Water Week Part 1 – Water: The Secrets And The Science

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• najat
  December 29, 2012

  dear millyperna,i think u have Psoriasis

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• najat
  December 29, 2012

  dear millyperna i think u have Psoriasis ,

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• millyperna
  October 15, 2012

  hi vivian I Have trouble with my nails they have lines so bad what should i do/

  AM I lacking calcim

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• Julia
  September 13, 2012

  Have you heard of kangen water.Ive drank it and its good

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• Pat
  September 12, 2012

  I hate to drink water. I know it’s important and healthy, so anything that can help me would be beneficial. I would love to have the waterwise.

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• Mary Catherine Koppang
  September 12, 2012

  This is a great site. I plan on spending all winter catching up on my reading about saving my bones and implementing the advice. I spent all summer growing all my own produce and canning, drying, and freezing it. Ready now for a great winter.

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• Martin Kaiden
  September 12, 2012

  Great article! A number of the comments published also contain helpful information, and your replies to several are very informative. Enjoyed it thoroughly and will certainly make sure to consume enough water daily.
  Thank you.

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• Susan Anderson
  September 12, 2012

  I have FINALLY started to drink water! I would love to own the Waterwise 8800!

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• Iskander T
  September 12, 2012

  Great! It is an eye opener on how Water can actually affect the functioning of our Body organs! Thank you Vivian.

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• Veronica
  September 10, 2012

  Hi Vivian, thanks for that great information on water. Please kindly educate me more. Is spring water or water from boreholes safe? If not, what are the health implications?

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• Lillie Orlovsky
  September 8, 2012

  Like
  Thank You

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  • Nicole
    September 9, 2012

    I read most of the article. Very interesting, i guess. But the memory thing, should be called “trace”. The trace causes the memory.

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  • Margaret Lafferty
    September 9, 2012

    I live in Scotland where our water is soft, although I believe they are adding chemicals now. I have known about the benefits of water for some time now, after reading a book called your bodies many cries for water. written by a Doctor
    I always drink boiled water and start with a glass first thing in the morning before have any food,I hope this helps to purify the water. Thank you for highlighting this wonderful medicine we have of water.

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• Dawson Ross
  September 8, 2012

  I use good old Scottish water. I am almost 92years old now so I am not doing too bad. I put four drops of Dr Cutlers
  Ultimate PH Balance (Perfect Alkalinity for life) in each glass of water. This seems to do the trick fior a PH of 7..4

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• ernest lunda
  September 8, 2012

  nice article

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• Susan Kangas
  September 8, 2012

  I learned that distilled water is useful for detoxing the body. There’s a book called A Promise Made, A Promise Kept, do not recall the author. He indicates that distilled water is “dead”, ala produces no crystals in Emoto’s experiments. For this, the unnamed author says to “charge” the water by adding 1/4 teaspoon of salt to one gallon of distilled water. I think this is to enable more hydration into the body, as well as electrical changes so that nutrients are better used by the cells. Perhaps without the “charge”, it is better at debris removal from the cells. I’ve been told, and have read, that fluorine and chlorine are gases, and if tap water is allowed to sit out for 30 minutes, then those gases escape into the air (not sure about the air quality as a result). However, I question this when aluminum is added to the water also, as aluminum and fluoride combine into a small molecuse that can get across the blood/brain barrier. Hence, the fluorine/fluoride does not “escape”. Still seeking to learn in such matters. Thanks for the info, Vivian.

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  • Gerard Cook
    September 8, 2012

    In response: Chlorine is only driven off by boiling in an OPEN container and fluoride is a disolved solid and is not drive off by boilng if the water is to recool (in fact fluoride in municipal water is not real an organic fluoride, but, an higly insoluble TOXIC substance in the form of a fluo-salacilic acid. Read on and lear the real dangers of this TOXIC substance. There are many great texts on this subject if one searches the internet. Knowledge is power to keep well and healthy.

