WHat is the best type of water filtration system that doesn’t kill all the minerals?
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Reverse Osmosis is claimed to be the best by many, but it rids of all the minerals. This is very bad for the body. Is there a technology out there that filters out all of the negative elements found in tap water, but permits the healthy minerals to remain intact?
Knowledgeable answers only please. Thanks.
Drinking water without minerals is NOT bad for the body. It will make the water taste different but it will not harm you. Water is absorbed in the body by a natural process called osmosis. Osmosis moves water (not minerals) from a lower concentration (drinking water) to a higher concentration (cells). The minerals do not move only the water moves.
In order to determine what filter is best for you then you have to define what you THINK are the negative elements in tap water.
Minerals: RO removes them most efficiently.
Chlorine: Carbon filter
Virus: RO, or Distillation
Giardia: Ultra-filtration
Cryptosporidia: Ultra-filtration
The removal of minerals is a good thing, regardless of what psuedoscientists tell you.
The removal of chlorine can be a bad thing; as chlorine prevents bacteria growth in the water.
If you are talking about unhealthy minerals such as radioactive materials then an RO IS the best solution.
I would recommend an ultra-filter if you want to leave the minerals and take out the potential harmful stuff.
I don’t know if these guys are any good but they have an interesting system…"Watersafety Systems"
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June 22nd, 2010 at 11:57 pm
No to the best of my knowledge, reverse osmosis does not take out all of the good minerals, but the distallation process does. As far as I know the RO system is the best, but there are many different grades of it, some that even add goldand silver back into the water
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June 23rd, 2010 at 12:38 am
Drinking water without minerals is NOT bad for the body. It will make the water taste different but it will not harm you. Water is absorbed in the body by a natural process called osmosis. Osmosis moves water (not minerals) from a lower concentration (drinking water) to a higher concentration (cells). The minerals do not move only the water moves.
In order to determine what filter is best for you then you have to define what you THINK are the negative elements in tap water.
Minerals: RO removes them most efficiently.
Chlorine: Carbon filter
Virus: RO, or Distillation
Giardia: Ultra-filtration
Cryptosporidia: Ultra-filtration
The removal of minerals is a good thing, regardless of what psuedoscientists tell you.
The removal of chlorine can be a bad thing; as chlorine prevents bacteria growth in the water.
If you are talking about unhealthy minerals such as radioactive materials then an RO IS the best solution.
I would recommend an ultra-filter if you want to leave the minerals and take out the potential harmful stuff.
I don’t know if these guys are any good but they have an interesting system…"Watersafety Systems"
References :