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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
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
I'm not belittling anyone for not answering questions. I am belittling people who respond without even taking a moment to look at what I posted and the associated links, but instead just parroting what others have said. I am so far beyond that nonsense, that if anyone took a look at where my research is, they probably would refrain from embarrassing themselves. Probably many have stayed out of the fray after looking at my writings and links and have decided they cannot offer anything instead of parroting stuff. I respect people much more for that. In two other forums which had solid info and debates on distilled water in the past, after I also posted diligently about my findings, not a single person said a word, just incredible. I respect that, because everyone who looks at my posts and links decided they can't offer anything more and refrained from parroting. However, forums show how many people read these threads, and the numbers were good, just no one replied cause they mostly don't have anything new on these issues. Many are still seeking the truth about distilled water.
Do you think I am not aware that water is a 4 billion dollar industry and that's why there is much misinformation and confusion about distilled water? If you had read any of my writings, and see what resources and debates I had already read, you would understand better about where i am on this topic. Oviously you didn't do that and I don't blame you if you don't have the time. However, if you enter the fray, I would expect you to know where I am coming from. Let me respond briefly to a few things you said. I don't need the grade school biology lesson, as I am way beyond that point, please, thank you.
As for rain water, I'm not that stupid and would never drink that. On natural springs, I have well water in the mountains, and there are springs around here. They are not all safe to drink. People think cause its spring water or well water, that it is somehow divine and magically safe to drink. If you did a little research you would find out many, many wells and springs are not safe to drink cause they are way, way too many parts per million of TDS in them. I am talking about water so heavy in Iron and calcium that it comes out of tap orange, and even after filtered clogs you water cooler with tons of white calcium. That water would kill you in time, its very unfit to drink.
There are many wells like this in the mountains. Indeed, I have another well near a creek where the water comes out extremely dirty orange, iron sulfates and such and smells like rotton eggs. If you are suggesting most wells and spring water is somehow magically perfect for drinking, you obviosly haven't lived in the mountains or haven't been around many wells or springs much. All over the world, many water sources are unfit to drink, even in their natural state. People can't seem to wrap their brains around this.
You made some basic claims about the mineral leeching debate, but I'm not sure how much you care to know about the subject. My Dad was in the Navy for 8 years and from his accounts, no one every suffered health problems from drinking distilled water. It was the food which was bad, not the water. The Navy has said the same about distilled water, but let's me put the issues into the spotlight for some fresh research.
The acidity argument is stupid beyond belief. That one doesn't even fly anymore to me. All you have to do is add 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda to each gallon of distilled water you make to bring it to a neutral 7 PH. However they lie when they say distilled water in not acidic because it is, usually it runs from 4.8 to 6.
The electrolytes argument doesn't work very well either in my opinion. I was an athlete so I know what its like to feel your body hit the wall from the lack of electrolytes which is easily fixed by Gatorade or other sports drinks. I tested this theory, and after drinking distilled water for one month, I did indeed feel a loss of some electrolytes I believe, but I felt better the same day just by consuming more then usual, bananas, salty energy bars, or even a gatorade can work. If one can replace electrolytes quickly, then this argument is stupid beyond belief.
Do you think I am not aware that water is a 4 billion dollar industry and that's why there is much misinformation and confusion about distilled water? If you had read any of my writings, and see what resources and debates I had already read, you would understand better about where i am on this topic. Oviously you didn't do that and I don't blame you if you don't have the time. However, if you enter the fray, I would expect you to know where I am coming from. Let me respond briefly to a few things you said. I don't need the grade school biology lesson, as I am way beyond that point, please, thank you.
As for rain water, I'm not that stupid and would never drink that. On natural springs, I have well water in the mountains, and there are springs around here. They are not all safe to drink. People think cause its spring water or well water, that it is somehow divine and magically safe to drink. If you did a little research you would find out many, many wells and springs are not safe to drink cause they are way, way too many parts per million of TDS in them. I am talking about water so heavy in Iron and calcium that it comes out of tap orange, and even after filtered clogs you water cooler with tons of white calcium. That water would kill you in time, its very unfit to drink.
