Distilled water how many drink here?

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Permalink Reply by Kasey on January 19, 2009 at 10:54am

I alternate between distilled and spring water. I think distilled has it's place but it shouldn't be your main source of water. I don't know for sure but it has been said it leeches minerals out of your body, basically since it is devoid of minerals it will dilute you! But it's great for cleansing and stuff.

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Permalink Reply by telefunken on January 19, 2009 at 11:02am

me too. I switch between spring, distilled and reverse osmosis.

Sometimes I add liquid trace mineral drops also....

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Permalink Reply by VEGAN SEALS on January 19, 2009 at 11:06am

My Britta Filter is crappy that I have on my sink. Second one I got and water keeps leaking from the little red meter area.
I even tried taping it down and it still leaking through that. WHat is a better alternative but that won't cost me an arm and a leg?

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Permalink Reply by Brent Hatcher on January 19, 2009 at 11:12am

I drank only distilled water years ago until I found out about the leaching of minerals. Now I only drink spring water.

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Permalink Reply by Charles on January 19, 2009 at 11:16am

Same.

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Permalink Reply by Loveandpeace on January 19, 2009 at 11:18am

I was told distilled water is dead water! Distilling the water takes all the vital minerals and nutrients out!

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Permalink Reply by Kasey on January 19, 2009 at 11:43am

But it has it's place. If one has mercury poisoning, distilled will leech out the heavy metals. It will also leech out the good ones though!! so long term it's not sustainable. For water fasts though, distilled might be best.

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Permalink Reply by Hassamu on January 19, 2009 at 12:42pm

It's so disappointing that distilled water doesn't seem to be available here in Jamaica. I ended up having to order a distiller from the States which cost quite a bit, but at least I'm sure of the quality of the water I'm drinking! The doctor told me I needed to drink this in order to help flush out the metals that had accumulated in my system. I'm trusting that it's working. From reading the posts here, though, I'm seeing that it may not be a good idea to use it exclusively.

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Permalink Reply by Ronnie on January 19, 2009 at 12:55pm

I distill as it's a convenient way of removing fluoride... I do, sometimes, add minerals afterwards (dulse, salt, etc..). The stuff that is left over in our distiller is foul and I'm glad that we do not drink it.. I have been saving it up for possible experimentation later (in a bottle labeled POISON). The spring water and distilled water from the supermarkets around here often smells like fuel, probably from the plastic containers. Not sure how much it means, but our dog doesn't like water from the supermarkets either, but would instead just wait until I took him out and then would hunt around the yard for puddles of rain water and drink it like he was dying of thirst! Now, he drinks our distilled water just fine. Also, I used a kw meter to figure out how much it's costing us per gallon, and it's approx 30 cents per gallon instead of paying 90 cents at the supermarket for gas smelling distilled water (which actually measures 3-5 ppm when it should read 0 ppm)

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Permalink Reply by Vaughn Sadekni on January 19, 2009 at 2:16pm

I dont think distilled water is to great to be honest. All I have been drinking lately is fresh water from spring. Distilling water removes all minerals so what you are basically left is skeletal water or what use to be water. Find a spring! I am certain that there is one somewhere near you. Go to findasrping.com as see if someone posted directions to one in your area.

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Permalink Reply by PeterPumpkin on January 20, 2009 at 5:30am

I think I remember reading in the PH Miracle that hydrogen peroxide be added to distilled or filtered water to change the state of it from acidic to alkaline.

Anyone here do this and are able to comment about it because I am considering doing it...

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Permalink Reply by Jacob Heitmann on January 20, 2009 at 7:47am

I found this on: http://www.livingnutrition.com/durastill/faq.html

Question: I have heard that distilled water leaches minerals from our cells. Is that true?
Answer: If, in this case, "leaching" implies that the distilled water acts against the body's best interests in removing useful minerals from our cells, this assumption is incorrect - NO. Water in its pure distilled form is only good; it is inert and cannot act on the body. Distilled water can never force out essential body elements. By virtue of its ultra low viscosity, distilled water efficiently transports wastes and stores of toxins, including harmful inorganic minerals, out of the cells, tissues and bones, for elimination via sweat, respiration, urination, etc. So, when we drink only distilled water, we are assisting our body's ability to eliminate toxins.

When people make dietary improvements, such as reducing the proportion of cooked, acid-forming foods (such as meat, dairy, wheat, rice, bread, beans, coffee) while increasing the quantity of alkalizing fruit and vegetable foods, their bodies begin health-improvement actions, including the elimination of toxins, in the process of establishing healthy alkaline balance.

Acid wastes are dumped into the bloodstream and lymph, and then sent to the liver and kidneys for processing and elimination. The body must keep the blood pH near a uniform 7.4. If there is a slight shift toward the acid end, the body will buffer the blood acidity to maintain homeostasis. The blood itself has many buffers to help maintain the normal electrolyte balance. If necessary, the body will take alkaline minerals out of the bones to buffer the acids, but only under extraordinary conditions when the blood buffers are not adequate.

An elimination crisis need not be drastic and harmful, and even intense and uncomfortable cleansing is not to be feared. These elimination crises are always orthopathic, i.e., right and necessary. They can be gentle and 100 percent health-building if one secures extra rest during this time. The drinking of enough distilled water when thirsty (not in excess), will allow the crisis to continue, as it should, resulting in a steady improvement in health.

If a person adheres to a healthful plant-and-fruit-based diet with no grossly acid-forming foods as part of an overall healthful, low-stress lifestyle regimen, he or she will arrive at a condition excellent health after the old acid wastes are eliminated. Drinking distilled water will not cause harm, but rather, will help keep one internally clean and operating at optimum efficiency. I found distilled water to always induce a freshening effect during my initial rebuilding phase 20 years ago; I felt (and continue to feel) more energetic and healthy after drinking pure distilled water.

If one regularly drinks distilled water and cleans up his or her diet say only 75 to 90 percent, while still indulging in 25 to 10 percent of the grossly acidifying cooked foods (e.g., meat, dairy, cereals, breads, cakes, candies, pasta, rice, tofu, soy milk, beans, etc.), he or she will never get beyond the acid-poisoning phase, thus, the body will always be exerting itself to eliminate acid wastes, resulting in sub-par health. Thus, it is dietary and lifestyle stress, not distilled water, which is to blame for the loss of any useful minerals.

In his book Alkalize or Die, Dr. Theodore A. Baroody states that it is myth that distilled water leaches minerals out of the body and if deprives us of important minerals we need from spring water. He concludes that distilled water is one of the safest forms of water. He writes: "Only distilled water produces a completely negative ion reaction in the system. Negative ions are alkaline-forming. All other forms of water contain varying amounts of positive (acid-forming) ions, except alkaline-restructured water. Tissue acid wastes, which lead to unwholesome death, are positively charged. Distilled water, being negatively charged, draws to it positively charged acid waste products and flushes them into elimination channels. Even though most distilled water tests acidic, critics of distilled water must understand that because of its negative charge, a more alkaline internal environment is created in the body when imbibed."

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