only. Long term will defenitely have negative impact to the human and weaken our health. So there comes the water-debate: distill or not distill? I don't like drinking fluroided water but not sure will invest my health in distill water after seeing few negative reports over it...so confusing...wish some experts in this area will chin in...Helen Jim Witte wrote: Do people have any experience with what RO systems are best? In terms of how much they remove (I'm not really a stickler below 95% on this - I figure there's enough other poison out there - or perhaps that's just my way of staying semi-sane!) Cost (initial and replacement of filters) Or are distillers generally better than RO- systems? I've run into one (http://thewaterexchange.net/reverse-osmosis- water-filters.htm) that says it will remove F - do 150 gallons a day, and is only $199 (on sale from $299 regular). I'm wondering if there's a catch somewhere. The replacement parts on this one (TLC-150) work out to about $100 a year. Is that the catch, or is that standard for RO-systems? Then there are systems that include UV systems to kill bateria and viruses (how do you kill a virus - by disrupting their DNA/RNA? I thought they weren't even really alive..) But I'd think for municipal water systems which are already loaded with chlorine and filtered (mainly for bateria), this might not be as necessary. Anyway, might we *want* some low-level bacteria in the water for our immune systems to work on killing - instead of our thyroid glands? (hygeine hypothesis applied to autoimmunity) Jim --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Several people in other board talking about distill water is dead water and too acid. It will draw mineras from the body. advice short-term use only. Long term will defenitely have negative impact to the human and weaken our health. So there comes the water-debate: distill or not distill? I don't like drinking fluroided water but not sure will invest my health in distill water after seeing few negative reports over it...so confusing...wish some experts in this area will chin in...Helen Jim Witte wrote: Do people have any experience with what RO systems are best? In terms of how much they remove (I'm not really a stickler below 95% on this - I figure there's enough other poison out there - or perhaps that's just my way of staying semi-sane!) Cost (initial and replacement of filters) Or are distillers generally better than RO- systems? I've run into one (http://thewaterexchange.net/reverse-osmosis- water-filters.htm) that says it will remove F - do 150 gallons a day, and is only $199 (on sale from $299 regular). I'm wondering if there's a catch somewhere. The replacement parts on this one (TLC-150) work out to about $100 a year. Is that the catch, or is that standard for RO-systems? Then there are systems that include UV systems to kill bateria and viruses (how do you kill a virus - by disrupting their DNA/RNA? I thought they weren't even really alive..) But I'd think for municipal water systems which are already loaded with chlorine and filtered (mainly for bateria), this might not be as necessary. Anyway, might we *want* some low-level bacteria in the water for our immune systems to work on killing - instead of our thyroid glands? (hygeine hypothesis applied to autoimmunity) Jim --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 I am not an expert but for myself and my pets we all drink Reverse Osmosis water with sea salt added as even RO filtering removes too many minerals btu not all as distillation does. You shoudl hear my VET when I tell him I give my pets sea salt! LLOL -- Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 I am not an expert but for myself and my pets we all drink Reverse Osmosis water with sea salt added as even RO filtering removes too many minerals btu not all as distillation does. You shoudl hear my VET when I tell him I give my pets sea salt! LLOL -- Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 I am not an expert but for myself and my pets we all drink Reverse Osmosis water with sea salt added as even RO filtering removes too many minerals btu not all as distillation does. You shoudl hear my VET when I tell him I give my pets sea salt! LLOL -- Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 When I drank Smart Water which is distilled, I could really tell I was not getting enough minerals because my fingernails started to lose all the white part on the tips and became more transparent. Cheri -----Original Message----- I am not an expert but for myself and my pets we all drink Reverse Osmosis water with sea salt added as even RO filtering removes too many minerals btu not all as distillation does. You shoudl hear my VET when I tell him I give my pets sea salt! LLOL -- . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 When I drank Smart Water which is distilled, I could really tell I was not getting enough minerals because my fingernails started to lose all the white part on the tips and became more transparent. Cheri -----Original Message----- I am not an expert but for myself and my pets we all drink Reverse Osmosis water with sea salt added as even RO filtering removes too many minerals btu not all as distillation does. You shoudl hear my VET when I tell him I give my pets sea salt! LLOL -- . