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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Dec 23, 2008, at 12:46 PM, EarthNSky wrote:

>  We have very hard water here, everyone is on a well in this karst  
> limestone
> valley.  We all may be getting a bit too much calcium and phosphorus.
> I'm not sure right now what the solution to that would be other than
> buying bottled water, which is a thought that is repulsive to me.  I
> like my hard well water, my very own mineral water, and if those
> minerals really are causing a problem, I need to figure out what I
> should be doing.

I passed a kidney stone about 25 years ago, from trying a high-yogurt  
diet. Worst pain I have ever experienced by far--was near sobbing at  
the doc's office.

All karst water is very high in dissolved minerals. At Heartwood we  
use a distiller. We get all the minerals we need from fruits and  
veggies.

My personal belief is that hard water causes people more problems than  
kidney stones.