Hello Nena, Will adding enough Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate to distilled water to get the PPM to about 4.5 offset the acidity?
Very briefly, what harm does the acidic water do? Thank you in advance, JOH -----Original Message----- From: Nenah Sylver [mailto:ne...@bestweb.net] Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 12:43 PM To: bober...@swbell.net; silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: CS>Ph of Distilled water? ----- 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/ -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org 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>
