Re[2]: Re: Water Filter Suggestions...

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Hello Kelvin,

I tend to agree with you on your pH point.

Mike

Wednesday, June 3, 2009, 4:30:27 PM, you wrote:

K> Hi Mike,

K> thank you for your input! I like your answer (for my gap of

K> knowledge). what you say makes A LOT of sense to me. since we do

K> get a lot of minterals from the many sources we take in, it would make

K> sense that water then becomes a matter of taste than concern for

K> health impact. I would also assume that this is the same for pH of

K> water... considering our bodies have buffers of alkalinity to help

K> maintain blood pH, what is more important is our bodies buffers of

K> alkalinity than it is the importance of water pH.

K> that said, I think pH water is useful for washing produce (the acid

K> water) and skin... other than that... is it more hype than help for

K> drinking " alkaline " water? it would appear so to me. thots?

K> thanks!

K> Kelvin

K> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Mike Golden

K> <goldenmike@...> wrote:

>>

>>

>> You are right about the first point. Water is a versatile solvent. The

>> lower the solute concentration, the greater it's ability to dissolve

>> chemicals it comes in contact with.

>> However, in biological systems, that water you drink does not flow

>> through you like an inert pipe. It does not go from mouth to bladder.

>> It is absorbed into the circulatory system. At that point it no longer

>> matters whether it was distilled or hard water to begin with. The

>> feedback systems of the body determine what solutes to pass through the

>> kidneys, what solutes to retain, and how much fluid to dump. This is

>> controlled by the endocrine system with hormones such as ADH from the

>> neurohypophysis, a sodium sensitive hormone from the heart itself,

>> various adrenal cortical hormones, and angiotensin and aldosterone which

>> moderate kidney function. The water(and the solutes it contains) that

>> hits the bladder is put there as the end product of an carefully

>> balanced homeostatic negative feedback system.

>> We get most of our minerals from food and we dump minerals constantly.

>> Drinking distilled water won't be any different than drinking hard

>> water, The major difference would be that we can say with some

>> certainty that there will be no pollution in the distilled (or reverse

>> osmosis) water.

>>

>> Mike

>>

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