Guest guest Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 rawfood , Bruce Reid <bwreid67> wrote: > > I have not seen a single scientific paper that states the human body can assimilate inorganic minerals, so I consider this as fact. To have organic minerals in water would be worthless anyways because they would be just like Vitamins and lack the natural enzymes to break them down (Not Raw Anyway). You would have to add algae to your water. The problem with all of this is we were talking about fasting and the water fast. As I'm sure you know all you want to do on water fast is hydrate the body not feed it. My point is why would you want to use anything other than the purest water you could find? You have shown me some other things in the past and would love to be proven wrong once again. ************************* The main point to drinking mineral rich water, is so that the water is alkaline instead of acidic, if it doesnt have it's own minerals, it iwll leech the ones from your blood and bones as it passes through you, as it would rolling over a rock.. you may not absorb minerals from the water, but it will save the minerals in your body. never drink acidic water unless you are cleaning the body, and only do it rarely. acidic water screwes up your ph and drains calcium from your bones.. never drink mineraless water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 Hi Bruce, According to Paavo Airola there was evidence or studies that some minerals do get absorbed by the body from water. But I don't think it would be beneficial to do this while fasting. I read this several years ago so I don't remember the details. Roger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 I agree. Mineral water (spring water) is not good. " To help improve poor vision, only drink distilled water or fresh juices for liquids. Inorganic minerals from tap and spring waters can enter the body, filter through the system, and damage the fine capillaries in the eyes. For more information on this, read Dr. Norman Walker's book Water Can Undermine Your Health. " David Wolf – Sunfood Diet Success System. " If you wish to drink water, you should drink distilled water if it is available. Mountain spring water is not ideal for the human body, because it contains inorganic minerals that the human body can neither use nor precipitate out. These inorganic minerals tend to hook up with cholesterol in the system and form a thick plaque in the arteries. Distilled water does not have this effect., when you eat a piece of fruit or a vegetable, you are consuming distilled water. The minerals are taken from the soil, the plant distills them, and then you consume them, you may have heard that distilled water leaches minerals from the body. That is partially true. The minerals that are leached by distilled water are the inorganic minerals that the body cannot use, the effect, therefore, is healthful. Distilled water will not leach organic minerals that have become part of the structure, it cannot be leached. " Fit For Life – Harvey and Marilyn Diamond " The body can use only organic minerals. It is physiologically impossible for your body to use and inorganic mineral. It simply cannot and will not do it. Anyone who knows biochemistry and physiology knows this to be true. It is frustratingly ironic how many people who should know better fail to recognize this simple fact. Your body can no more use an inorganic mineral than your car can run on Coca-Cola. It's true that chemically an organic mineral is the same as an inorganic one. But there the similarities cease. The human body cannot use inorganic minerals—that is, minerals that have not already been organically processed. Minerals are only usable as they are found in organic forms of life such as plants, which make up an amazing link between the soils of the earth an animal life. Would you go into a gravel pit and pick up a piece of gravel and try to chew it up? Would you go out and pick up a handful of soil and eat it? Obviously not. Well, let your common sense answer here. Would you eat that piece of gravel if it were pulverized into particles small enough to swallow? Would you eat the soil if it were ground into a fine powder? There is no deference except in particle sizes. We are not rock or soil eaters. Your body cannot incorporate rocks into its cell structure. When you drink water containing minerals, they ore inorganic. They're finely ground rocks! They have no more virtue in the human body than if the soil or rock itself were eaten. So how do we get our organic minerals? Through plant life! Plants take minerals from the soil and transform them. the plant takes in carbon dioxide, water, and elements from the earth. It also takes in sunlight through its chlorophyll and, through the process of photosynthesis, forms carbohydrates. As the plant grows, minerals from the earth become organically part of the plant itself. Then, and only then, can the minerals be assimilated by the human body. " Living Health – Harvey and Marilyn Diamond. Notice they say " Plant Life " dead cooked plants do not have organic minerals. Once the molecular structure and enzymes have been destroyed through cooking, all nutrients including minerals are useless. Doug rawfood , Bruce Reid <bwreid67> wrote: > > I have not seen a single scientific paper that states the human body can assimilate inorganic minerals, so I consider this as fact. To have organic minerals in water would be worthless anyways because they would be just like Vitamins and lack the natural enzymes to break them down (Not Raw Anyway). You would have to add algae to your water. The problem with all of this is we were talking about fasting and the water fast. As I'm sure you know all you want to do on water fast is hydrate the body not feed it. My point is why would you want to use anything other than the purest water you could find? You have shown me some other things in the past and would love to be proven wrong once again. > > > > Bruce > > > Roger Haeske <roger@s...