    Here is an article by Dr. Russell L. Blaylock
    The Blaylock Wellness Report. Issue 4, Vol 1

    Why Fluoride Is Toxic
    The primary reason fluoride began being added into drinking water
    years ago was to reduce cavities; the general public may not know
    that fluoride also can injure the nervous system and even
    cause cancer.
    Degenerative brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s are possibly linked
    to drinking fluoridated water. Cancer, behavioral problems, thyroid
    suppression, male infertility and impotence are also some examples of
    what may happen to the body when too much fluoride is present. And
    the combination of fluoride and aluminum is toxic enough that scientists
    warn about its connection to Parkinson’s and Lou Gehrig’s diseases.
    Fluoride will not kill you outright or cause dementia over a short
    period of time. But at certain levels it will accumulate in your brain
    and can lead to a form of degeneration.
    I lectured at the Fluoride Action Network conference on the subject
    of the toxic effects of water fluoridation and urged everyone to stop
    the government from using drinking water to medicate the public.
    Fluoride and the Brain
    A number of fairly recent studies have shown significant damage to
    many parts of the brain caused by fluoride. One study showed that
    rats given fluoride while still in the womb became hyperactive, much
    like what we see in childhood ADHD. Newborn and adult rats given
    fluoride reacted much differently; they became “couch potatoes.”
    The difference lies in how the brain develops at different ages. In
    humans, for example, the most rapid brain growth and development
    occur in the last three months of pregnancy and the first two years
    after birth. This means the brain is especially susceptible during that
    time to damage by toxins such as fluoride. Of course, results are
    determined by when the toxin was first given and for how long, and
    the dose.
    Even more frightening is what one world-renowned scientist discovered:
    Fluoride can accumulate in the brain. With every drink of water,the fluoride levels in the brain increase — and so
    does the danger to you.
    The Truth About Studying Fluoride
    Dr. Phyllis Mullenix, a leading neurotoxicologist,
    developed a sophisticated method to study behavioral
    patterns using a computer. She would photograph
    interactions of test rats given fluoride and
    feed the results into a computer program.
    Much to her surprise, she discovered that the fluoride
    was causing significant behavioral problems,
    not only when rats were exposed in the mother’s
    womb, but also soon after birth and even as adults.
    Upon examining seven areas of the animals’ brains
    she found that the longer an animal drank fluoridated
    water, the higher the brain level of fluoride. She
    also found that a high accumulation of toxins over
    time reaches levels that always cause brain injury.
    Critics charged Dr. Mullenix with using doses of
    fluoride much higher than people are commonly
    exposed to. But researchers should know that rats
    have difficulty absorbing fluoride. In comparing
    rats to people, the only thing that should be looked
    at is the blood level; the amount of fluoride in the
    blood determines the amount of fluoride reaching
    the brain.
    The blood levels in Dr. Mullenix’s rats equaled
    that seen in humans exposed to fluoride levels
    approved by the Environmental Protection Agency
    (EPA) as safe. Approved levels of fluoride in drinking
    water are up to 4 parts per million, or 4 ppm.
    After presenting her findings to the EPA and
    National Institute of Dental Health, Dr. Mullenix
    faced great opposition from colleagues. Fellow scientists
    who once clamored to use her computerized
    system now eschewed any communication
    with her.
    Her very expensive computerized behavioral
    anaylsis equipment was destroyed by a contrived
    “accident”. In addition, all of her lab animals were
    killed and their bodies incinerated.
    More Studies Confirm Brain Damage
    The number of studies showing significant damage
    to various parts of the brain continues to grow, most of the studies coming from Mexico, China,
    Japan, Spain, Italy, Ireland, Sweden, Canada and
    England. Very few studies come from labs in the
    United States, but those that do find fluoride to be
    very toxic to the brain.
    Entities such as National Institutes of Health and
    National Institute of Dental Health are to blame for
    fewer U.S. studies as they refuse to fund fluoride
    safety research.
    What we do know is that in China, children who
    drink fluoridated water have lower IQs than those
    who don’t. Many villages and cities in China have
    natural fluoride levels that are high, and Chinese
    scientists have found a drop of 10 points in IQ in
