re: drinking distilled water
if you plan on drinking the distilled water, you really should add a few drops of trace elements to the water. the distilled water is great and tastes great- ive been drinking it for over two years now-- but without any of the trace elements in it, i understand that the distilled water will leach minerals from your body/bones because the water needs to have some total dissolved solids in it.
to cut through the mumbo-jumbo, just get something along the lines of this:
http://www.traceminerals.com/products/drops.html
i add 20 drops per gallon of water.
taste: pure distilled is better, since the chloride gives it a slightly off taste, but our bodies NEED chloride.
if you like, i suppose one could add the amount of minerals to a glass of juice or any other fluid during the day and just drink the distilled water straight. i think its a hassle, so i just spike my entire gallon of water with the 20 drops and be done with it.
lastly, those trace elements are essential for our bodies. unless you grow your own vegetables and fruits we arent getting any of them anymore due to Big Ag soil depletion.
and dont freak about the thallium and the chromium. yes, theyre toxic in high doses (like anything, really), but we need the trace amounts of it.
PPS: store any water, if possible, in a polycarbonate container, not that opaque white plastic container to prevent the leaching of dioxin into your distilled.
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for your health!!!
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