There was a previous article and subsequent post about the pH of water and how RO actually makes water more basic.   The summation is that our body has to pull acid from somewhere to make up the difference to get it to neutral.   His experiment showed it took about 1 Teaspoon of salt per gallon to bring the RO water back to neutral, and it ruined the palatability to drink.   Neutral water kinda makes practical sense if our bodies truly need 7.0 pH for cellular function.   Making our diet much more important.   I see a lot of osteoporosis patients and maybe it can be contributed to the 90’s invention of bottled, RO water. Hard to isolate from the diet and plastic bottles.

Not to freak everyone out (though I probably will), the reason I don't drink Aquafina water is because in our area it is bottled in Fresno. One reason I escaped the Central Valley in California is because of the uranium in the water. An RO system does not filter uranium. There are actually special filtration systems just for that task. Probably all of the water here has some uranium in it because of the geology of the state, but increasingly little communities are finding they have a problem. Funny thing is that the uranium apparently has followed me to my new location:

www.rebuild-from-depression.com/.../down_but_not_out_norovirus_ura.html

Anyone with similar issues, feel free to email me through that site. I've dealt with high uranium levels before and had good luck with a grain-free vegetable and meat diet along with an MCHC Calcium supplement. I'll have more on this issue in the next few months. I'm collecting all of the peer-reviewed works on it, few that there are.

Amanda

More and more people are finally realizing that plastics are not safe for our health. It is easy to prove with simple studies that the longer anything sits in plastic the more chemicals it absorbs. No mater how well you filter your water, storing it for any length of time can re-contaminate it. So which is better, the original poisons found in the source water or the chemicals introduced by the plastics? It makes sense to avoid both. The most obvious solution is that filtering your water in your home before it gets to any outlet like a shower or faucet is the only way to go. Contrary to what is said about the Reverse osmosis filter I have seen discussions against it because it even removes the necessary minerals form the water and a re-mineralizer is needed to make the water more natural. I've suffered from Fluoride toxicity due to a course of the antibiotic CIPRO (AVOID AT ALL COSTS!) so ANY amount of Fluoride added to my system just sets my recovery time back, it's already been over a year of symptoms and relapses. After an experience like this I look at everything as the enemy, especially water. I always knew that Fluoride was a terrible poison and avoided drugs of every kind exept in one extreme case and I paid for it. I didn't have a clue that Fluoride is used as a drug ingredient. It blows my mind that there can be a single person alive that believes Fluoride can be any good for human consumption in any way. Yet we dump it into public water supplies in staggering amounts. If the transport methods ever failed and the concentrated chemical escaped it would just cause massive instant torturous death to everything in its path. It's ONLY about profits.  

The water you talk about is what i call  technical water, it isnot good for your body because it is "dead" water it steal energy from your body you  have to structure it befor you drink it, you can do that for free by the Triple breath, seach for lysetskilde.com on google and you will find it.

Love and light Torben

Reverse Osmosis removes all particulates from the water - good and bad.  Everything has to be removed to remove the bad.  So why advocate reverse osmosis?   This is "DEAD" water.  Take a PH strip and test your R/O water - is it below 7.0?  R/O water is 6.0.  This is acidic water.  The minerals have been removed. Acidic water is not good for you. Spring water is above 7.0 due to its dissolved minerals.  I have seen my kids teeth deteriorate and it was partly due to the R/O water I was using.  I threw out my R/O and now use wholly water - www.wholly-water.com.  I have well water.  The water taste absolutely great.  I also use water softener magnets on my hot and cold water pipes instead of a water softener.  I highly recommend both.  I don't have the expense of buying salt for the water softener.  

About he post about the structured water, I went on google and do some research on that. Please look at this site: www.chem1.com/.../clusqk.html. Structured water is total bs.

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Do not spend 600 on  a RO system, that is a rip-off.  Here is a secret... There are only a few manufactures of the RO membranes and they are rated at how much "total dissolved solids" TDS they remove.  They also cost $60 (replacement) at most for ones that will remove 98% of TDS.  The housings are less than $15 each.  The tubing is 20cents a foot.  Do your research and get a system with a DOW membrane that removes 98% of TDS and then add a UV system for another 70$ or so and you will have a better system for less than $400. When doing research to buy RO if they do not list the brand name and specific model of the membrane and the TDS rejection rate (i.e. 96% 98%) don't buy from them as you will prob get junk.  Also you MUST buy a TDS meter (20$ on ebay) to test your water so you know how good the system is working.  I bought a system with a 98% rejection DOW Chemical membrane 5 stage and added UV and my water comes out at 3 to 6 TDS PPM. We purchased a water cooler on Amazon and glass 3 gallon bottles from the local wine making store and have never looked back.  Educate yourself and remember not to buy from ANYONE that does not tell you the manufacturer of the RO membrane and its rejection rate.  It's not magic, don't get ripped for 600$ whenyou could buy one as good or better for way less once you understand that the RO membrane does over 90% of the work.  The other carbon block filters that make up a 5 or 6 stage unit are also cheap.  Not as much exists on them as far as quality research but if you find a company listing what they sell instead of hyping up secret units chances are they will have good quality carbon filters too.  Remember the RO membrane is the workhorse of the system so get the best one. Also don't just buy any cheap one on ebay. (some on ebay are good)  Remember to only buy ones that list the manufacturer of the membrane and its rejection rate and then check it when you get it. airwatericeDOTcom is good for research

I WORKED AT PEPSI FOR SEVERAL YEARS.  

YES, THE WATER IS TAP WATER, BUT YOU ARE OFFERING ONLY PART OF THE PICTURE.  

PEPSI ACTUALLY MAKES MORE MONEY FROM THE SODA POP THAN FROM THE WATER.  THE COST OF GOODS SOLD ON AQUAFINA IS MUCH HIGHER THAN PEPSI, DIET PEPSI, OR MOUNTAIN DEW BECAUSE OF THE ELABORATE REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEM USED TO PURIFY THE WATER.

WOULD YOU PREFER THAT THEY SHIP THE WATER FROM CANADA AND NOT FROM DENVER?  

I LEFT PEPSI BECAUSE I WAS NOT HAPPY SELLING STUFF WHICH MADE ME GAIN 30LBS.  BUT INSOFAR AS THIS AQUAFINA THING, WHERE ELSE SHOULD THEY GET THE WATER?????  MEXICO? FRANCE???

THIS ARTICLE IS VERY, VERY, MISLEADING.  

I couldn't agree more with mountainkat!

Plus, one must consder taste.  I've tasted them all, and Aquafina is by far the best tasting.  Dasani (made by Coke) with inorganic minerals) tastes horrible!  Let's face it, if it doesn't taste good, people will drink less (or none at all).  They really need to come up with a safe, bio-degradable bottle to put their R/O water in.

As far as the lack of minerals goes, the human body has a difficult time utilizing inorganic minerals from water anyway.  You are better getting your minerals in an organic (and natuirally chelated form) from plants and animals.

The plastics are certainly not good, but sometimes it is definately most convenient! I recently found bottled water at my local health food store called +1 Spring water and the "plastic" is compeltely biodegradable and made from corn. There must be similar brands out there!

I personally drink spring or well water (which to me tastes alot like Spirng water) because that is what makes my body feel most satisfied. RO and distilled water make me feel even more thirsty and gives me achy joints. Also, what about all of the medication that gets back into our water supply. There have been news articles about the water supply containing amounts of medications, especially birth control and some form of cholesterol medication. People pee it out and it gets back into the city water supply. Are these taken out when it is purified? Personally I wouldn't want to support the Pepsi, Coca cola and Nestle companies.

~Joyce :)

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