    fluoridated cities.
    But some challengers say these scientists didn’t
    account for possible lead exposure, so tests were
    redone. The Chinese scientists made careful measurements
    of all factors including lead and fluoride.
    The end result? They found the same lowering of
    IQ caused by fluoride in the drinking water.
    Mexican studies fared no better. An article in the
    journal Epidemiology showed that children drinking
    water with EPA-approved fluoride levels had problems
    with reading and writing.
    Again, care was taken to control for factors that
    might adversely affect the results. In fact, urine fluoride
    levels were measured to prove that the greater
    the fluoride exposure the worse the tests results.
    Note that most cities set fluoride levels in drinking
    water well below EPA-approved levels.
    The Alzheimer’s Connection
    What is the connection between Alzheimer’s disease
    and fluoride? Studies show plenty. While
    drinking fluoridated water is not the cause of
    Alzheimer’s, there is a link.
    One study found that fluoride in the drinking
    water of rats caused significant reduction of a brain
    receptor critical for learning and memory, which
    are the same receptors reduced very early in
    Alzheimer’s disease.
    Scientists including Dr. Phyllis Mullenix and Dr.
    Albert Burgstahler, an organic chemist and editor of
    Fluoride, indicated to me yet another study showing that fluoride added to water in the presence of even
    small amounts of aluminum caused severe destruction
    of brain cells in the part of the brain controlling
    learning and memory, the hippocampus.
    Clearly, these studies demonstrate that fluoride
    could cause an early onset of the disease and make
    it progress more rapidly. In fact, when combined
    with other toxins we all are exposed to, it can make
    matters worse.
    Alzheimer’s patients also have dramatic increases
    in gut absorption of aluminum, as do children with
    Down syndrome. In one study, fluoride increased
    by seven times absorption of aluminum from the
    gut and significantly increased the entry of aluminum
    into the brain.
    The Toxic Effect
    of Fluoride and Aluminum
    All of us are exposed to numerous sources of aluminum
    — in foods, canned drinks, aluminum cans
    and cookware, deodorants, vaccinations, medications
    and pesticides. And, as we all may know,
    there is further compelling evidence that aluminum
    plays a major role in Alzheimer’s disease and possibly
    Parkinson’s and Lou Gehrig’s diseases.
    The combination of fluoride and aluminum is so
    toxic that even in concentrations half those added to
    drinking water will cause severe destruction of critical
    brain cells. You will have a hard time thinking,
    remembering and performing normal brain functions
    with this toxic duo.
    The same can be true for your children.
    Combining aluminum and fluoride may very well
    increase the risk of ADD, ADHD, dyslexia and
    other developmental brain disorders of children,
    especially when combined with other toxins from
    the environment. These studies are compelling
    and frightening.
    The Pineal Gland:
    Another Area of Concern
    A recent study by Dr. Jennifer Luke at the
    School of Biological Sciences at the University of
    Surry in England found that fluoride accumulates
    in the pineal gland in the brain. Of the pineal glands she obtained from six elderly people dying
    of unrelated causes, she found fluoride levels
    2,500% higher than other areas of the brain. The
    fluoride was accumulating in enormous amounts
    in the calcium deposits normally found in the
    pineal of older people.
    So, why is this important? The pineal gland is the
    source of the very important hormone melatonin,
    the same hormone sold in health food stores to aid
    in sleep. Melatonin regulates the onset of puberty
    in boys and girls, it regulates the onset of sleep and
    it protects the brain against damage by free radicals
    and what is known as lipid peroxidation, the main
    destructive reactions seen in all degenerative brain
    diseases.
    In fact, individuals with Alzheimer’s disease commonly
    have lower melatonin levels than do individuals
    of similar age.
    But it is the latest findings that are so startling:
    ➔ Young girls who live in cities with fluoride in
    the water have been known to begin menstruating
    five months sooner than their counterparts in nonfluoridated
    towns.
    ➔ Newborns with the lowest melatonin levels
    had the most problems with behavioral development.
    ➔ Brain protection in adults is being altered.
    Fluoride and
    Baby’s Brain Development
    Since baby animals exposed to fluoride develop
    high levels of free radicals in their brains, it makes
    one wonder what happens to human babies.
