Instead of going by these articles on why NOT to drink distilled water, why not try it out for yourself----actually, I wouldn't wish it on anyone. I drank distilled water for 2 1/2 months. I thought I'd like to die. Experience is the best teacher, but hopefully, instead of learning the hard way like I did, why not listen to some regular people and their experiences with distilled water if you can't trust the "experts"? It took a lot of colloidal minerals and electrolyte solution to try and get back to a previous state of health. My gray hair is finally turning back now to its original color, I can walk without feeling like my legs are about to give out from under me, my vision is now improving---but hey, I don't expect some of you to take my word for it either.
PG ><snip>WHY I NOW SAY NO TO DISTILLED WATER ONLY > >By Chet Day > >Paul Bragg. Norman Walker. Herbert Shelton. > >I bet you recognize the names of the above three "big gun >writers" of the modern natural health and raw food movement >...(article below the next 4 paragraphs - a highly recommended >read!!!) > > >From Dave Perkins: > >To all on the CS list. I know most of you are probably favorably >predisposed to distilled water...and as far as I know it is still >the only water to consider in making CS. I certainly use it when >I make my CS. > >However, it appears that much of the information on the benefits >(or lack of problems with long term use) of distilled water was >written many years ago and has been passed on as fact with little >modification ever since. In light of more recent findings many >of those claims appear to be in error. > >Not for the sake of argument, but for the sake of your present >and future health, I urge you to read the following information >by Chet Day and references by other MD's etc. Many of whom >(especially Chet ) used to be big proponents of distilled water. > >I hope this gives you enough information and facts to make a well >reasoned personal decision: > > >WHY I NOW SAY NO TO DISTILLED WATER ONLY > >By Chet Day > > >Paul Bragg. Norman Walker. Herbert Shelton. > >I bet you recognize the names of the above three "big gun >writers" of the modern natural health and raw food movement. >Each of these men advocated a predominantly uncooked vegetarian >diet (though Walker allowed cheese and Bragg allowed occasional >meat or fish), and each also advocated distilled water as the >only kind of water to drink. > >It's amazing to me how blindly most health seekers follow the >advice of the above three gurus as well as the advice of modern >health writers who use Bragg, Walker, and Shelton as their main >sources of truth. > >Indeed, if you spend more than about ten minutes reading many >modern natural health writers, you'll quickly learn that all >serious health seekers should shun any kind of water other than >distilled water. Why? Because Paul Bragg, Norman Walker, and >Herbert Shelton said so. > >Well, I bought into this commonly-accepted "truth" back in 1993 >when I started my health journey, and I continued to buy into it >for more than five years before I started to question its >validity. I started to question the value of drinking distilled >water for the long-term when I finally opened my eyes enough to >realize I was relying on information that was, in most cases, >more than 50 years old. > >Let me say here that I still consider distilled water the water >of choice when detoxing or working to heal a serious health >challenge. To quote Dr. Zoltan Rona, who feels the same way: > >"Distillation is the process in which water is boiled, >evaporated and the vapour condensed. Distilled water is free of >dissolved minerals and, because of this, has the special >property of being able to actively absorb toxic substances from >the body and eliminate them. Studies validate the benefits of >drinking distilled water when one is seeking to cleanse or >detoxify the system for short periods of time (a few weeks at a >time). Fasting using distilled water can be dangerous because of >the rapid loss of electrolytes (sodium, potassium, chloride) and >trace minerals like magnesium, deficiencies of which can cause >heart beat irregularities and high blood pressure. Cooking foods >in distilled water pulls the minerals out of them and lowers >their nutrient value." > >See http://chetday.com/distilledwater.htm for the full text of >Dr. Rona's article. > >I opened my eyes because about two years ago I started hearing >from long-term distilled water drinkers who had been consuming >only distilled water and who had developed troubles with their >hair either thinning or falling out in clumps. I've subsequently >learned that hair loss is a condition often associated with >various mineral deficiencies. > >Since I'd been advised by a serious natural health student whose >opinions I value very much that distilled water might well >contribute to such problems, I started telling people with >hair problems that they might try going back to filtered water >or bottled water to see if doing so wouldn't help resolve the >symptoms. Interestingly enough, many reported that their hair >loss problems improved when they stopped drinking distilled >water. > >Digging deeper, I started reading more carefully the advice of >natural health experts who weren't necessarily coming out of >the raw food and Natural Hygiene schools of health, and I >couldn't find a single one of them who recommended distilled >water as the water of choice. > >Yes, all of these experts advocated drinking lots of water -- >at least eight full glasses of water every day -- and all of >them said a good filtered or bottled water was just