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Leading Article:

Does Distilled Water Leach Minerals?

No, in fact, just the opposite has been found to occur in cellular research studies. It is a mistaken belief that drinking pure distilled water reduces valuable minerals from living human tissues.

Organic Minerals vs. Inorganic Minerals.  There are two types of minerals, organic and inorganic. Human physiology has a biological affinity for organic minerals. Most minerals for body functions are absorbed from dietary plant foods. A growing plant converts the inorganic minerals from the soils to a useful organic mineral. When an organic mineral (from a plant food) enters the stomach it attaches itself to a specific protein-molecule (a process called chelation) in order to be absorbed, and then it gains access to the tissue sites where it is needed. Once a plant mineral is absorbed within the body, it is utilized as a coenzyme for composing body fluids, forming blood and bone cells, and the maintaining of healthy nerve transmission. (Balch & Balch)

Without a healthy organic mineral balance inside and outside the cells of muscle, blood, and bone substructures, the body will began to spasm, twitch and cramp, eventually deteriorating to a full "rigor complex", and/or complete failure. Minerals can be likened to the key to your car: it is a small component, but nevertheless an essential one. And a small amount of inorganic minerals are needed (like sodium), but food is still the very best source.  

Inorganic Minerals From Tap Water Are "Bad News".  Tap water presents a variety of inorganic minerals which our body has difficulty absorbing. Their presence is suspect in a wide array of degenerative diseases, such as hardening of the arteries, arthritis, kidney stones, gall stones, glaucoma, cataracts, hearing loss, emphysema, diabetes, and obesity. The minerals available, especially in "hard" tapwater, are poorly absorbed, or rejected by cellular tissue sites, and, if not evacuated, their presence may cause arterial obstruction, and internal damage. (Dennison 1993, Muehling 1994, Banik 1989)

Organic Minerals Are Preferred. It is no wonder that the body prefers the richest source of minerals, from organic foods, instead of the hard-to-absorb minerals in tap water. Even if human tissue suddenly developed the ability to absorb inorganic minerals from tap water, it would take an enormous amount of tap water to supply the bare minimal mineral quantities for proper life functions. If (for example) the ample inorganic mineral content of tap water were modified so that it would convert the daily calcium requirement (RDA) from its inorganic calcium solutes, one would have to drink 7.4 gallons of tap water.

Distilled Water Actually Enhances Mineral Absorption Rates. This is correllated to the ability of hard water to conduct electricity. Distilled Water will not conduct electricity (even when 2 parts per million inorganic minerals or less are present). Water with 5 parts inorganic content per million parts water (or more) will conduct electricity, completing a simple circuit and lighting a tester bulb. The higher the inorganic content is in a per-million count, the less effectively water transmits organic minerals to tissue sites. Bottled water, tap water, reverse-osmosis filtered water, and carbon-block filtered water (when tested) will conduct electricity, substantiating that these are not the best carriers for mineral-transport and mineral-absorption (Muehling 1994). 

Repeat The Question Please...  Does drinking distilled water leach minerals from the body? No - quite the opposite. If inorganic minerals (and other substances like chlorine, heavy metals, bacteria, etc.) are removed from tap water by converting it into pure distilled water, the result is improved absorption of all nutrients, including minerals, and improved elimination of wastes at the cellular level. (Find out more - click here)

References

Muehling EC, "Pure Water Now: Its Time For Action," 2cd Ed., Pure Water Inc., Lincoln, Neb., 1994:1-42; Dennison C, "Why I Drink Distilled Water", Reprint Form 6300, Pure Water Inc., Lincoln, Neb.,1993; Tone J, "Your Drinking Water-How Good Is It?", National Testing Laboratories Inc., Cleveland, Ohio,1994:21; Banik AE, "The Choice Is Clear," ACRES USA, Metaire, Louisiana, 1989:37; Balch JF, Balch PA, PRESCRIPTION FOR NUTRITIONAL HEALING, Avery Publishing Co., Garden City, NY, 1990:17;       Colgan M, OPTIMUM SPORTS NUTRITION, Advanced Research Press, New York, NY, 1993:23-24.

Q & A

Q: What are antioxidants?

A: Anti-oxidants are groups of chemical compounds that protect cell damage caused by free radicals. Free radicals are a by-product of normal cell functioning and are linked to the ageing of our bodies as well as disease. They attack healthy cells and over time this damage contributes to the weakening of our immune systems.

An interesting Q&A from Dr Barry Sears!  See below for his comments - direct quote:

Q: Promoters claim significant benefits for glyconutrients. Are these a useful supplement?

A: Although there is no such thing as essential glyconutrients (whereas there are essential amino acids and essential fatty acids), the body needs a wide variety of various carbohydrates other than glucose. The body has the innate capacity to make all of these glyconutrients from glucose. That's a straight answer I appreciate! 

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Bye for now!

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I leave you with this beautiful scripture: "And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose for them" Romans 8:28

God bless you all, till next month

Sally-Ann Creed, Clinical Nutritionist

Dip Clin Nutr