> wrote: Hi Bruce, > > I agree with you. It would seem telling people that they are wrong would > just be a factual matter. > > The problem is with people's ego's. I know I can feel offended if > someone tells me I am wrong. But if they tell me I am wrong using > different words then I may not get as offended. > > Do you see what I just did Bruce? In a nice way, I disagreed with you. > But I didn't say that you were wrong. > > As far as the minerals in water, the body does absorb some of those > minerals. But it does absorb minerals better in organic form. I am not > an expert on it, but I have read many viewpoints for and against this > concept. > > I would not however try to get my minerals from water. I don't drink too > much anyway. I believe that overall it would be too toxic. > > The point is that I don't believe this is such a black and white issue. > > Roger > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2003 Report Share Posted October 31, 2003 Roger; If I may butt in here. Yes if you live a life of cooked food, a very demineralized diet. The body, in desperation will try to use inorganic minerals (ground up rocks). By not giving the body a choice it must use the minerals in mineral water. Its either that or die. When we go raw, we will reach a point of " Mineral trade out " David Wolf in Sunfood Diet Success System " After eating Sunfoods under the Sun for a sufficient period of time, the body begins removing everything that is improper. This process will continue for several years until you become a rejuvenated being. As you continue eating raw, you will eventually replace every cell and restructure every tissue using the high-quality minerals, nutrients, and positive energy that you are putting in your body. After a sufficient period of eating Sunfoods at a 100% level (usually between 1-3 years), the body will begin to purge acids and replace the heavier minerals. If one is eating a diet high in sweet fruit with no green leafy vegetables, mineral trade-out may occur sooner (usually 1 year). This is when the teeth problems arise in fruitarians, which is indicative of the body purging acids and also indicative of a lack of minerals in the body, especially calcium, magnesium, and silicon. At the point of mineral trade-out, one needs to take in at least 2.5 pounds (1.1kg) of green leafed vegetables daily (one third eaten, two-thirds juiced) and simultaneously cut down on eating hybridized sweet fruit. Once you make it past the period of mineral trade-out, which usually lasts about 6 months, you will have reached the " point of no return. " After that point your body will reject dead foods powerfully. You will be locked into a greatly increased health level, which is unimaginable compared to the way you once lived. " These also are the minerals that are leached out of the body by drinking distilled water. Distilled water actually cleans the body of these inorganic minerals. Doug rawfood , " Roger Haeske " <roger@s...> wrote: > Hi Bruce, > > According to Paavo Airola there was evidence or studies that some > minerals do get absorbed by the body from water. But I don't think it > would be beneficial to do this while fasting. I read this several years > ago so I don't remember the details. > > Roger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2003 Report Share Posted October 31, 2003 rawfood , " Roger Haeske " <roger@s...> wrote: > Hi Bruce, > > According to Paavo Airola there was evidence or studies that some > minerals do get absorbed by the body from water. But I don't think it > would be beneficial to do this while fasting. I read this several years > ago so I don't remember the details. > > Roger ********************* what is the whater of the nile like? this is probably the ideal water to drink... streams and rivers. all which have a lot of inorganic minerals in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2003 Report Share Posted November 3, 2003 Yes I have heard this before as well. The problem is the ones that you can't are there as well. So I just stay away from mineral water. Bryan Erickson <hexfix93 wrote:rawfood , " Roger Haeske " <roger@s...> wrote: > Hi Bruce, > > According to Paavo Airola there was evidence or studies that some > minerals do get absorbed by the body from water. But I don't think it > would be beneficial to do this while fasting. I read this several years > ago so I don't remember the details. > > Roger ********************* what is the whater of the nile like? this is probably the ideal water to drink... streams and rivers. all which have a lot of inorganic minerals in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2003 Report Share Posted November 3, 2003 Bruce, For a fast the idea is to close down the digestion and just have water to keep the kidneys going and wash away what will wash away. Thus the ideal is thus distilled but failing that Evian water or flat water from a glass bottle. I would break my fast long before drinking Nile water. Egypt is famous for dysentery, I just wonder how many other vicious infections fester there. Peter Bryan Erickson [hexfix93] 31 October 2003 13:39 rawfood [Raw Food] Re: Water (Roger) rawfood , " Roger Haeske " <roger@s...> wrote: > Hi Bruce, > > According to Paavo Airola there was evidence or studies that some > minerals do get absorbed by the body from water. But I don't think it > would be beneficial to do this while fasting. I read this several > years ago so I don't remember the details. > > Roger ********************* what is the whater of the nile like? this is probably the ideal water to drink... streams and rivers. all which have a lot of inorganic minerals in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2003 Report Share Posted November 3, 2003 electrolyte minerals are easily absorbed. Potassium is the most important, if you're fasting. rusty - " Bryan Erickson " <hexfix93 <rawfood > Friday, October 31, 2003 4:38 AM [Raw Food] Re: Water (Roger) > rawfood , " Roger Haeske " <roger@s...> wrote: > > Hi Bruce, > > > > According to Paavo Airola there was evidence or studies that some > > minerals do get absorbed by the body from water. But I don't think it > > would be beneficial to do this while fasting. I read this several years > > ago so I don't remember the details. > > > > Roger > > ********************* > > what is the whater of the nile like? this is probably the ideal water > to drink... streams and rivers. all which have a lot of inorganic > minerals in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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