mama2bear I agree that R/O water is probably better than distilled, however, because virtually everything is removed it is essentially "dead water" so you may want to investigate long term use further.
Sang Whang writes in his book "Reverse Aging" "In an attempt to get "pure" water, some people promote distillers and reverse (R/O) filters. While these devices work well, they take everything out of the water. Unfortunately, this "pure" water is not healthy. It's dead water. Fish cannot live in it. If ingested for long periods of time, it can leach out valuable body minerals, such as potassium, magnesium, sodium and calcium. One can take mineral supplements to replace them; however, it's not as easy to replace the minerals in our body in the same form that we lost them in." Additionally, I understand that it takes about ten gallons of water to produce one gallon of R/O water, quite a waste when you consider long term use. R/O water usually tests about 6.8pH which is on the acidic side (pH7 being "neutral") - remember pH is a logarithmic scale (like the Richter scale for measuring earthquakes) so .2 is a more substantial difference than might be apparent. Water with a pH of 6 is TEN times more acid than water with a pH of 7. Much of this information was not apparent, or not made apparent, in the promotion of distillers and R/O units as an answer to our water quality concerns. Dave Perkins "enjoy being" ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 8:17 AM Subject: Re: CS>distilled water OT > In a message dated 06/21/2000 13:35:52 Central Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > << EARLY DEATH COMES FROM DRINKING DISTILLED WATER >> > We know tap water is unsafe. So is bottled. Now it's distilled. What's the > answer. I found out when I worked in water and wastewater management. Had > an r/o (reverse osmosis) unit installed in my kitchen years ago. Cleans the > tap water like a dialysis machine cleans the blood. Tastes good, too. 99%+ > pure. No discernible TDS or taste/odor. Cost under $500. Replace the > filter annually for $50. Worth every cent. > > mama2bear > > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > >
