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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Dec 23, 2008, at 1:04 PM, roxann wrote:

> Gene, our water has zero minerals and is so soft and low in pH, it  
> too has side effects if not remineralized before drinking as the  
> sole source of water.

Roxanne, you may want to bottle and sell that water.

Seriously, what is the source? Many Ozarks' so-called springs are  
simply outlets for discrete rainfall collection depressions and have  
not run through karst.

You have access to water testing equipment. Check the pH of your rain  
and that of your house water. Perhaps there are other chemicals that  
would show a correlation or disconnection, and you will have a good  
idea of what you are getting. If you have multiple springs, check  
several.

And, yes, I know that certain minerals--selenium comes to mind--that  
exist in higher-than-usual proportions appear to create specific  
health benefits.

I have been using distilled water for about thirty-five years. I will  
be 73 years old in two weeks. I have no known negative organic health  
conditions.