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http://stores.ebay.com/The-Aqua-Safe-Pure-Water-Shop

 

I shopped for an R.O. system for almost a year and found the one above.

It's inexpensive and has been a good system for over a year now. I test

the water with a TDS meter that came with it. Tap water reads about 200,

distilled about 100 and the last time I checked the reverse osmosis water

it read 0! That's why I was asking about adding back minerals.

 

 

 

 

The original article semed to me to imply that R-O water should be

avoided altogether. I say just be sure to get sufficient minerals.

 

Alobar

 

 

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, Dave R Hermanson

<tumblweed4@j...> wrote:

> http://stores.ebay.com/The-Aqua-Safe-Pure-Water-Shop

>

> I shopped for an R.O. system for almost a year and found the one

above.

> It's inexpensive and has been a good system for over a year now. I

test

> the water with a TDS meter that came with it. Tap water reads

about 200,

> distilled about 100 and the last time I checked the reverse

osmosis water

> it read 0! That's why I was asking about adding back minerals.

>

Dave,

Ok assuming that these meters are reliable, you are saying that

there are no minerals left in your water after using this device?

Hmm...not good!!

 

JoAnn

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Is it not true, JoAnn, that minerals in water are not very significant

compared to the amount of minerals we need to consume?

 

Switching from commercial veggies to organic produce will up mineral

intake (I am guessing here) more than switching from R-O water to

mineral water. And taking supplements (or seaweed) will up mineral

intake far more than either.

 

Alobar

 

On 9/18/05, JoAnn Guest <angelprincessjo wrote:

> , Dave R Hermanson

> <tumblweed4@j...> wrote:

> > http://stores.ebay.com/The-Aqua-Safe-Pure-Water-Shop

> >

> > I shopped for an R.O. system for almost a year and found the one

> above.

> > It's inexpensive and has been a good system for over a year now. I

> test

> > the water with a TDS meter that came with it. Tap water reads

> about 200,

> > distilled about 100 and the last time I checked the reverse

> osmosis water

> > it read 0! That's why I was asking about adding back minerals.

> >

> Dave,

> Ok assuming that these meters are reliable, you are saying that

> there are no minerals left in your water after using this device?

> Hmm...not good!!

>

> JoAnn

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Dave,

Ok assuming that these meters are reliable, you are saying that

there are no minerals left in your water after using this device?

Hmm...not good!!

 

JoAnn

 

 

Right, that's why I was wondering if adding a mineral suppliment like

Concentrace

would be a solution.

 

 

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, Dave R Hermanson

<tumblweed4@j...> wrote:

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> Dave,

> Ok assuming that these meters are reliable, you are saying that

> there are no minerals left in your water after using this device?

> Hmm...not good!!

> JoAnn

 

> Right, that's why I was wondering if adding a mineral suppliment like

> Concentrace

> would be a solution.

 

It may help Dave, however it is important to get a mineral concentrate that has

ALL of the basic minerals that you need on an hourly basis and this may be hard

to get in a liquid concentrate even one like concentrace.

 

Its the sodium content of the RO water that does the

damage to your system and whenever there is sodium without

accompanying potassium there is a risk of very high blood pressure in the

meantime!

 

Many essential minerals are toxic in excess, but essential in small

amounts.

Iron, chlorine, sodium, zinc, and copper are in this category.

Toxic levels have been established: we know what diseases are caused by their

excesses.

 

You've got the hard water / soft water debate. Hard water has more minerals in

it, which obviously is better for the bones and teeth, and the heart as well

comes down to a choice:

reverse osmosis or carbon block.

 

With reverse osmosis you've got

*no fluoride* filtration,

no minerals, and wasting about 4-9 gallons to get one gallon of pure water.

 

(A'o, p72) With most high-end " carbon mesh " filters, you can get rid of

everything but fluoride,but you'll still have minerals.

 

Only 5 states have any regulations about what water

filter manufacturers can say. On the Internet - it's a total jungle!

 

There is one excellent little book which can save a lot of research

time: Don't Drink the Water. The author goes into great detail in comparing the

attributes and quality of the basic filter units. He

points out the advantages of placing a KDF filter before the carbon

filter in order to insure that bacteria won't begin to grow within the carbon.

 

You should be supplementing with a high potency mineral complex! I would find

one that you can take several times a day at least and supplement whenever you

drink the water if at all possible.

 

Like I say this is why softened water is so harmful, because of its high sodium

content. The sodium will make your body very acidic!! The balance of minerals is

SO important for health, I cannot emphasize this enough!!!!

 

It's ifficult to find one filter that does everything: reverse osmosis filters

take out most

contaminants, but also the healthy minerals. Many of the high-end carbon filters

will not remove fluoride or nitrates, but they will leave the healthy minerals.

 

Hard water has a better ALKALINE content and is better for your body as a whole!

If it's more acidic than 7.3, we die. More basic than 7.45, we die.

 

Buffering is how the body changes the acid we eat in order to keep the blood pH

always about the same. There are two main kinds of buffering. (Guyton, p 387)

 

Buffering also uses up free oxygen and breaks down cells and tissues by means of

oxidation.

When we drink water, we should be taking some of the " stress " off the

body by helping to make the blood more basic (higher number).

 

Tap water is softened by adding sodium, to replace calcium and

magnesium so that our water heaters won't develop sediment, and so our

dishwashers and clothes washers will produce sudsy water.

 

MInerals are a co factor for enzymes and we need them. Its

the electrolytes that keep our heart going... so what else can I say.

I dunno....it doesn't sound good. I've been reading up on this quite a

bit and the more I read the more complex it becomes to me. I've tried

to explain it the best I could. If you have any more questions I'll

try to answer them, but you know how important alkalinity is since

you've been on this list so long. The body has a buffering system but

the body can only do so much and we need to provide it with the raw

materials to stay healthy.

Thinking about the Hunzas and their 120-year lifespan that was attributed to the

" glacial " mineral waters they

drank, one can see the value of minerals in drinking water.

 

Blessings, JoAnn

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