What does your water contain?

Homeostasis!

There is no evidence whatsoever for alkali diet - again more pseudoscientific nonsense, promoted by dubious people selling fad diets!

There is no connection between what foods the proponents of these diet recommend and the actual pH of those foods. This betrays the fact that acidity and alkalinity are used only to reference a chemical concept that people are likely to remember from school mixed with high amounts of nature woo!

The fact is that it is impossible to alter the pH of a persons blood without causing severe health concerns. Mammalian blood contains a vast number of different pH buffers which evolved to automatically raise or lower the blood pH if a deviation occurs.These buffers keep the pH of human blood between 7.35 and 7.45. If the buffers become saturated and the pH of the blood is altered more than +/-0.4 pH, death will result.

Well stated Jerry! 

OK guys, I'll come out with my hands up! I obviously can't convince you so I bow to CJs obvious scientific knowledge of such things. Please let me know CJ the scientific reason why I should drink chemical laden water? It would be much cheaper. If the argument of Camelford won't convince you things aren't right with our water, then nothing will. I don't want to drink Aluminium Sulphate in any amount thank you. Let's forget it and move on. I appreciate your long reply to me- so many things in there that completely goes against what I have read. I didn't say vegetables distill water I was simply saying that because of the way it was formed inside the plant, it hasn't got impurities in it- perhaps I didn't explain very well. I don't drink beer but have the odd wine. Tea and coffee made with clean water! 

The main reason you should drink chemical laden water is because everything is a chemical, even water and if you had no chemicals in your glass,  you would be in a vacuum and quite dead!  :-)

Chemical laden as an expression means nothing,  it gives you no indication if the chemicals are good,  bad or indifferent.  

Camelford is a well known case study within the chemical industry and set a great many new standards,  particularly around having specific fittings for different chemicals,  such that they cannot be put in the incorrect tanks (I will assume as you have mentioned it, you know what actually happened, and why it is highly unlikely ever to happen again). 

To clarify I did not say you said plants distil water,  it is a direct quote from the manufacturers website for your machine. 

Again,  if it tastes good,  crack on. It will do you no harm if you are using it as described! 

I apologise if me pointing out the simple scientific facts is in some way upsetting you, but facts are just that and whilst I am certainly guilty of being a pedant when it comes to psudoscience and woo (and unfortunately the internet is rife with misinformation for the trusting and unwary), my intent is certainly not to upset,  just to inform. Apologies! 

No need for an apology CJ. It must be that I have read all the false stuff and you all the correct stuff- life is like that sometimes. I'm a little embarrassed to have displayed my total ignorance regarding this. Chemicals and crud are good for me- I must remember that! Thanks for you most valuable advice. 

Lol,  exactly Merve! 

You are made of chemicals, as is everything and without them you would not exist,  neither would the universe! 

Science deals in established,  repeatable and testable facts. It's not about reading the right stuff and wrong stuff,  it's about being scientifically literate and being able to spots psudoscience where it quite clearly is at odds to the established fact.

Especially where someone is trying to sell you something expensive that does 'magical or wondrous things' that established science knows nothing about! 

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence! 

See also Dunning-Kruger! 

Science deals in established, repeatable and testable facts!- what like proving how much crap is in our drinking water? Well , I'll agree with you there CJ. 😂 You have the last word. By the way, The last thing I am is annoyed or upset, it would take so much more believe me. - It's been very revealing! No one tried to sell me anything. I bought it because I wanted clean water for me and my family  and that is all I am guilty of. Looking into my distiller and trying to avoid the smell, I am happy it's in there and not in me. There are tens of thousands of people who have water filters- both expensive and cheaper- I wonder if they suspect they have been conned? mmm if only they had consulted you first they could have saved themselves money! 😂😂Damn! Now please, let's move on!

Science is also about changing ones opinions in line with established facts, even if it is contrary to one preconceived ideas! 

I think there is a saying which quite aptly fits this thread..... Something about horses and water!

BTW,  we use Bitta type filters in the supply line to the fridge water dispenser to remove some of the bad tasting chemicals in the water and improve the flavour! 

As I have said all along,  nothing wrong with that! 

....I'm just not making any psudoscientific claims about why I do it!  

I don't know about horses and water as Iv'e never owned one but I can see that it's a bad idea to flog them to death as here. 

Love it Miller! 

One of my many significant character flaws! 😂