Many water filters are bad for you
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That's the claim, I don't know for certain if it's true. It's something to try out if you want.
Apparently the hardcore water filters most health conscious people get also remove the naturally occurring minerals from your water. The mineral-depleted water then leeches minerals from your own body when you drink it (at least when drunk on an empty stomach) making it pretty significantly bad for your health. You end up always mineral depleted, always dehydrated. People report constipation, tooth decay, gray hair, dry skin, brain fog, extra painful periods, and weight gain when drinking excessively filtered water.
Many testimonials on Kayleigh Mason's instagram stories of people feeling better after going back to unfiltered water.
https://www.instagram.com/nutrition.elements/Interview with her, which is partly about this topic:
Youtube VideoDistilled, Reverse Osmosis, and at least some of the Ion Exchange based filters (Pro One, Clearly Filtered, and possibly Berkey) are all capable of removing way too many minerals from your water.
It seems that the cheap activated carbon only water filters are better as they can remove some chemicals but shouldn't be able to remove much minerals.
Remember, the issue is that mineral depleted water LEECHES minerals from your own body.
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@Insr any dissolved mineral will negate the osmotic pressure issue, is what I learned from a pubmed study on the topic of 0ppm water causing potential cardiovascular issues. iirc the study specifically says it doesn't matter what mineral is dissolved to negate the osmotic pressure issue. so a pinch of table salt works.
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this is exactly why they say to not make distilled water your drinking water of choice
many such cases
@sunsunsun how much specifically was needed? a pinch of table salt could be a lot if your water is in a bottle, for example
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@engineer use a texas size pinch then
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I've been researching under sink water filters, connected to a dedicated drinking faucet, that goes next to the main kitchen faucet. It's hard to really conclude exactly what you're getting which each filtering option.
As for the minerals being taken out during filtering: if it's RO (reverse osmosis), most provide an end stage that puts the minerals back in; if it's not RO, the claim seems to be they never take the minerals out to begin with — the reason for a high TDS (total dissolved solids) reading. Arguably, as a result of attempting to keep the minerals, are other things remaining that are questionable?
So far, for a budgeted price, it's hard to find a system that addresses everything: chloramine (makes tap water taste bad, but it's not in all states, regions), microplastics, maintain minerals — just to name a few. For the lower end, budgeted systems, it's an either or situation, I'm finding. It's either a focus on microplastics or chloramine, but not the best filter for both.
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I have to wonder if the amount of contaminants in tap water really matters all that much, unless you're living near pesticide farm fields.
Kayleigh Mason states that remineralizing RO water is not as good as drinking it unfiltered, though I don't know exactly why that would be. But it does intuitively make sense to me that there's something good about natural water that is lost when you run it through a machine, and you can't get the goodness back by just putting some stuff in it.
It would be more fun to just drink tap water and not care.
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@Insr I think the question is worth asking, at least — whether tap water is not that bad, ultimately.
I think once chlorine and chloramine are filtered out, which improves taste considerably, the next hurdle may just be psychological: over coming the imagination — and to be fair, the possible reality — that you indeed are ingesting something bad for you. For instance, I have a water report in my area that shows a high nitrate level: 26 times more than the "EWG Health Guideline". Also in the overages list, is chromium and uranium, along with 21 additional "contaminants". It seems the EWG are a group that determines safe levels of contaminants for water.
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@Insr just to give you the full rabbit hole… https://www.dancingwithwater.com/
I’m not affiliated with that company. I’m just a gardener that’s gone down the water rabbit whole for many years! I’m very wet! Ha! JK.For thousands of years people have made reference to living water. It has spiritual as well as philosophical and scientific connotations. The fact that the term has survived so many generations is an indication of deeper significance. It implies there is living water AND that there is something other than living water. Can water lose its life? If so, can the life be returned to water? These are powerful questions that deserve more than philosophical answers.
Dancing with Water: The New Science of Water is an investigation into water’s liquid crystalline phase where water molecules exist in a repeating geometric array similar to the molecular pattern found in a solid crystal. Although the molecules remain independently mobile, they respond as a coherent “whole.” This is living water–an organized network that responds to its environment carrying signals and supportive vibratory information to the life forms it supports.
Living water has existed on Earth for millions of years. As the foundation of life, it is one of Mother Earth’s finest creations. But the degree to which water can support life depends on the degree of life force in the water. Water can be vibrantly alive or it can be barely alive, just like the inhabitants of the Earth. Although much of the water on the planet today has been mistreated to the point that its life hangs by a drop, understanding a few simple concepts can return water’s life force. The first step is to restore the liquid crystalline network. Then, the addition of frequencies/information completes the task.
The term, full-spectrum living water is a phrase used by the authors of Dancing with Water to refer to living water that carries the full spectrum of life supporting frequencies. Several factors contribute to the overall process.
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Movement or turbulence – which creates vortices. -
Some form of gentle, organizing energy (this can be supplied by magnets and paramagnetic materials some geometric shapes and many methods of concentrating life force (for example, orgone energy devices -
Mineral ions (salts). These anchor the life force in water and help water to hold vibratory information. -
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Vibratory information — frequency-based input, including the very important resonance of the Earth.
When these elements come together (and they can do so in many ways) water becomes a living, liquid crystal with the full spectrum of life supporting enhancements. The process is outlined in the book, Dancing with Water, with instructions for providing these elements in such a way that they result in full-spectrum living water—Earth’s finest gift—water that supports life to its fullest.
That’s all from her website… great stuff. Investigate your own local water before you go slamming too much of it. And look at the pipes in your home. Hard water (like my town) has tons of great minerals in it but lots of fluoride too. Thyroid crusher! You may be able to set a two liter of your tap water out over night and off gas a lot of the chlorine gasses and get pretty decent water. Drip coffee is a good way to filter water and transform it into food! Yay!
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