Distilled Water for Mineral Absorption and Elimination of Wastes

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Does Distilled Water Leach Minerals

from the Human Body?

 

AP Report on Bottled Water: Not Good.

 

Does distilled water leach minerals from our bodies?

No, in fact, just the opposite has been found to occur in cellular research

studies. It is a mistaken belief that drinking pure distilled water reduces

valuable minerals from living human tissues.

ORGANIC MINERALS VS. INORGANIC MINERALS

There are two types of minerals, organic and inorganic. Human physiology has

a biological affinity for organic minerals. Most minerals for body functions

are absorbed from dietary plant foods. A growing plant converts the

inorganic minerals from the soils to a useful organic mineral. When an

organic mineral (from a plant food) enters the stomach it attaches itself to

a specific protein-molecule(a process called chelation) in order to be

absorbed, and then it gains access to the tissue sites where it is needed.

Once a plant mineral is absorbed within the body, it is utilized as a

coenzyme for composing body fluids, forming blood and bone cells, and the

maintaining of healthy nerve transmission.(Balch & Balch 1990)

Without a healthy organic mineral balance inside and outside the cells of

muscle, blood, and bone substructures, the body will began to spasm, twitch

and cramp, eventually deteriorating to a full " rigor complex " , and/or

complete failure. Minerals can be likened to the key to your car: it is a

small component, but nevertheless an essential one. And a small amount of

inorganic minerals are needed(like sodium), but food is still the best

source.

 

INORGANIC MINERALS FROM TAPWATER ARE " BAD NEWS " .

Tap water presents a variety of inorganic minerals which our body has

difficulty absorbing. Their presence is suspect in a wide array of

degenerative diseases, such as hardening of the arteries, arthritis, kidney

stones, gall stones, glaucoma, cataracts, hearing loss, emphysema, diabetes,

and obesity. The minerals available, especially in " hard " tapwater, are

poorly absorbed, or rejected by cellular tissue sites, and, if not

evacuated, their presence may cause arterial obstruction, and internal

damage.(Dennison 1993, Muehling 1994, Banik 1989)

 

ORGANIC MINERALS ARE PREFERRED

It is no wonder that the body prefers the richest source of minerals, from

organic foods, instead of the hard-to-absorb minerals in tap water. Even if

human tissue suddenly developed the ability to absorb inorganic minerals

from tap water, it would take an enormous amount of tapwater to supply the

bare minimal mineral quantities for proper life functions. If(for example)

the ample inorganic mineral content of the tap water in Reno, Nevada were

modified so that it would convert the daily Calcium requirement(RDA) from

its inorganic calcium solutes, one would have to drink 7.4 gallons of their

tap water.

DISTILLED WATER ACTUALLY ENHANCES MINERAL ABSORPTION RATES

Yes, and this is correllated to the ability of hard water to conduct

electricity. Distilled Water will not conduct electricity(even when 2 parts

per million inorganic minerals or less are present). Water with 5 parts

inorganic content per million parts water(or more) will conduct electricity,

completing a simple circuit and lighting a tester bulb. The higher the

inorganic content is in a per million count, the less effectively water

transmits organic minerals to tissue sites. Bottled water, tapwater,

reverse-osmosis filtered water, and carbon-block filtered water(when tested)

will conduct electricity, substantiating that these are not the best

carriers for mineral-transport and mineral-absorption(Muehling 1994).

Tapwater in the USA has been shown to contain 19 " inorganic metals of

concern " (1994 Safe Water Drinking Act), for which maximum contaminant levels

have been set.(Tone 1994) Most American tapwater tested falls between the

ranges of 350 parts per million to over 1000 parts per million total

contaminants.(Colgan 1993)

 

REPEAT THE QUESTION PLEASE...

Does drinking distilled water leach minerals from the body? No, quite the

opposite. If inorganic minerals (and other substances like chlorine, heavy

metals, bacteria, etc.) are removed from tapwater, by converting it into

pure distilled water, the result is improved absorption of all nutrients,

including minerals, and improved elimination of wastes at the cellular

level.

 

 

REFERENCES

Muehling EC, " Pure Water Now: Its Time For Action, " 2cd Ed., Pure Water

Inc., Lincoln, Neb., 1994:1-42.

Dennison C, " Why I Drink Distilled Water " , Reprint Form 6300, Pure Water

Inc., Lincoln, Neb.,1993.

Tone J, " Your Drinking Water-How Good Is It? " , National Testing Laboratories

Inc., Cleveland, Ohio,1994:21.