fine. For >example, I know Lorraine Day, MD, (no relation) doesn't advocate >distilled water and neither does the Iranian medical doctor F. >Batmanghelidj, who wrote what I consider the bible on water, >"Your Body's Many Cries for Water." (For details on this book, >visit http://chetday.com/books/cries4water.htm ) > >Two other medical doctors whose practices are devoted to >natural health feel the same way about distilled water. Dr. >Joseph Mercola (http://mercola.com) doesn't recommend distilled >water, and neither does Dr. Gabriel Cousens, a living foods >advocate who writes on page 509 of his book "Conscious Eating," >"distilled water is dead, unstructured water so foreign to the >body that one actually gets a temporary high white blood cell >count in response to drinking it." (For details on "Conscious, >Eating," visit http://chetday.com/books/cousens.htm ) > >Additionally, my understanding of medical doctor Zoltan Rona's >article is that long-term distilled water consumption may well >contribute to high blood pressure and other cardiovascular >problems. Dr. Rona writes, "The longer one drinks distilled >water, the more likely the development of mineral deficiencies >and an acid state. I have done well over 3000 mineral >evaluations using a combination of blood, urine, and hair tests >in my practice. Almost without exception, people who consume >distilled water exclusively, eventually develop multiple mineral >deficiencies." > >See http://chetday.com/distilledwater.htm for the full text of >Dr. Rona's article. > >Given what these health-oriented MDs have concluded about >distilled water, doesn't it make sense to further research the >topic rather than relying on opinions formed more than 50 years >ago? > >If you prefer to ignore what these health-oriented medical >doctors have discovered in their active practices, then let's >take a look at the brutally deceptive "organic and inorganic >mineral" argument that so many natural health writers use to >justify distilled water drinking. (They also mistakenly use the >same argument to erroneously conclude that all supplements and >all cooked foods are bad.) > >Unfortunately, their oversimplification of the organic and >inorganic mineral theory and, indeed, their general lack >of understanding about college level chemistry and physical >laws, calls into deep question the validity of many of their >conclusions about health and diet. > >The health writers who like distilled water better than a ripe >nectarine usually write a lot about the Hunzans, the folks in >Pakistan's Hunza Valley who allegedly live healthfully well into >their 90's and beyond. Interestingly enough, these same writers >don't mention the point that the Hunzans drink a glacial water >so full of minerals it's almost milky in appearance. > >If you'd like up-to-date facts about organic and inorganic >minerals instead of over-simplifications and erroneous >conclusions, visit: > >http://chetday.com/jump/organicmineral.htm > >Another point involves alkalinity and acidity. Natural health >writers generally agree that the body maintains best health when >it maintains a ph leaning to the alkaline side rather than the >acidic side, and yet distilled water quickly turns highly >acidic, about 5.8 in an open air container. I didn't understand >the chemistry of this important point until I stumbled onto a >great explanation by Fred Senese at > >http://chetday.com/jump/waterph.htm > >Does it still make sense to you to drink eight glasses a day of >distilled water that can potentially help to over-acidify the >body? > >I'd been putting off writing this article for over a year >because I didn't feel that I had all the facts. I still feel the >same way, but I also feel confident enough with what I have >learned to present my current viewpoint to help others make a >more informed decision before investing a lot of money in an >expensive distiller that may well contribute to health problems >in the long run. > >You will note, of course, that the most vociferous advocates of >distilled water are also those who sell high-profit margin >distillers. They are also the ones who continue to quote Paul >Bragg and Norman Walker as the sources of their extensive >research. > >Here at CasaDay, we've been using a device that hooks to the >tap and runs the water through an ozonator, past an ultraviolet >light, and then through an activated charcoal filter, but I >don't know that this $300 gadget produces the healthiest water. >We like it because the water tastes good and the device is >hassle-free, but I don't know for a fact that it produces the >world's healthiest water. > >In closing, I do know tap water isn't good because of all the >chemicals and pollutants and Lord knows what else in it, but >I don't have all the answers as to the best water for human >health, so please don't consider this article definitive. > >I trust this article raises some questions in your mind that >you can now research in more detail on your own so you can >then come to an informed conclusion about what type of water >is best for you and your family. > > >Thanks, > >Dave Perkins >"enjoy being" > >email: dperk...@betterwayhealth.com >web site: www.betterwayhealth.com > > > > > >-- >The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > >To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: >silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com >with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > >To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com >Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html >List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
