.............Why is Purified water bad for you?

September 17, 2005

..............Why is Purified water bad for you?

~ Reverse Osmosis strips molecules

....apart leaving them in an aggressive, ...absorbent state, which

strips minerals

....out of the body.

~ Purified water is mostly sourced

....from aquifers that do not

....replenish themselves.

~ Purified water is not suitable for

....drinking before it enters the bottling

....facility.

~ If purified water is municipal tap

....water originally, it is the same water

....consumers are trying to avoid.

http://www.drinkawater.com/pure.html

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Why Purified Water is Bad For You

http://www.watershed.net/purified.htm

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by Zoltan P. Rona MD, MSc

During nearly 19 years of clinical practice I have had the

opportunity to observe the health effects of drinking different

types of water. Most of you would agree that drinking unfiltered tap

water could be hazardous to your health because of things like

parasites, chlorine, fluoride and dioxins. Many health fanatics,

however, are often surprised to hear me say that drinking purified

water on a regular, daily basis is potentially dangerous. Paavo

Airola wrote about the dangers of purified water in the 1970's when

it first became a fad with the health food crowd.

Distillation is the process in which water is boiled, evaporated and

the vapor condensed. Purified or reverse osmosis water is free of

dissolved minerals and, because of this, has the special property of

being able to actively absorb toxic substances from the body and

eliminate them. Studies validate the benefits of drinking purified

water when one is seeking to cleanse or detoxify the system for

short periods of time (a few weeks at a time). Fasting using

purified water can be dangerous because of the rapid loss of

electrolytes (sodium, potassium, chloride) and trace minerals like

magnesium, deficiencies of which can cause heart beat irregularities

and high blood pressure. Cooking foods in purified water pulls the

minerals out of them and lowers their nutrient value.

Purified water is an active absorber and when it comes into contact

with air, it absorbs carbon dioxide, making it acidic. The more

purified water a person drinks, the higher the body acidity becomes.

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, " Purified "

water, being essentially mineral-free, is very aggressive, in that

it tends to dissolve substances with which it is in contact.

Notably, carbon dioxide from the air is rapidly absorbed, making the

water acidic and even more aggressive. Many metals are dissolved by

purified water.

The most toxic commercial beverages that people consume (i.e. cola

beverages and other soft drinks) are made from purified water.

Studies have consistently shown that heavy consumers of soft drinks

(with or without sugar) spill huge amounts of calcium, magnesium and

other trace minerals into the urine. The more mineral loss, the

greater the risk for osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, hypothyroidism,

coronary artery disease, high blood pressure and a long list of

degenerative diseases generally associated with premature aging.

A growing number of health care practitioners and scientists from

around the world have been advocating the theory that aging and

disease is the direct result of the accumulation of acid waste

products in the body. There is a great deal of scientific

documentation that supports such a theory. A poor diet may be

partially to blame for the waste accumulation. Meats, sugar, white

flour products, fried foods, soft drinks, processed foods, alcohol,

dairy products and other junk foods cause the body to become more

acidic. Stress, whether mental or physical can lead to acid deposits

in the body.

There is a correlation between the consumption of soft water

(purified water is extremely soft) and the incidence of

cardiovascular disease. Cells, tissues and organs do not like to be

dipped in acid and will do anything to buffer this acidity including

the removal of minerals from the skeleton and the manufacture of

bicarbonate in the blood. The longer one drinks purified water, the

more likely the development of mineral deficiencies and an acid

state. I have done well over 3000 mineral evaluations using a

combination of blood, urine and hair tests in my practice. Almost

without exception, people who consume purified water exclusively,

eventually develop multiple mineral deficiencies. Those who

supplement their purified water intake with trace minerals are not

as deficient but still not as adequately nourished in minerals as

their non-purified water drinking counterparts even after several

years of mineral supplementation.

The ideal water for the human body should be slightly alkaline and

this requires the presence of minerals like calcium and magnesium.

Purified water tends to be acidic and can only be recommended as a

way of drawing poisons out of the body. Once this is accomplished,

the continued drinking of purified water is a bad idea.

Water filtered through a solid charcoal filter is slightly alkaline.

Ozonation of this charcoal filtered water is ideal for daily

drinking. Longevity is associated with the regular consumption of

hard water (high in minerals). Ionized Water is the best possible

drinking water. Disease and early death is more likely to be seen

with the long term drinking of purified water. Avoid it except in

special circumstances.

