Mineral Content: Is it beneficial to have minerals in drinking water?
This is actually the biggest myth in the water industry. To understand the issue clearly, first we need to examine “what minerals” are in our tap water. If we were to send a sample of water to a testing laboratory, we would get back a report that includes calcium, magnesium, and sodium along with a list of other minerals and contaminants. While some of these mineral are safe and benign, there are also many toxic ones on this list including fluoride, arsenic, chromium and radium just to name a few. Unfortunately there are no filtration systems available that can differentiate between good and bad minerals. Basic carbon filter systems will leave in all the minerals, including the highly toxic and radioactive ones. On the other hand, RO systems will remove 90-99% of these undesirable contaminants. The truth is the majority of healthy minerals our bodies need come from the food we eat and not from drinking water. The main concern with water is actually over toxicity, not mineral content. W
This is actually the biggest myth in the water industry. To understand the issue clearly, first we need to examine what minerals are in our tap water. If we were to send a sample of water to a testing laboratory, we would get back a report that includes calcium, magnesium, and sodium along with a list of other minerals and contaminants. While some of these mineral are safe and benign, there are also many toxic ones on this list including fluoride, arsenic, chromium and radium just to name a few. Unfortunately there are no filtration systems available that can differentiate between good and bad minerals. Basic carbon filter systems will leave in all the minerals, including the highly toxic and radioactive ones. On the other hand, RO systems will remove 90-99% of these undesirable contaminants. The truth is the majority of healthy minerals our bodies need come from the food we eat and not from drinking water. The main concern with water is actually over toxicity, not mineral content. Whe
Related Questions
- Also the manager at Kinetico says the mineral content of their water is 10-30 ppm....do I need to add minerals for your device to work at optimum levels?
- I’m concerned that I will loose the health benefits of the mineral content in hard water if I install an RO drinking water system?
- Does water "hardness" or mineral content have any direct relationship to heart disease?
