Distilled water for mineral absorption / elimination of wastes

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Distilled Water for Mineral Absorption and Elimination of Wastes.

 

http://www.nutriteam.com/distil.htm Does Distilled Water Leach Minerals from the

Human Body?

 

AP Report on Bottled Water: Not Good.

 

Does distilled water leach minerals from our bodies? No, in fact, just the

opposite has been found to occur in cellular research studies. It is a mistaken

belief that drinking pure distilled water reduces valuable minerals from living

human tissues. ORGANIC MINERALS VS. INORGANIC MINERALS There are two types of

minerals, organic and inorganic. Human physiology has a biological affinity for

organic minerals. Most minerals for body functions are absorbed from dietary

plant foods. A growing plant converts the inorganic minerals from the soils to a

useful organic mineral. When an organic mineral (from a plant food) enters the

stomach it attaches itself to a specific protein-molecule(a process called

chelation) in order to be absorbed, and then it gains access to the tissue sites

where it is needed. Once a plant mineral is absorbed within the body, it is

utilized as a coenzyme for composing body fluids, forming blood and bone cells,

and the maintaining of healthy nerve transmission.(Balch & Balch 1990) Without a

healthy organic mineral balance inside and outside the cells of muscle, blood,

and bone substructures, the body will began to spasm, twitch and cramp,

eventually deteriorating to a full " rigor complex " , and/or complete failure.

Minerals can be likened to the key to your car: it is a small component, but

nevertheless an essential one. And a small amount of inorganic minerals are

needed(like sodium), but food is still the best source.

 

INORGANIC MINERALS FROM TAPWATER ARE " BAD NEWS " . Tap water presents a variety of

inorganic minerals which our body has difficulty absorbing. Their presence is

suspect in a wide array of degenerative diseases, such as hardening of the

arteries, arthritis, kidney stones, gall stones, glaucoma, cataracts, hearing

loss, emphysema, diabetes, and obesity. The minerals available, especially in

" hard " tapwater, are poorly absorbed, or rejected by cellular tissue sites, and,

if not evacuated, their presence may cause arterial obstruction, and internal

damage.(Dennison 1993, Muehling 1994, Banik 1989)

 

ORGANIC MINERALS ARE PREFERRED It is no wonder that the body prefers the richest

source of minerals, from organic foods, instead of the hard-to-absorb minerals

in tap water. Even if human tissue suddenly developed the ability to absorb

inorganic minerals from tap water, it would take an enormous amount of tapwater

to supply the bare minimal mineral quantities for proper life functions. If(for

example) the ample inorganic mineral content of the tap water in Reno, Nevada

were modified so that it would convert the daily Calcium requirement(RDA) from

its inorganic calcium solutes, one would have to drink 7.4 gallons of their tap

water. DISTILLED WATER ACTUALLY ENHANCES MINERAL ABSORPTION RATES Yes, and this

is correllated to the ability of hard water to conduct electricity. Distilled

Water will not conduct electricity(even when 2 parts per million inorganic

minerals or less are present). Water with 5 parts inorganic content per million

parts water(or more) will conduct electricity, completing a simple circuit and

lighting a tester bulb. The higher the inorganic content is in a per million

count, the less effectively water transmits organic minerals to tissue sites.

Bottled water, tapwater, reverse-osmosis filtered water, and carbon-block

filtered water(when tested) will conduct electricity, substantiating that these

are not the best carriers for mineral-transport and mineral-absorption(Muehling

1994). Tapwater in the USA has been shown to contain 19 " inorganic metals of

concern " (1994 Safe Water Drinking Act), for which maximum contaminant levels

have been set.(Tone 1994) Most American tapwater tested falls between the ranges

of 350 parts per million to over 1000 parts per million total

contaminants.(Colgan 1993)

 

REPEAT THE QUESTION PLEASE... Does drinking distilled water leach minerals from

the body? No, quite the opposite. If inorganic minerals (and other substances

like chlorine, heavy metals, bacteria, etc.) are removed from tapwater, by

converting it into pure distilled water, the result is improved absorption of

all nutrients, including minerals, and improved elimination of wastes at the

cellular level.