REFERENCES

Airola, P. 1974. How To Get Well. Phoenix, AZ: Health Plus

Publishers.

Baroody, Dr. Theodore A. Jr. Alkalinize or Die. California:Portal

Books, 1995.

Haas, Elson M. Staying Healthy with Nutrition. The Complete Guide to

Diet & Nutritional Medicine. Berkeley, California:Celestial Arts,

1992; p. 22.

Rona, Zoltan P. and Martin, Jeanne Marie. Return to the Joy of

Health, Vancouver: Alive Books, 1995.

Rona, Zoltan P. Childhood Illness and The Allergy Connection.

Rocklin, California:Prima Books, 1996.

Dr. Zoltan P. Rona is a graduate of McGill University Medical School

(1977) and has a Master's Degree in Biochemistry and Clinical

Nutrition from the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut (1985).

He is the author of the Canadian bestsellers, " The Joy of Health "

and " Return to the Joy of Health " . He is a past president of the

Canadian Holistic Medical Association and is a consultant on

nutritional medicine to the Motherisk Program of the Department of

Pharmacology of the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children.

Born 22/2/51 in Budapest, Hungary; raised in Montreal, Quebec.

Canadian citizen.

JoAnn Guest

mrsjoguest

www.geocities.com/mrsjoguest/Diets

September 17, 2005

I'm going to call B.S. on this article from Zoltan Rona. While he often

has good articles, in this case he just hasn't thought things through.

For example, the problem isn't purified water used in soft drinks, it's

the high acid and phosphorous content of those drinks that leaches

calcium & magnesium from bone.

Eat a serving of broccoli and you'll get far more minerals than you'd

ever miss by drinking gallons of reverse-osmosis water. Likewise for the

minor acid/alkaline difference of spring vs. purified water - there's

hardly any difference to speak of, and what you eat has a far more

significant affect on the body's acid/alkaline balance than water.

I agree, if doing a water fast, you should be drinking spring water.

That's the only time. But if you're doing a juice fast, or just eating a

healthy diet, there should be no need at all to worry about using

reverse-osmosis water. Steam-distilled water doesn't taste very good and

should be used only for laboratory experiments. But vapor distilling

(such as from a simple survival solar still) would be fine.

David

JoAnn Guest wrote:

>Why Purified Water is Bad For You

>http://www.watershed.net/purified.htm

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>-----------

>

>by Zoltan P. Rona MD, MSc

>During nearly 19 years of clinical practice I have had the

>opportunity to observe the health effects of drinking different

>types of water. Most of you would agree that drinking unfiltered tap

>water could be hazardous to your health because of things like

>parasites, chlorine, fluoride and dioxins. Many health fanatics,

>however, are often surprised to hear me say that drinking purified

>water on a regular, daily basis is potentially dangerous. Paavo

>Airola wrote about the dangers of purified water in the 1970's when

>it first became a fad with the health food crowd.

>

>Distillation is the process in which water is boiled, evaporated and

>the vapor condensed. Purified or reverse osmosis water is free of

>dissolved minerals and, because of this, has the special property of

>being able to actively absorb toxic substances from the body and

>eliminate them. Studies validate the benefits of drinking purified

>water when one is seeking to cleanse or detoxify the system for

>short periods of time (a few weeks at a time). Fasting using

>purified water can be dangerous because of the rapid loss of

>electrolytes (sodium, potassium, chloride) and trace minerals like

>magnesium, deficiencies of which can cause heart beat irregularities

>and high blood pressure. Cooking foods in purified water pulls the

>minerals out of them and lowers their nutrient value.

>

>Purified water is an active absorber and when it comes into contact

>with air, it absorbs carbon dioxide, making it acidic. The more

>purified water a person drinks, the higher the body acidity becomes.

>According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, " Purified "

>water, being essentially mineral-free, is very aggressive, in that

>it tends to dissolve substances with which it is in contact.

>Notably, carbon dioxide from the air is rapidly absorbed, making the

>water acidic and even more aggressive. Many metals are dissolved by

>purified water.

>

>The most toxic commercial beverages that people consume (i.e. cola

>beverages and other soft drinks) are made from purified water.

