O/T Re: Distilled water--DeanSA

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> I too drink distilled water , I have my own distiller due to doing

some research and having high amount of arsenic in my system also. I

add the salt and take vitamins with minerals. there are several

doctors that oppose reverse osmosis , Dr Hulda being one of

them. I am not unsure but I also have a small amount of spring water

delivered. I am wondering if anyone has tried on of The Big Berkey

Water Filtration System, I seen some supposed data and it seems to

filter 99.99 of contaminants while leaving the minerals. I dont know

if thats possible. Does anyone have one, use one or know a lot of info

on it. Thanks

> > I have been drinking distilled water for about 10 months, but

have not

> > had a hair test since then. I had one before I got it. I already

have

> > low minerals, so I hope I'm not pushing them lower! But here's my

> > dilemma and why I got it. There is arsenic in my well water, and it

> > showed up very elevated on my hair test and also my kids'. So I

had to do

> > something about our water, and my understanding is that

distillation is

> > the best and most complete way of removing the arsenic. I didn't

want to

> > and won't buy bottled water for the rest of my life (who knows

what you're

> > actually getting anyway), and drilling a new well is out of the

question,

> > and would be no guarantee to be any better than our current one.

So I

> > really don't feel like I had much choice. I do add sea salt to my

water

> > occasionally, but not all the time, and my kids never do, and they

> > actually really like the distilled water. So, what would you have

done in

> > my situation?---------Jackie

>

> I don't know Jackie.

> Perhaps I would have chosen a reverse osmosis unit or make sure I am

adding

> electrolytes to the water after distilling it.

> Taking electrolytes out your body is not good for the adrenals.

> The problem is - how much salt do you add?

> If we had some chemists around maybe they could help us?

> It would have be be a high quality sea or Himalayan salt. Or several

> varieties that you cycle to make sure you are not getting exposed to

the

> same toxin in one of them.

> If I were on your position I would not want to make my minerals go

lower.

> Distilled water is hungry water and draws minerals (and toxins into

it). But

> with chelation we need all the minerals we can get.

> Bottled water is usually worse because they disinfect the bottles with

> chemicals that leave traces, and the inferior plastic seeps.

> I don't have an easy solution for you.

> I myself travel far from home every second week to fetch water in

large HDPE

> 2 containers (they don't seep) from an underground bottling spring.

> DeanSA

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