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  • From: "Jordan Fink" <jordan@riseup.net>
  • To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] distilled water
  • Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 10:44:43 -0700 (PDT)

why not just put something in your distilled water? a tiny bit of salt or
something?


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> So Toby, from what you and others write, are you implying that you would
> not drink either solar or machine distilled water or even reverse osmosis
> for long periods of time or, actually, as your basic water supply?
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> If not, then what would the next best solution be (is) , if you have only
> tap water available (and prefer not to drink it)?
> Rainwater perhaps?
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> Do very fine carbon filters (1 micro),? take out? substances like
> trialomethanes or pesticides?
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> Cheers
> Antonio
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> From: Toby Hemenway <toby@patternliteracy.com>
> To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:15 pm
> Subject: Re: [permaculture] distilled water
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> negiliblek wrote:
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>>> So I have a difficult time believing that removing trace amounts of
>>> minerals
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>>> significantly increase water's ability to take away wastes.
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>> The 99.999% water tank is labeled with a poisonous label label as
>> required by
> OSHA's material data safety guidelines. I asked why and was told that
> 99.9999%
> pure water will strip all the elecrolytes and minerals necessary for human
> physiology to
> Yep, that was my point. Thanks for adding this useful anecdote.
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> Distilled water is not better at removing waste and toxins--that all
> occurs long after the water has been metabolized and processed by the
> body, when it's on the way out, so to speak. But distilled is really
> good at stripping out essential minerals while it's on the way in, as
> it's being metabolized.
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> Much of the water we drink doesn't just pass through as though the body
> is a filter followed by a waste dump. which seems to be how a lot of
> people visualize it. Instead, a lot of water is chemically broken into H
> and OH and added to other elements (carbon, mostly) to be turned into
> other substances, like protein, cell membranes, etc. Much of our urine
> and other things that carry away wastes don't come from the water we
> drink; they come from water molecules that are produced during
> metabolism. At least, that's the western science view. Intake of
> nutrients (like water), metabolism into body components, and processing
> of wastes occur each at different times and different places in the
> body. That's why I don't buy the idea that one form of water will be
> better at taking away wastes than others. But I sure agree that what
> kind of water you drink makes a difference in health.
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> Toby
> http://patternliteracy.com
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