There are many wells like this in the mountains. Indeed, I have another well near a creek where the water comes out extremely dirty orange, iron sulfates and such and smells like rotton eggs. If you are suggesting most wells and spring water is somehow magically perfect for drinking, you obviosly haven't lived in the mountains or haven't been around many wells or springs much. All over the world, many water sources are unfit to drink, even in their natural state. People can't seem to wrap their brains around this.
You made some basic claims about the mineral leeching debate, but I'm not sure how much you care to know about the subject. My Dad was in the Navy for 8 years and from his accounts, no one every suffered health problems from drinking distilled water. It was the food which was bad, not the water. The Navy has said the same about distilled water, but let's me put the issues into the spotlight for some fresh research.
The acidity argument is stupid beyond belief. That one doesn't even fly anymore to me. All you have to do is add 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda to each gallon of distilled water you make to bring it to a neutral 7 PH. However they lie when they say distilled water in not acidic because it is, usually it runs from 4.8 to 6.
The electrolytes argument doesn't work very well either in my opinion. I was an athlete so I know what its like to feel your body hit the wall from the lack of electrolytes which is easily fixed by Gatorade or other sports drinks. I tested this theory, and after drinking distilled water for one month, I did indeed feel a loss of some electrolytes I believe, but I felt better the same day just by consuming more then usual, bananas, salty energy bars, or even a gatorade can work. If one can replace electrolytes quickly, then this argument is stupid beyond belief.
Look, the reason you're finding disputed info is because people who sell distilled water have put this out there, and because some people must use distilled water, so a lot of the research is directed at them. People who are sensitive to certain minerals simply have to drink distilled water. You're not one of them. You don't have to be a scientist, we all studied this in junior high, or at least we did way back when I was a kid, that water absorbs minerals. Water starts out fairly distilled, as rain, then goes underground for hundreds of years being filtered by rock and it from these rocks that water picks up the minerals. That's why natural spring water from different places will have different amounts of dissolved solids, and why it isn't recommended that one drink rain water for very long -- it hasn't been filtered. As for Navy personnel, they don't drink only distilled water, only when on duty, which isn't very long. They have to go back to port frequently for more fuel and provisions, so they don't just drink distilled water. And in wartime, more sailors and all members of the service die and get sick from nutritional deficiencies way more than they get injured or killed from battle. However, the end result here is obviously that you want to drink distilled water, and since it's a free country, go ahead. Personally, I managed health food stores for 18 years and in that time read more scientific monographs on more subjects than I care to look up anymore. Whole Foods put me out of of the business, and I've moved on. I had customers who drank distilled water, and as far as I know they didn't die of it, but given that water has the natural property of soaking up whatever is around to soak up until it's saturated, what do you think distilled water is going to do in your body? Now go and drink your distilled water and live long and healthfully, but stop belittling everyone here for trying to answer your question.
I took biology and science in high school, and it's common knowledge about inorganic versus organic concerning TDS when it comes to water. It's doesn't require classes per say to understand that stuff. I not arguing in favor of either side cause I am researching this way beyond what most people do. My Doctor doesn't even know this much on the subject and he can't give a straight anwser either on the subject. The fact is there was a decent discussion on distilled water some time ago on this forum, so I thought there might be some new info or thoughts over here. For all the discussions I have seen on distilled water, I have yet to find anything conclusive either way about distilled water. Personally I can't believe how many people know so little about the subject of water, since it's so critical to living.