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 When I drank Smart Water which is distilled, I could really tell I was not getting enough minerals because my fingernails started to lose all the white part on the tips and became more transparent. Cheri -----Original Message----- I am not an expert but for myself and my pets we all drink Reverse Osmosis water with sea salt added as even RO filtering removes too many minerals btu not all as distillation does. You shoudl hear my VET when I tell him I give my pets sea salt! LLOL -- . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 It doesn't draw minerals from the body. The problem is it contains no minerals so you become mineral deficient if you do not get enough from diet or supplementation. When you detox short term you are supposed to use distilled since it is the most pure water. However, since it lacks the minerals you either need to supplement them or switch to a water that has them for long term. Cheri -----Original Message----- Several people in other board talking about distill water is dead water and too acid. It will draw mineras from the body. advice short-term use only. Long term will defenitely have negative impact to the human and weaken our health. So there comes the water-debate: distill or not distill? I don't like drinking fluroided water but not sure will invest my health in distill water after seeing few negative reports over it...so confusing...wish some experts in this area will chin in...Helen . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Helen, The way to change the PH is to add sea salt to all distilled water, that said am still unsure of any water that had the nutrients removed. From: Helen Wang Several people in other board talking about distill water is dead water and too acid. It will draw mineras from the body. advice short-term use only. Long term will defenitely have negative impact to the human and weaken our health. So there comes the water-debate: distill or not distill? I don't like drinking fluroided water but not sure will invest my health in distill water after seeing few negative reports over it...so confusing...wish some experts in this area will chin in...Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Helen, The way to change the PH is to add sea salt to all distilled water, that said am still unsure of any water that had the nutrients removed. From: Helen Wang Several people in other board talking about distill water is dead water and too acid. It will draw mineras from the body. advice short-term use only. Long term will defenitely have negative impact to the human and weaken our health. So there comes the water-debate: distill or not distill? I don't like drinking fluroided water but not sure will invest my health in distill water after seeing few negative reports over it...so confusing...wish some experts in this area will chin in...Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 I'm no expert, but I have been drinking distilled water since 1982, except for one year. That year, I used the Pur water filter. 1982 was the year that I had a regrowth of thyroid cancer.I'm now a 42 year survivor. All one nedd do if they drink distilled water is to take a good multi-mineral as Cherie suggested. RE: Good RO systems.. It doesn't draw minerals from the body. The problem is it contains no minerals so you become mineral deficient if you do not get enough from diet or supplementation. When you detox short term you are supposed to use distilled since it is the most pure water. However, since it lacks the minerals you either need to supplement them or switch to a water that has them for long term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 I'm no expert, but I have been drinking distilled water since 1982, except for one year. That year, I used the Pur water filter. 1982 was the year that I had a regrowth of thyroid cancer.I'm now a 42 year survivor. All one nedd do if they drink distilled water is to take a good multi-mineral as Cherie suggested. RE: Good RO systems.. It doesn't draw minerals from the body. The problem is it contains no minerals so you become mineral deficient if you do not get enough from diet or supplementation. When you detox short term you are supposed to use distilled since it is the most pure water. However, since it lacks the minerals you either need to supplement them or switch to a water that has them for long term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 I'm no expert, but I have been drinking distilled water since 1982, except for one year. That year, I used the Pur water filter. 1982 was the year that I had a regrowth of thyroid cancer.I'm now a 42 year survivor. All one nedd do if they drink distilled water is to take a good multi-mineral as Cherie suggested. RE: Good RO systems.. It doesn't draw minerals from the body. The problem is it contains no minerals so you become mineral deficient if you do not get enough from diet or supplementation. When you detox short term you are supposed to use distilled since it is the most pure water. However, since it lacks the minerals you either need to supplement them or switch to a water that has them for long term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 > Several people in other board talking about distill water is dead > water and too acid. > I thought distilled water was simply just pure H20, which would be neither acid nor base. Of course, the acid/base balance of our diet has " flipped " from what we were at 20,000 years ago (article titled " Implications of the Western Diet " or something like that). I forget whether today's diet is more acidic or more basic. Distilled water would do nothing to counteract that, wheras non-distilled might. