Greg Novac asks: Is filtered water better than distilled water or water filtered by reverse osmosis?
ANSWER While there are good arguments on both sides of this debate, the more recent thoughts are in favor of filtered water. From a practical standpoint, the human body was designed to run on water that exists naturally on the planet, water that contains traces of inorganic minerals such as calcium, magnesium and potassium. Nowhere on Earth does demineralized water occur naturally. Distillation and R.O. systems produce de-mineralized water with an acidic pH. Many recent reports claim that “prolonged consumption of distilled or demineralized water can only lead to some form of mineral deficiency”. Water by nature has to balance itself; when the minerals are stripped from water pH drops and the water becomes acidic. It then seeks to balance itself (a basic law of nature) by taking on minerals, primarily calcium. If we consume demineralized water, it will actually pull minerals from the body with which to balance itself. This has been demonstrated and reported in many recent books and stu
