What does your water contain?

Merve replied on 23/02/2017 18:26

Posted on 23/02/2017 18:26

  • As we are all into health being caravanners- This should interest just about everyone! About 3 weeks ago I was contacted by my son who asked me to go to YouTube and watch a video called ' The journey of water' This video is of a lecturer in front of a class telling them about the appalling state of our water and the tricks and chemical manipulation used to blind us to the truth about what we are drinking from our taps. Now, this video is American but I can assure you( with photographic evidence) that our water is just as bad. Having watched the video, I immediately ordered a water distiller and have been drinking completely pure water now for two and a half weeks. I won't bore you here with the ins and outs but my photo- the first one I have ever put on CT- shows the crud, filth and deposits from just 20 lts of our tap water distilled through my machine!! I would have drunk this under normal circumstances and the smell is appalling by the way!! I replace the minerals in it by using dissolvable mineral sea salt (half a teaspoon in 4 lts which is the capacity of my machine) I invite you all to watch this video and to see just what you are consuming in what should be, the purest drink you can get. He also covers bottled water and filtered water - that will be an eye opener too. Having said that, well filtered water is much better than nothing and being non EHU, that's what I will have to do while away. Have I noticed a difference- yes! My joints don't ache so much and I have more energy! Coincidence? I doubt it. I'm not consuming 80,000 chemicals including estrogen! Petro chemicals , pesticides and goodness knows what else! 

brue replied on 23/02/2017 18:53

Posted on 23/02/2017 18:53

Probably not a good idea to filter out essential nutrients like calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc etc.

Merve replied on 23/02/2017 20:05

Posted on 23/02/2017 18:53 by brue

Probably not a good idea to filter out essential nutrients like calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc etc.

Posted on 23/02/2017 20:05

I get all those essential vitamins and minerals in my diet. As was explained, minerals are put back with natural disolveable mineral salts anyway and I oxygenate the water! So the choice is then, if I'm understanding this right, drink all sorts of poisons as long as you get your essential nutrients? mmm, I think I'll do my way thanks! 😊Pure water cleans out the garbage from your system, hydrates you far better and assists the healing and renewal functions of the body. Watch the video- I think you might change your mind. Anyway, I'll leave it with you. Thanks for the replies. 

ChemicalJasper replied on 24/02/2017 01:14

Posted on 24/02/2017 01:14

Sorry Merve each to their own, but the only video I can find on youtube with that title is a litany of pseudoscientific claptrap!

Yes there are impurities in the water and if you concentrate them you will get all manner of salts and chemicals as you have, but when they are drunk dissolved in water, the body is quite capable of handling them and has evolved to do so.

You say you add mineral sea salts, do you know the exact chemicals that are in that and how they were made? I bet not!

Drinking distilled water is bad for you and can leach out the body’s own mineral reserves and lead to severe mineral deficiencies which lead to diseases such as osteoporosis, diabetes, tooth decay and heart disease, reduced immunity and nervous system issues.

Sea salts may not adequately compensate for the essential minerals that you are removing.

You also say you are using a distiller, by its very nature distillation is good at removing most soluble salts, but will not necessarily be good at removing many chemicals and hydrocarbons / organics, particularly those with similar boiling points to water and these will end up back in the water (unless its a 10 foot fractional distillation column).

If you like the taste and you feel you are adequately replacing the essential minerals.....that you are removing....jobs a good one Merve, more power to you !

...I'll stick to good old corporation pop though!

Out of curiosity, what machine are you using?

Sorry edit, just read your second post.

What does oxygenating the water do? (other than dissolve oxygen in water). 

Also, it drinks high in minerals and fat are better at hydrating as it helps the body absorb the water quicker, I will see if I can find the study, but skimmed milk is actually one of the best things to drink to quickly hydrate, followed by mineralised sports drinks, OJ, coffee and lastly water! 

Merve replied on 24/02/2017 05:55

Posted on 24/02/2017 05:55

CJ, thanks for your reply. Firstly I think to call it Pseudoscientific Claptrap is rather cruel- especially when it has been proven - scientifically- that these impurities exist. 

Yes, I agree that the body has 'evolved' to deal with impurities. However, the term ' evolved' can be over used and often is to throw a vale over problems. The body has no doubt 'evolved' to deal with impurities to a certain extent although the kids dying by the score worldwide from drinking dirty water might not agree! Chemicals are another matter. These compounds are 'new' and no one knows what the cumulative effect is. 

Yes, I do know exactly where my minerals come from and what's in them- they are totally natural and dried in the sun. To oxygenate the water is just to move it around so that it is not so 'flat' 

You mention semi skimmed milk- milk being a substance that is almost as good as water as it has been 'cleaned' by its host. Sports drinks? Are you serious? Full of processed sugar I think. A poison proved again to be deadly. My machine is a Via Vosa.   It has a carbon filter in the neck to catch any volatile   chemicals boiled off with the water. I have tasted tap water again and it's GOPPING! Diet is all important when using distilled water but is absolutely and perfectly possible- you do not  need to drink minerals( although I do) you can eat them you know. Anyway, as you say, everyone to their own and my own is not to weigh down my immune system with all sorts of poisons. Now getting ready to go to the NEC for the day! Have a good one.

dmiller555 replied on 24/02/2017 08:27

Posted on 24/02/2017 08:27

If you are finding a benefit from drinking your pure water then good for you, carry on. Personally I think your version of the science is flawed and a little bit too evangelical for me, so I shall carry on getting my "ten a day" from the dirty tap water. 

JCB4X4 replied on 24/02/2017 11:39

Posted on 24/02/2017 11:39

With regard to health and well-being: It occurs to me that despite whatever steps an individual chooses to take 'Living is still a Terminal Condition.'

 

byron replied on 24/02/2017 14:58

Posted on 24/02/2017 14:58

Is this the gizmo endorsed by David Ickefrown

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