Re: Distilled/Filtered/Purified Water?

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>I tried to do a search of the archives but

>63,000+ is a tad cumbersome to wade through...

If you click the search link at the bottom of each message, you won't have

to use 's hideous search function, if that's what was giving you

problems. Onibasu hosts our entire archive and allows you to search the

whole thing at once. (If you search for something common, though, I guess

that could be pretty cumbersome by itself!)

>I'm hoping that some of

>you use/have experience with water distillers/purifiers. I'm mostly

>interested in one for drinking and cooking.

Ahh, well, now that's a tough question. IF there's a consensus on this

matter, which there really isn't, I think it's that reverse osmosis plus

remineralization is the way to go, but which filter and what

remineralization technique to use... tough questions. One way to

remineralize without making a big deal of it is just to make a lot of

NT-type foods with your filtered water -- bone broth and fermented

beverages, mainly -- and to replace much of your plain water consumption

with them.

Unfortunately, RO (reverse osmosis) filters are on the pricey side. Some

people think distillers damage the " structure " of the water, or something

like that, but there doesn't seem to be any actual science behind the

idea. Then again, people have often come up with gibberish explanations

for genuine phenomena, so it's certainly not impossible that distillers do

*something* undesirable. I'd be interested to conduct some plant and

animal tests with distilled water, but I don't have the time. Certainly

distillers can use a lot of electricity, since they have to boil the water,

and a few undesirable volatile compounds won't be removed by

distillation. A multi-stage under-the-sink filter would be a cheaper

non-distiller option. I have one, though I'm not especially happy with

it. It has a ceramic Doulton " candle " particulate pre-filter, a carbon

block filter, a fluoride filter, and a KDF-55 copper-zinc redox filter. It

certainly improves the taste of my tap water, and it filters out a lot of

stuff, but I wonder about how effective it really is, and whether it's

contaminating my water with filter material.

In an ideal world, I guess I'd replace it with a RO filter (well, in a

*really* ideal world there'd be no need for a filter at all) but I can't

afford one, so for the moment at least, I'm stuck with my existing kludge.

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[Guest guest]

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I subscribe to a different theory. I believe the best " water " we can

get should be combined with nutrients and minerals, and still be

alive. I actually don't drink water very often...when thirsty, eat a

tomato! Personally, at the moment I have rediscovered citrus, and my

winter is full of freshly juiced grapefruits and oranges. The summer

and fall were full of grapes.

Combine this with enough raw fats, and no more thirst, and lots of vim

and vigor!

Orange Juilus is a perfect combination energy drink!

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 14:08:45 -0000, reallybadgoat

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> I'll start off by offering some gratuitous praise and awe of this

> amazing group...in the hope that I will get a flood of simpathetic

> responses from those wanting to help a noooobie. ;-)

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> But really, after lurking for awhile, there's a ton of wonderful and

> practical info here. I tried to do a search of the archives but

> 63,000+ is a tad cumbersome to wade through...I'm hoping that some of

> you use/have experience with water distillers/purifiers. I'm mostly

> interested in one for drinking and cooking.

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> I've embarked on a journey to remove as many icky things from my food

> and water as possible in the hopes that I can reclaim my vim and

> vigor. Especially that vim part...just what is vim anyway...?

>

> Thanks in advance,

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[Guest guest]

Thanks, ...I'll keep snooping around to see if anyone else chimes

in on any of the groups I read. Like juicers, there's a ton of

products out there. I like to hear " live " testimonials. (I am

anxiously awaiting the arival of my Omega 8005...finally trading in

my Juiceman Jr. :-) )

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> In an ideal world, I guess I'd replace it with a RO filter (well,

in a

> *really* ideal world there'd be no need for a filter at all) but I

can't

> afford one, so for the moment at least, I'm stuck with my existing

kludge.

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