Banik AE, " The Choice Is Clear, " ACRES USA, Metaire, Louisiana, 1989:37.

Balch JF, Balch PA, PRESCRIPTION FOR NUTRITIONAL HEALING, Avery Publishing

Co., Garden City, NY, 1990:17.

Colgan M, OPTIMUM SPORTS NUTRITION, Advanced Research Press, New York, NY,

1993:23-24.

 

Some Bottled Water Said Not Pure

By H. JOSEF HEBERT=

Associated Press Writer=

WASHINGTON (AP) _ It's advertised as pure and healthy and every

year is in greater demand. But bottled water in some cases may not

be any purer or bacteria-free than water coming from your tap, an

environmental group says.

In a four-year test of 103 brands of bottled water, the

environmental advocacy group Natural Resources Defense Council

found that a third of the tested brands contained bacteria or other

chemicals exceeding the industry's own guidelines or the most

stringent state purity standards.

The study being released today acknowledged that most bottled

water ``is of good quality'' but that industry is left largely to

self monitoring because of weak federal and state enforcement.

``Just because water comes from a bottle doesn't mean it's any

cleaner or safer than what comes from the tap,'' Eric Olson, one of

authors of the NRDC report, said.

The report was being released today as Sen. Frank Lautenberg,

D-N.J., planned to introduce legislation that would require

stricter labeling requirements on the bottled water industry and

that the product meet the same standards for bacterial and chemical

contamination as tap water.

``There may be bottled water that's cleaner than tap water and

some that's dirtier, but now there's no way for consumers to tell

the difference,'' Lautenberg said.

Americans drink an estimated 3.4 billion gallons of bottled

water annually _ about 12.7 gallons per person _ and the numbers

have been increasing nearly 10 percent a year, according to the

industry. It's sold as mineral water, spring water or distilled

water, or just plain tap water that has gone through additional

filtration.

The International Bottled Water Association said the NRDC was

``trying to scare consumers'' with its report. The industry group

noted that the report acknowledges that most of the water the NRDC

tested was ``of good quality'' and contained no detectable bacteria

or chemicals of concern.

``For the past 37 years there have been no confirmed reports in

the U.S. of illness or disease linked to bottled water,'' the

association said in a statement.

But Olson noted that bottled water companies market their

products for their purity and health benefits as compared to tap

water, while often little is known of the content. ``Bottled water

is essentially regulated on the honor system in most states,'' he

said. ``Unlike tap water suppliers, bottlers need not disclose to

consumers known contaminants in their products.''

The NRDC tested more than 1,000 samples of 103 types of bottled

water purchased in California, Florida, Illinois, New York, Texas

and the District of Columbia. It found:

_ One-third of the samples exceeded the California standard or

the industry's own purity guidelines, or both, for a chemical or

bacterial contaminant.

_ Nearly one in four samples (22 percent) contained levels of

cancer-causing synthetic compounds such as arsenic that exceeded

the California limit, which is the most stringent.

_ Nearly one in five samples (17 percent) contained levels of

bacteria higher than the voluntary industry guidelines. There are

no federal mandatory standards.

_ About one in five samples contained industrial chemicals, and

some samples contained arsenic, nitrates or other inorganic

contaminants. In both cases the levels generally were below state

or federal standards.

While bottled water is regulated as a food by the Food and Drug

Administration, the NRDC study said it is subject to weaker

standards when it comes to a wide range of contaminants than

ordinary tap water which comes under the Environmental Protection

Agency.

Bottled water, they said, is required to be tested less

frequently for bacteria and chemical contaminants; has no

requirement to be disinfected or tested for parasites; and it may

contain some fecal coliform,

And enforcement is often lacking, the NRDC study said, with many

states dedicating few if any people to bottled water regulation.

The study suggested a penny-a-bottle fee on bottled water to pay

for tighter regulation, testing and enforcement.

 

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" See Countertop Distiller " from the web site listed below. That way we'd

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While not all companys use misinformation in the promotion of their

products, the article this company wrote is full of misinformation and

fraudulent " science " .

 

Rob

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> Distilled Water for Mineral Absorption and Elimination of

> Wastes.http://www.nutriteam.com/distil.htm

> Does Distilled Water Leach Minerals

> from the Human Body?

>

> AP Report on Bottled Water: Not Good.

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> Does distilled water leach minerals from our bodies?

> No, in fact, just the opposite has been found to occur in cellular

research

> studies...