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Yeah, distilled isn't any more acidic. People put all kinds of things out there on the net. It has it's minerals stripped which is the biggest issue but it also is one of the best forms for detoxing. As far as it being dead they are probably talking about the famous water photos. I have that book. Let's put it this way...the water is no more dead than tap water which is molecularly the worst in any place where it is not well water but has been chemically treated. At least distilled has the toxins out of it. In Orange County, CA they are pumping in sewer water now for people to drink. They are trying to do the same thing in Arizona. Cheri -----Original Message----- I thought distilled water was simply just pure H20, which would be neither acid nor base. Of course, the acid/base balance of our diet has " flipped " from what we were at 20,000 years ago (article titled " Implications of the Western Diet " or something like that). I forget whether today's diet is more acidic or more basic. Distilled water would do nothing to counteract that, wheras non-distilled might. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 I have a RO system at home. It costs about £100 per year for replacement cartridges including the chap who comes out twice a year. I think you can get DIY ones for about half that cost - UK. How much salt do you add to your pets water? I use a large dog drinking fountain for my 2 dogs & 1 cat which holds probably 2 gallons of water. I suppose the easiest way to add salt would be to add sole to the top-up container. Val Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 I have a RO system at home. It costs about £100 per year for replacement cartridges including the chap who comes out twice a year. I think you can get DIY ones for about half that cost - UK. How much salt do you add to your pets water? I use a large dog drinking fountain for my 2 dogs & 1 cat which holds probably 2 gallons of water. I suppose the easiest way to add salt would be to add sole to the top-up container. Val Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 I have a RO system at home. It costs about £100 per year for replacement cartridges including the chap who comes out twice a year. I think you can get DIY ones for about half that cost - UK. How much salt do you add to your pets water? I use a large dog drinking fountain for my 2 dogs & 1 cat which holds probably 2 gallons of water. I suppose the easiest way to add salt would be to add sole to the top-up container. Val Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 I use about 1/2 tsp per pint in a separate bowl from their fresh water. When they want it they drink it, and they drink plain water too. -- Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 I use about 1/2 tsp per pint in a separate bowl from their fresh water. When they want it they drink it, and they drink plain water too. -- Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 I use about 1/2 tsp per pint in a separate bowl from their fresh water. When they want it they drink it, and they drink plain water too. -- Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 I would not buy one unless it is NSF certified for RO systems. Costco has one, and so does Home Depot and Lowes. Not sure how much the replacement filters are. One thing I learned was that they do not identify everything on the box what the filter removes and when you call customer service they are equally clueless. I had to have them send me a product data sheet and call technical support. If it is NSF certified, it has to remove certain particles up to a certain percentage. You can contact nsf.org. I've tried to figure out their website but found it confusing. Calling was easier...jin > > Do people have any experience with what RO systems are best? In > terms of how much they remove (I'm not really a stickler below 95% on > this - I figure there's enough other poison out there - or perhaps > that's just my way of staying semi-sane!) Cost (initial and > replacement of filters) Or are distillers generally better than RO- > systems? > > I've run into one (http://thewaterexchange.net/reverse-osmosis- > water-filters.htm) that says it will remove F - do 150 gallons a day, > and is only $199 (on sale from $299 regular). I'm wondering if > there's a catch somewhere. The replacement parts on this one > (TLC-150) work out to about $100 a year. Is that the catch, or is > that standard for RO-systems? > > Then there are systems that include UV systems to kill bateria and > viruses (how do you kill a virus - by disrupting their DNA/RNA? I > thought they weren't even really alive..) But I'd think for > municipal water systems which are already loaded with chlorine and > filtered (mainly for bateria), this might not be as necessary. > Anyway, might we *want* some low-level bacteria in the water for our > immune systems to work on killing - instead of our thyroid glands? > (hygeine hypothesis applied to autoimmunity) > > Jim > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 Thanks. I shall try that. Val I use about 1/2 tsp per pint in a separate bowl from their fresh water. When they want it they drink it, and they drink plain water too. -- Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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