    Unfortunately, it is the same damage.
    Researchers examined the brains of aborted
    babies five to eight months into a pregnancy who
    were from areas having naturally high fluoride levels
    in the drinking water.
    What researchers found was alarming: The brain
    cells of the babies were grossly abnormal and nerve
    fibers were not even compatible with typical human
    nerve fibers. The brain cells in the babies were
    grossly abnormal and the nerve fibers were misplaced
    and swollen. These brains were miswired.
    Keep in mind the fluoride levels in the drinking water were within the “safety guidelines” established
    by the EPA. No other causes for this damage
    were found.
    Individuals who counter these results say there
    was up to 4.5 ppm of fluoride in the water, and
    guidelines call for only 1 ppm. I object to their finger-
    pointing and say it doesn’t take a brain surgeon
    to see that this does not leave much of a margin of
    safety, especially when the EPA usually uses a 100-
    times margin of safety for such toxins.
    And we have seen that fluoride accumulates in
    the brain, reaching levels equal to these studies. Yet
    most important is the fact that even their estimates
    found that the average person is taking in 3 ppm
    per day through foods, drinks and pesticide exposure.
    More accurate estimates found an average
    daily consumption of fluoride of 4 to 8 ppm.
    Here’s a great example of how fluoride can sneak
    up on you. In the South, most people drink iced tea
    with their meals. All teas contain very high levels of
    fluoride as well as aluminum. Because the summers
    are so hot, a large number of people are drinking
    large volumes of this fluoride-laden tea.
    Many foods and drinks also are high in fluoride,
    such as de-boned meats, gelatin and American
    wines, especially California wines.
    Pesticides, too, are a problem, because they contain
    cryolite, a compound containing aluminum and
    fluoride in high concentrations. Interestingly, workers
    in cryolite industrial plants have been found to
    have a high incidence of thinking disorders as well
    as genetic damage.
    Fluoride and Cancer
    In 1975, Dr. Dean Burk, the former chief chemist
    of the National Cancer Institute, and Dr. John
    Yiamouyiannis conducted a study comparing cancer
    death rates in the 10 largest fluoridated cities
    matched with the 10 largest non-fluoridated cities.
    These cities were matched for equal cancer death
    rates before the fluoridation experiment was begun.
    They found that once cities began including fluoride
    in their drinking water, cancer death rates
    began to climb. After 13 to 17 years of fluoridation
    of their drinking water, these cities experienced a 10
    percent increase in cancer death rates compared
    with the non-fluoridated cities.
    The incidence of cancer would be even higher
    than the cancer death rates, since many people
    with cancer will not die of the disease during the
    years studied.
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    (CDC) repeated the study using a larger number of
    cities and found similar results. Interestingly, both
    scientists proved their case in court against representatives
    from the National Cancer Institute.
    Several other doctors found even more frightening
    associations between fluoridation of drinking
    water and cancer incidences. Dr. Donald Austin of
    the California Tumor Registry discovered the cancer
    death rates in California were 40 percent higher
    in fluoridated communities and Dr. Victor
    Ceilioni showed the cancer death rates in
    Canadian cities were 15 percent to 25 percent
    higher in fluoridated Canadian cites compared
    with non-fluoridated cities.
    Although a heavy proponent of fluoridation, the
    U.S. Public Health Service discovered similar results
    as Drs. Austin and Ceilioni after following up its initial
    fluoridation program.
    In the first of the fluoridated cities in the U.S. —
    Grand Rapids, Michigan — the Public Health Service
    found a 22 percent increase in cancer death rates
    compared with the non-fluoridated control city of
    Muskegon, Michigan.
    We can now show a strong connection between
    fluoridated drinking water and cancer death rates.
    And the evidence gets even stronger. As a result of
    these studies and the fact that the U.S. Public
    Health Service could not defend fluoride safety,
    Congress ordered a study of the problem to be conducted
    by the Battelle Memorial Institute in
    Columbus, Ohio.
    The Battelle Institute announced its findings and
    released proof of the connection between fluoride
    and cancer of the mouth in February of 1989.
    The study showed:
    ➔ At 45 ppm, there was a 12 percent increased
    incidence of oral cancers, such as cancers of the
