What Type Of Water
To Drink?
What type of water to drink has
long been a controversial topic. Understand nature and make
your own informed decision
of what you think is best.
Controversial topic What type of water to drink is a controversial topic. Everybody has their own theory on what's the best type of water to drink. At the end of the day, one who drinks the "best" water may still get diseased, while the one who drinks tap water may live to a hundred. Many people seem to think that ionized alkaline water is the best. No doubt our body needs to be more alkaline than acidic, but alkalinity of the blood is best being hydrated by eating/drinking "alkaline-forming" foods. There is alkaline water, and there are alkaline-forming foods. They're different. Our digestive system needs to be acidic, but drinking alkaline water neutralizes the acidity in the stomach, not helping with digestion. This may cause digestive problems and can be dangerous in the long run. Proper hydration that is bio-available By fresh fruits/vegetables On the other hand, fresh juices provide all the alkaline-forming minerals (e.g. potassium, calcium, magnesium, manganese and iron) that convert blood acidity into alkalinity.When in doubt, always look to nature. Look back to the time of the cavemen. They never had an ionizer to ionize and alkalize their water. Nor any other water processor for that matter. But they had nature that provided them with fresh fruits and vegetables for hydration. By drinking distilled water Likewise with the argument about drinking distilled water. Again, look to nature. The process of rain water is one of condensation/distillation. Water is being evaporated into the sky, forming clouds and they fall back to earth as rain water to water the earth. This is the type of water we drink, distilled water. One may argue that spring water flows out of the ground, so that's nature and we should be drinking spring water. Yes, that's nature but the origin was still from condensed water from the clouds. Spring water is distilled water absorbing the minerals of the soil. So, depending on where you are, you get hard or soft water. Ditto with mountain or stream water. There may be minerals in these waters, but they are not made bio-available to our body. We get the minerals best from fresh fruits/vegetables. Rain water is supposed to be the best drinking water. Think cavemen's time when there was no pollution, that would be the purest form of drinking water. Due to the air pollution in our modern world, a distiller is invented by those who understood the concept of drinking distilled water.
pH value of distilled water The pH level of distilled water is 7.0 because it's neutral. It's not true what a "renowned online doctor" says that distilled water can turn acidic by absorbing carbon dioxide from the air. The air is composed of 78.9% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon and only a very small 0.038% carbon dioxide and the balance is the other minor elements. If distilled water would absorb these elements, why not absorb oxygen and we can say we need the oxygen in our body. But he said that the distilled water absorbs CO2 that makes the water acidic. Not true! In any case, these elements have no pH value to them, so we cannot say that they would turn the water acidic.  Danger of drinking alkaline water I want to reiterate the danger of drinking alkaline water. I see many of my clients receive healing through drinking many liters of fresh fruit/vegetable juices daily through juice fasting/feasting. On the other hand, there are a few who reported being severely sick after drinking many liters of alkaline water. This is an alkalosis condition. Note that ionized alkaline water often measure about 9-10 on the pH value chart which is highly alkaline. Some of the symptoms of alkalosis are: diarrhea, stomach cramps, vomiting and severe headache. In severe cases, brain chemistry is altered that leads to confusion, disorientation, hand tremor and muscles twitching. Do your own research, think logically, and make your own informed decision about what's best for you. Also read: How much water should you drink a day? To top
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