 

REFERENCES Muehling EC, " Pure Water Now: Its Time For Action, " 2cd Ed., Pure

Water Inc., Lincoln, Neb., 1994:1-42. Dennison C, " Why I Drink Distilled Water " ,

Reprint Form 6300, Pure Water Inc., Lincoln, Neb.,1993. Tone J, " Your Drinking

Water-How Good Is It? " , National Testing Laboratories Inc., Cleveland, Ohio,

1994:21. Banik AE, " The Choice Is Clear, " ACRES USA, Metaire, Louisiana,

1989:37. Balch JF, Balch PA, PRESCRIPTION FOR NUTRITIONAL HEALING, Avery

Publishing Co., Garden City, NY, 1990:17. Colgan M, OPTIMUM SPORTS NUTRITION,

Advanced Research Press, New York, NY,

1993:23-24.

 

Some Bottled Water Said Not Pure By H. JOSEF HEBERT= Associated Press Writer=

WASHINGTON (AP) _ It's advertised as pure and healthy and every year is in

greater demand. But bottled water in some cases may not be any purer or

bacteria-free than water coming from your tap, an environmental group says. In a

four-year test of 103 brands of bottled water, the environmental advocacy group

Natural Resources Defense Council found that a third of the tested brands

contained bacteria or other chemicals exceeding the industry's own guidelines or

the most stringent state purity standards. The study being released today

acknowledged that most bottled water ``is of good quality'' but that industry is

left largely to self monitoring because of weak federal and state enforcement.

``Just because water comes from a bottle doesn't mean it's any cleaner or safer

than what comes from the tap,'' Eric Olson, one of authors of the NRDC report,

said. The report was being released today as Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N. J.,

planned to introduce legislation that would require stricter labeling

requirements on the bottled water industry and that the product meet the same

standards for bacterial and chemical contamination as tap water. ``There may be

bottled water that's cleaner than tap water and some that's dirtier, but now

there's no way for consumers to tell the difference,'' Lautenberg said.

Americans drink an estimated 3.4 billion gallons of bottled water annually _

about 12.7 gallons per person _ and the numbers have been increasing nearly 10

percent a year, according to the industry. It's sold as mineral water, spring

water or distilled water, or just plain tap water that has gone through

additional filtration. The International Bottled Water Association said the NRDC

was ``trying to scare consumers'' with its report. The industry group noted that

the report acknowledges that most of the water the NRDC tested was ``of good

quality'' and contained no detectable bacteria or chemicals of concern. ``For

the past 37 years there have been no confirmed reports in the U. S. of illness

or disease linked to bottled water,'' the association said in a statement. But

Olson noted that bottled water companies market their products for their purity

and health benefits as compared to tap water, while often little is known of the

content. ``Bottled water is essentially regulated on the honor system in most

states,'' he said. ``Unlike tap water suppliers, bottlers need not disclose to

consumers known contaminants in their products.'' The NRDC tested more than

1,000 samples of 103 types of bottled water purchased in California, Florida,

Illinois, New York, Texas and the District of Columbia. It found: _ One-third of

the samples exceeded the California standard or the industry's own purity

guidelines, or both, for a chemical or bacterial contaminant. _ Nearly one in

four samples (22 percent) contained levels of cancer-causing synthetic compounds

such as arsenic that exceeded the California limit, which is the most stringent.

_ Nearly one in five samples (17 percent) contained levels of bacteria higher

than the voluntary industry guidelines. There are no federal mandatory

standards. _ About one in five samples contained industrial chemicals, and some

samples contained arsenic, nitrates or other inorganic contaminants. In both

cases the levels generally were below state or federal standards. While bottled

water is regulated as a food by the Food and Drug Administration, the NRDC study

said it is subject to weaker standards when it comes to a wide range of

contaminants than ordinary tap water which comes under the Environmental

Protection Agency. Bottled water, they said, is required to be tested less

frequently for bacteria and chemical contaminants; has no requirement to be

disinfected or tested for parasites; and it may contain some fecal coliform, And

enforcement is often lacking, the NRDC study said, with many states dedicating

few if any people to bottled water regulation. The study suggested a

penny-a-bottle fee on bottled water to pay for tighter regulation, testing and

enforcement.

 

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