    tongue and gums. Subsequent studies d show that the incidence of oral cancers in fluoridated
    vs non-fluoridated cities was 33 percent to 50
    percent greater.
    ➔ Toothpaste can contain between 1,000 and
    1,500 ppm fluoride.
    ➔ Fluoride gels used in dental offices contain up
    to 15,000 ppm.
    ➔ New fluoride varnishes release a high concentration
    of fluoride continuously in the mouth.
    Fluoride, Bone Cancer and Young Men
    The bones accumulate more fluoride than any
    other tissue with the exception of the pineal gland.
    The Battelle study found that the longer one lives in
    a fluoridated community, the higher one’s bone fluoride
    levels are.
    In fact, animals exposed to 45 ppm of fluoridated
    drinking water showed an increase in a rare form of
    bone cancer called osteosarcoma — in human studies
    the fluoride concentrations in bones found levels
    greater than 2,000 ppm.
    Osteosarcoma is a tumor most commonly seen in
    young men in their late teens and twenties. If the
    Battelle study was accurate, one would expect to see
    a rise in osteosarcoma in young men in fluoridated
    communities.
    All one has to do is look to the reports by the
    National Cancer Institute and a 1992 study by the
    New Jersey Department of Health that show heavy
    increases, some as high as 50 percent, of the occurrence
    in osteosarcoma in young men. A New Jersey
    study found a 3 to 7X higher incidence of this cancer
    in young men in fluoridated communities vs.
    non-fluoridated.
    Even more shocking is the fact that the Proctor &
    Gamble Company’s own scientists found a link
    between fluoride ingestion and bone cancer risk
    before they began adding fluoride to Crest toothpaste.
    This information was not released voluntarily
    but required a Freedom of Information lawsuit to
    pry it loose.
    Another P&G study shows that scientists also
    found genetic damage to cells exposed to just 1 ppm
    of fluoride, the same dose added to drinking water.
    This relation to genetic damage has been confirmed by several independent researchers.
    Other types of cancers associated with fluoride
    exposure include:
    ➔ Industrial exposure to airborne fluoride shows
    a 35 percent increase in lung cancer.
    ➔ There is also a 129 percent higher incidence in
    laryngeal cancer.
    ➔ Significant data show an 84 percent increase in
    bladder cancer.
    In fact, in the Battelle study fluoride caused a
    rare liver tumor that can be produced in experimental
    animals by only one other toxin — uranium.
    Does Fluoride Cause Crippling?
    Skeletal fluorosis is a rarely used term in the
    United States but often discussed in medical journals
    overseas. Not that it doesn’t occur in the U.S.,
    it’s just shrouded in secrecy. Few American doctors
    have even the slightest understanding of the
    condition.
    As you have learned, the bones accumulate fluoride
    in very high concentrations and continue to do
    so the longer you drink fluoridated water. Dr. Hardy
    Limeback, a professor of dentistry at the University
    of Toronto who also conducted studies on fluoride
    levels in the bones of people living in fluoridated
    communities versus non-fluoridated communities,
    found that the former had fluoride bone levels two
    times higher than the latter.
    In 1993 the National Academy of Sciences admitted
    that when bone fluoride levels reached 7,500 to
    8,000 ppm, stage 2 and 3 skeletal fluorosis was likely
    to occur.
    So, what is skeletal fluorosis? When fluoride accumulates
    in bones it stimulates the bone-generating
    cells, known as osteoblasts, to over-produce bone
    calcium in what are commonly known as bony
    overgrowths or bone spurs. These can appear over
    the joints, within ligaments and especially within
    the spinal bones. With extensive overgrowth (stage
    2 and 3) a person becomes crippled.
    Of particular concern is the bone overgrowth on
    the spinal bones, because they can compress spinal
    nerves and even the spinal cord. We call this condition
    spinal stenosis. Spinal stenosis is a very common disease that can
    affect the young as well as the elderly. It is much
    more common after age 50. I have operated on hundreds
    of people with this condition. Compression of
    the spinal cord in the neck can result in quadriplegia
    – permanent paralysis from the neck down.
    I have examined the spines of people from India
    with this condition proven to be caused by fluoride
    excess in the drinking water, and it is exactly the
    same as we are seeing in this country. Incredibly,
    no one has conducted studies in this country
    measuring fluoride bone levels in this crippling
    condition. It is not even mentioned in our medical
    textbooks.
    Bone Fractures and Fluoride
    One of the worst things that can happen to an
    elderly person is to fracture a hip. With mortality
