One comment on the below: I work (as a non-scientist) in a university
specializing in nutrition. One colleague told me not so long ago about
the difficulty of getting reliable distilled water; even from the best
suppliers, selling top-grade DW with elaborate labeling, in brown
glass bottles, the stuff changes over time. In particular, the pH at
the time of use is often different from the number on the label at time
of bottling.
My colleague said that the water and the glass react, and implied that
this variation in PH is just accepted as a part of life in science. I
have no more details than this; it may be they send the water back to
the vendor for a fresher batch when this happens, or maybe they just
record the PH variation in their scientific papers. I did not press
for details at the time; I was just trying to get some DW for my own
needs. (I ended up ordering Springfield DW from an importer. It
works fine.)
Bottom line: even PhD nutrition scientists have to deal with
variations in PH due to the interaction of water and the container.
JBB
On Thursday, Oct 2, 2003, at 03:42 Asia/Tokyo, Nenah Sylver wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Berger" <bober...@swbell.net>
To: "Nenah Sylver" <ne...@bestweb.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: CS>Ph of Distilled water?
Hi Nenah,
With all due respects to your education, the fact is that what is
being sold
as
distilled water does not have a pH of 7 !!!
PURE water is very aggressive and is not called the universal solvent
without
reason.
"Ole Bob"
Bob,
There is no argument between us. Please hear what I am saying. I think
this is
important enough to post to the list; I hope you don't mind (even
though you
courteously sent me this message privately).
By definition, if something marketed as "distilled" water has a pH of
either
higher or lower than 7.0, it is no longer distilled, or pure -- that
is,
containing SOLELY hydrogen or oxygen. Any pH of higher or lower than
7.0 means
that the water has *something else* in it. The moment water containing
solely
hydrogen and oxygen leaches something into it, it is no longer
distilled. This
is not something I am making up; it's simply the definition of
distilled water.
It is very easy for DW to lose its "distilled" status precisely
*because* it
does such a good job of leaching out things from its environment. If
water is
called the "universal solvent" (which I already know) -- and for a good
reason -- consider how much of a solvent DISTILLED water can be.
Distilled
water, which does not exist in nature, can be an even more aggressive
solvent:
the moment DW touches something, it will dissolve something into
itself -- in
many instances even more aggressively than non-distilled water -- in
an effort
to balance itself by bringing dissolved sediments, minerals, etc. into
itself.
It is difficult to obtain genuine, pure distilled water precisely
*because* the
moment the DW touches something, it will begin to either interact with
its
container (leaching out plastic, for instance), or the air (leaching
out carbon
dioxide, thus making the water undesirably acidic if you're using it
for
drinking).
It is fortunate indeed that water with a 5.5 pH (which is
*incorrectly* marketed
as "distilled," even though it may have been distilled *before* being
poured
into its plastic container) has been found by many people to be good
for making
colloidal silver. However, it is a problem for ME. I know how harmful
it can be
to drink acidic water.
The drinking of acidic water will have to be balanced against the
benefits of
using colloidal silver. I am not at all making a case against CS -- I
have seen
the tremendous benefits of CS. What I am commenting on is the use of
*excessively* acidic water to make CS. I did not drink my last batch
of CS for a
reason; and I think that reason was because my intuition was telling
me that
that particular batch of CS was too acidic for either me or my animals
to drink.
In other words, it is possible for the microbe-killing abilities of
the CS to be
outweighed by the ability of acidic water to harm the system.
My education about distilled water is sound, and I stand behind it.
For my
research on distilled water that I included in my Rife Handbook, I
enlisted the
help of chemist Dr. Dick Wullaert, head of the Functional Water
Society with
years of experience in water, minerals, water electrolysis, and more.
Dick has
worked with top scientists all over the world developing various
electrolyzed
and so-called "clustered" waters. I trust Dick's experience and
research. I do
not make this post lightly and am not villifying anyone for using
acidic water
to make CS. Rather, I am stating my *own* preference to obtain
distilled water
in as pure state as possible, due to the numerous serious problems
that arise
when people drink acidic water.
I encourage you or anyone else to read the excerpt on water and
minerals from my
Rife Handbook. To learn more about pH and the body, click the
"Products" link,
then "Inner Light," and then the article called "Why You Need To
Detoxify Your
System."
I would still love to find a good source of distilled water that is as
close to
a pH or 7.0 as possible, as I miss not having colloidal silver to use
against
infections. I welcome all suggestions, especially about who sells the
best
distiller.
Best regards,
Nenah
Nenah Sylver, Ph.D.
Products, services, and information about health
Author (under the name "Nina Silver") of
*The Handbook of Rife Frequency Healing*
Order the book and read excerpts at
http://www.nenahsylver.com/
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