I am 70, in good health, and drink almost exclusively very pure distilled water.
If the body could not regulate it's own electrolytes, then we would have to measure the amount of alkali and acidic substances and balance them to keep from getting too much or too little. If your theory were true, eating salt would eventually lead to salt toxicity. Unless, you drank a lot of distilled water to "leach out the salt" Jim -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 11:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS>Fwd: Distilled Water question I have another question about distilled water. The alternative medical practitioners I know tell me that according to muscle testing, and also negative results with patients who used distilled water, distilled water drinking over the long haul is harmful because it leaches nutrients from the body. I know that my nanofilter water filter produces pure water at 16 parts per million dissolved solids. I have had to modify it to produce a quality of water similar to drinking water, around 100 parts per million. The trouble is that the water is so pure without modification of the filter that it leaches copper out of my pipes and deposits it in the shower, bathtubs and toilets, turning them turquoise blue. Some patients who have used distilled water for long periods have come down with serious health problems the alternative practitioners say are due to the lack of nutrients removed by the distilled water. I know that there are very competent and well-meaning alternative practitioners who think that distilled water is the best way to go. I have a Water-Wise unit myself. I know this is sold by (if I remember correctly, David Williams, M.D., who is very big on alternative health, and very competent). I have attempted to contact David Williams to ask him about the dangers of nutrient depletion with distilled water, but those answering the phone don't know much, and the question was never forwarded, or never answered by Dr. Williams. Because of my experience in muscle testing, and those practitioners who do it reliably and tell me that distilled water is harmful over the long haul, I would not use it much, except to make CS, or as a back-up in case our well got contaminated. Ultimately, I think that there is only one correct answer to whether or not distilled water is harmful over the long haul. Jill
