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Distilled Water for drinking

Hi All,

I've have also been seeking the truth about distilled water. I have found the subject to be more then a formidable opponent and also akin to something like who shot JFK! I see the billion dollar water industry has really muddied the waters with this debate leaving average folks in no mans land. With Billions to be made, there would indeed be a war of misinformation between bottled, tap, filtered and distilled water.

If you have anything solid knowledge of distilled water, then read my post that is on this page below. I would be very keen to hear anyone with solid knowledge about drinking distilled water.
http://www.procyclingwomen.com/Distiller/Debate.html

thanks,
CJ
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If your "Alpine" water tastes like distilled water, I feel sorry for your water supply.  Spring water has a definite taste, but each spring has a different taste.  By the way, you don't see municipal water labeled as mountain spring water, that would be illegal in the US, what you do see is bottled water labeled as purified water, meaning it's not spring water and comes from the water treatment plant.  And there's no virtue in spring water being from a mountainous area or a flat area as long as it's clean, meaning no industrial waste being poured into it. The sun doesn't distill water -- it's not at high enough heat.  Distilling doesn't energize water, it cooks it to get rid of things.  It's main purpose is to put in machinery that will be fouled by minerals.  There is also no particular virtue in himalayan salt that I know of -- it's sea salt that's useful because it's naturally iodized and some believe it helps digestion because it still has the minerals from the source of all minerals in life on Earth, the ocean.  
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p.s. "Tangy Tangerine" is the name of a mineral supplement for liquid colloidal minerals, made by a company called Youngevity.  And I left out "HYDRATION" in my capped comment above "WATER IS FOR PURIFICATION AND OXYGENATION."
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i really appreciate what you wrote and your quest for the truth.  there are so many things being said against distilled water and not one iota of proof, however Dr. Wallach, an expert on minerals, specifically trace minerals says distilled water does NOT leech out necessary minerals from our bodies and the notion that it does is nonsense.  He's healed thousands of people using minerals, trace minerals -- specifically all of them were sick due to mineral deficiencies, so I believe he would know.

Now, what I do know is that I live in the Italian Alps, we have 300 people population, our alpine forest is pristine and clean.  Our water is unfiltered and comes into our taps directly from our mountain about 200 yards from our house.  It is pure and clear like diamonds, real authentic mountain spring water.  And tastes very different from the crap here in usa labelled "mountain spring water."  One of the readers said she thought distilled water tasted bland or something like that.  I find that odd because she went on to say how mountain spring water was wonderful.  I question whether she has ever had real mountain spring water, or if she is referring to the municipal tap water sold in america labelled "mountain spring water."  The fact is that when I come to America I am always looking for water that tastes like our water in the Alps.  I've tried them all.  In fact one water that boasts that it is alpine water (Evian) was one of the worst I tried, tastes like regular bottled tap water to me, and frankly I could not bear to even drink it.  France is not known for having good water in the first place, quite the opposite, but besides that it is apparent to me it is a clever marketing ploy because I know pure alpine water and Evian is NOT.  

The closest water to taste to our alpine water I found WAS DISTILLED WATER.  It is crystal clear and has the same pure taste as our pure alpine mountain spring water.  

The Romans used rain water in their aqueducts for hundreds of years, which is basically naturally distilled water, however, with one difference:  sun energy.  So instead of looking for water with added minerals, perhaps it is best to sun energize pure water.

The function of water is a solvent, to purify our bodies, hydrate them, and to bring in oxygen.  I would say the only thing about distilled water would be to sun energize it.

The mineral deficiencies people are experiencing are most likely due to the fact that our soils do not get rested every 7 years, they are depleted of minerals, and our produce is mineral deficient, and therefore our livestock as well.  So focusing on getting minerals from our water and not our food seems a bit ludicrous.  Food is food, water is not food nor nourishment.  Water provides OXYGEN and CLEANSING and HYDRATION, that's where our focus should be on water.  For minerals we should be focusing on our FOOD, minerals are for nourishment.

As for the notion of alkalizing our water?  The minute water hits our stomach acids it cannot remain alkaline, and if it is too alkaline it can cause our bodies to send out a signal for more acid to neutralize it because our stomachs are SUPPOSED to be ACID.  You really want alkaline in your stomach when alkaline will not digest food?

Anyway, when I am in America I drink distilled, it is the only water closest to true pure alpine mountain spring water.  As for the trace minerals, get them from Tangy Tangerine, a bit costly, but the only way I have found to get all of them.  BTW sprinkling Himalayan salt in water is ok, however, it is not going to provide all the trace minerals in the levels we need.  Best to use that salt on your food.  

FOOD IS NOURISHMENT.  WATER IS FOR PURIFICATION AND OXYGENATION.

I would suggest focusing on ozone water if you are looking for more in water.  But get your minerals (nourishment) from food, but in today's depleted soil, it is imperative we get those from supplementing our minerals and colloidal minerals are superior for that.

ciao ciao!

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This is an argument with no possibility of complete validation because another problem in the world is that research follows money and there's no money in distilled water, at least not enough to do the kind of research you're looking for.  I can tell you viruses don't pass in water, and chlorine is great to get rid of but it does get rid of the bacteria.  Bacteria can get in the water after distilling, during transport, in your home, so there's no real way to get rid of bacteria.  Before he died, and you'll seldom see this, Louis Pasteur, who is credited with the germ theory of disease, changed his mind and said we'll never kill the germs, they'll just mutate and learn to survive, so the answer is in our immune systems.  The only thing I can say is, if you drink spring water, you get rid of the chlorine and the fluoride other than what's naturally in the water, and that people obviously weren't born to drink distilled water, but getting clean water has always been a problem.  As much as we all hate chlorine, modern water treatment is credited with the vast majority of greater life expectancy we enjoy today.  Nothing's simple, as you can see.  Sometimes things are murky and hard to clear up without the resources to do so.  
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it is strange that still all this time on,no real answers have been found.i am drinking distilled water as its an easy cheapish way to remove fluoride, chlorine,viruses and bacteria. are the health benefits of doing this negated by acidity/lack of minerals ?.there are supposed experts on each side of this argument,who to believe, i know there is a lot of deliberate misinformation out there and am no longer convinced that the government can be believed on matters pertaining to our health,the amount of crap they allow businesses to force upon us borders on the criminal.so it seems we must try to find out for ourselves, and even use ourselves as guinea pigs, still, no need to reinvent the wheel, what have the people whove been doing this for a long time found out?, i mean this threads been going since 2010, anything new?
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it is strange that still all this time on,no real answers have been found.i am drinking distilled water as its an easy cheapish way to remove fluoride, chlorine,viruses and bacteria. are the health benefits of doing this negated by acidity/lack of minerals ?.there are supposed experts on each side of this argument,who to believe, i know there is a lot of deliberate misinformation out there and am no longer convinced that the government can be believed on matters pertaining to our health,the amount of crap they allow businesses to force upon us borders on the criminal.so it seems we must try to find out for ourselves, and even use ourselves as guinea pigs, still, no need to reinvent the wheel, what have the people whove been doing this for a long time found out?, i mean this threads been going since 2010, anything new?
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