According to some sources, they say you would have to drink 600 glasses of water a day to get the RDA for what minerals are already provided for by food daily. The main argument stem from inorganic TDS in water provides nowhere near enough minerals to make a difference between distilled water and regular water. Second, the argument goes that these minerals are also not metabolized anywhere as efficiently as what our body does with food. Thirdly, there is the claim about the lack of electrolytes, but being a former athlete, I pretty sure this one is a distraction since its pretty easy to replace electrolytes. On the water being acidic, that one is a non starter since that can be so easily fixed by adding 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda to a gallon of freshly made distilled water. I been around the bases with these claims, but if you got something interesting viewpoint that addresses the issues instead or parroting what been repeated by both sides over and over, that's what I was hoping to hear. Some fresh viewpoints on the subject. Surely people are still studying this, cause water including distilled drinking water is a 4 billion dollar industy. There are two camps and one camp is full of it as they both can't be right, because that would defy the laws of science. I offered two of the most compelling pages of research I have seen on the subject here presenting both sides, one from the WHO, and the other from Canada Water Association. They both cannot be right, one side is full of crap. However, I never rush to judgement when researching this, and a few scientists and bio-chemists have given their opinions on various forums, but I have not seem anything that compelling as of yet. I have seen some good debates here and there, but there has been very few really good threads on this issue of water.
According to some sources, they say you would have to drink 600 glasses of water a day to get the RDA for what minerals are already provided for by food daily. The main argument stem from inorganic TDS in water provides nowhere near enough minerals to make a difference between distilled water and regular water. Second, the argument goes that these minerals are also not metabolized anywhere as efficiently as what our body does with food. Thirdly, there is the claim about the lack of electrolytes, but being a former athlete, I pretty sure this one is a distraction since its pretty easy to replace electrolytes. On the water being acidic, that one is a non starter since that can be so easily fixed by adding 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda to a gallon of freshly made distilled water. I been around the bases with these claims, but if you got something interesting viewpoint that addresses the issues instead or parroting what been repeated by both sides over and over, that's what I was hoping to hear. Some fresh viewpoints on the subject. Surely people are still studying this, cause water including distilled drinking water is a 4 billion dollar industy. There are two camps and one camp is full of it as they both can't be right, because that would defy the laws of science. I offered two of the most compelling pages of research I have seen on the subject here presenting both sides, one from the WHO, and the other from Canada Water Association. They both cannot be right, one side is full of crap. However, I never rush to judgement when researching this, and a few scientists and bio-chemists have given their opinions on various forums, but I have not seem anything that compelling as of yet. I have seen some good debates here and there, but there has been very few really good threads on this issue of water.
A forum filled with non-scientists will result with non-science related answers. For your research you really should learn chemistry and biology which suggests getting answers from those with the science background.
I've always benn interested in astronomy and astrophysics (much like any other idiot). I was lucky in finding the local academy of science with an active astronomy section. The academy's are all over the US and only cost a couple dollars to join where you can learn many things at your own pace. Or, you could go to most any collage for a complete education.
I've always benn interested in astronomy and astrophysics (much like any other idiot). I was lucky in finding the local academy of science with an active astronomy section. The academy's are all over the US and only cost a couple dollars to join where you can learn many things at your own pace. Or, you could go to most any collage for a complete education.
Hey Guys,
I'm not worried, I am researching this. Obviously you guys are just throwing stuff out there with considering the research I have presented here. I am quite sure you haven't read any of it, and perhaps you don't have the time either, so be it. However what I did ask for orginally was if anyone has anything to add by way of research. Saying Distilled water is not fit for human consumption is just quoting what one side says against the others. Well guess what, the Mayo Clinic says distilled water is safe to drink as well as the US Navy and Coast Guard who drank it for 40 years without any problems. Since we get most of our minerals from food not water, I was hoping for something a little more interesting from this crowd here then the status quo.
I'm not worried, I am researching this. Obviously you guys are just throwing stuff out there with considering the research I have presented here. I am quite sure you haven't read any of it, and perhaps you don't have the time either, so be it. However what I did ask for orginally was if anyone has anything to add by way of research. Saying Distilled water is not fit for human consumption is just quoting what one side says against the others. Well guess what, the Mayo Clinic says distilled water is safe to drink as well as the US Navy and Coast Guard who drank it for 40 years without any problems. Since we get most of our minerals from food not water, I was hoping for something a little more interesting from this crowd here then the status quo.
Distilled water, as Paxiled pointed out, is not appropriate for humans.
It is difficult to locate water what is not fluoridated or chlorinated, yet still contains essential minerals, but this is what you should seek.
It is difficult to locate water what is not fluoridated or chlorinated, yet still contains essential minerals, but this is what you should seek.
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