>Studies have consistently shown that heavy consumers of soft drinks

>(with or without sugar) spill huge amounts of calcium, magnesium and

>other trace minerals into the urine. The more mineral loss, the

>greater the risk for osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, hypothyroidism,

>coronary artery disease, high blood pressure and a long list of

>degenerative diseases generally associated with premature aging.

>

>A growing number of health care practitioners and scientists from

>around the world have been advocating the theory that aging and

>disease is the direct result of the accumulation of acid waste

>products in the body. There is a great deal of scientific

>documentation that supports such a theory. A poor diet may be

>partially to blame for the waste accumulation. Meats, sugar, white

>flour products, fried foods, soft drinks, processed foods, alcohol,

>dairy products and other junk foods cause the body to become more

>acidic. Stress, whether mental or physical can lead to acid deposits

>in the body.

>

>There is a correlation between the consumption of soft water

>(purified water is extremely soft) and the incidence of

>cardiovascular disease. Cells, tissues and organs do not like to be

>dipped in acid and will do anything to buffer this acidity including

>the removal of minerals from the skeleton and the manufacture of

>bicarbonate in the blood. The longer one drinks purified water, the

>more likely the development of mineral deficiencies and an acid

>state. I have done well over 3000 mineral evaluations using a

>combination of blood, urine and hair tests in my practice. Almost

>without exception, people who consume purified water exclusively,

>eventually develop multiple mineral deficiencies. Those who

>supplement their purified water intake with trace minerals are not

>as deficient but still not as adequately nourished in minerals as

>their non-purified water drinking counterparts even after several

>years of mineral supplementation.

>

>The ideal water for the human body should be slightly alkaline and

>this requires the presence of minerals like calcium and magnesium.

>Purified water tends to be acidic and can only be recommended as a

>way of drawing poisons out of the body. Once this is accomplished,

>the continued drinking of purified water is a bad idea.

>

>Water filtered through a solid charcoal filter is slightly alkaline.

>Ozonation of this charcoal filtered water is ideal for daily

>drinking. Longevity is associated with the regular consumption of

>hard water (high in minerals). Ionized Water is the best possible

>drinking water. Disease and early death is more likely to be seen

>with the long term drinking of purified water. Avoid it except in

>special circumstances.

>

>REFERENCES

>

>Airola, P. 1974. How To Get Well. Phoenix, AZ: Health Plus

>Publishers.

>

>Baroody, Dr. Theodore A. Jr. Alkalinize or Die. California:Portal

>Books, 1995.

>

>Haas, Elson M. Staying Healthy with Nutrition. The Complete Guide to

>Diet & Nutritional Medicine. Berkeley, California:Celestial Arts,

>1992; p. 22.

>

>Rona, Zoltan P. and Martin, Jeanne Marie. Return to the Joy of

>Health, Vancouver: Alive Books, 1995.

>

>Rona, Zoltan P. Childhood Illness and The Allergy Connection.

>Rocklin, California:Prima Books, 1996.

>

>Dr. Zoltan P. Rona is a graduate of McGill University Medical School

>(1977) and has a Master's Degree in Biochemistry and Clinical

>Nutrition from the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut (1985).

>He is the author of the Canadian bestsellers, " The Joy of Health "

>and " Return to the Joy of Health " . He is a past president of the

>Canadian Holistic Medical Association and is a consultant on

>nutritional medicine to the Motherisk Program of the Department of

>Pharmacology of the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children.

>

>Born 22/2/51 in Budapest, Hungary; raised in Montreal, Quebec.

>Canadian citizen.

>

September 17, 2005

I agree with you, David. In my opinion, if your bottled water is packaged

in plastic, this packaging should cause more concern than what Zoltan Rona

is concerned about. I don't care what kind of plastic or how safe industry

" tells " us it is, the truth is that plastic will leech into liquids. I

would submit that this is more the cause for the deficiencies the author

suggests. I believe that a few years back Hulda Clark wrote about some

concern with reverse-osmosis water. Something to do with some of the models

being able to grow bacteria or something----again, not sure so don't take my

word on this. I have been drinking distilled water for 5 years with no

problem. I do add a capful of organic apple-cider vinegar per 16 ounce

glass and do this to add back in minerals. I also cook with distilled water

and very frequently run it through a wellness water filter which produces

even better water. Comparing this to the purified water that soft drinks

are made of is just not good science. Sounds like he is trying to sell a

water filtration system.

Loretta

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