    rates of up to 50 percent of those who do fracture
    their hips, many who survive never walk again.
    Any type of bone fracture is very painful and unfortunately
    quite common among the elderly.
    When fluoride is present in the bones it is shown
    to weaken the cortical bone, that part that gives the
    bone strength — bad news for fracture sufferers. One
    study among Utah’s Mormon community found that
    fluoridation of the drinking water increased the
    incidence of hip fractures by 27 percent in women
    and 41 percent in men.
    Fluoride and the Thyroid
    In the past, medical doctors used fluoride tablets
    to reduce the activity of overactive thyroid glands
    (hyperthyroidism). Subsequent studies have found
    that fluoride also suppresses the activity of the normal
    thyroid as well, inducing a condition called
    hypothyroidism or goiter.
    A study done in China found that thyroid
    enlargement was almost 10 times greater in areas
    with high fluoride levels in the drinking water.
    Since the thyroid accumulates more fluoride than
    any other gland, studies were done and confirmed
    on animals that fluoride in drinking water inhibits
    the thyroid gland. It gets worse when iodine levels
    are very low or very high.
    Pregnant women with low thyroid function are at a greater risk for their babies having severe mental
    retardation, thereby impacting the fetuses’ brain
    development, according to an article published last
    year in The Journal of Clinical Investigation.
    The article indicates that a child’s mental development
    was directly related to the mother’s thyroid
    function during the 12th week of pregnancy. With
    fluoride’s ability to suppress thyroid function, even
    mild depression of the thyroid can cause a significant
    increase in the incidence of mental retardation
    in children in fluoridated communities. This may
    explain the finding of significant increases in Down
    syndrome in fluoridated communities.
    Fluoride, Male Infertility
    and Impotence
    Reduced sperm counts and infertility in men who
    work in cryolite (50% fluoride) and aluminum factories
    have been reported. Supporting evidence shows
    that fluoride added to the drinking water of experimental
    animals causes significant reductions in
    sperm counts, lower testosterone levels and a dramatic
    increase in abnormal, mutated sperm. This
    has been shown in many animal species as well as
    in humans.
    Male fertility has been hampered by free-radical
    generation in the areas of the testes that produces
    sperm. This could explain not only infertility in
    many men living in fluoridated areas but also
    genetic defects in their offspring should they be
    able to conceive, especially those with higher
    intakes of fluoride.
    What About the Teeth?
    Let us not lose sight of the reason for fluoridating
    drinking water in the first place: preventing cavities.
    After all, didn’t the American Dental
    Association promote the idea that fluoridating
    drinking water could reduce cavities by as much as
    50 percent? In fact, subsequent examination of
    these studies found no reduction in cavities.
    One dentist commissioned by the U.S. Public
    Health Service found that people in high-fluoride
    areas had fewer cavities but they also suffered from
    a condition called dental fluorosis, which leaves the
    teeth brown and mottled. Recent studies have shown an incidence of dental
    fluorosis from 30 percent to 60 percent in fluoridated
    communities. With so many generations having
    been exposed to high fluoride levels over a lifetime,
    the problem can only get worse.
    In essence, does fluoridation of drinking water
    prevent cavities? The largest study ever done in this
    country, involving 39,000 schoolchildren, found no
    overall reduction in cavities in communities with
    fluoride in their water.
    Additionally, the largest worldwide study shows
    that children who live in areas with no fluoride in
    the water had lower cavity rates.
    In fact, cavity rates dramatically fell even before
    fluoride was added to toothpaste. It is also important
    to note that virtually all European countries
    have banned water fluoridation. The most heavily
    fluoridated country by government policy in the
    world is the United States.
    Another study, by Dartmouth University, shows
    that children living in fluoridated communities have blood lead levels twice that of non-fluoridated
    communities. That could mean more incidences of
    poor learning ability, increased violence, higher suicide
    rates and greater drug use among children.
    What Products Should You Avoid?
    Simply put, stop using fluoride in its many forms.
    This includes avoiding:
    ➔ Teas high in fluoride
    ➔ Fluoridated water
    ➔ Toothpaste with flouride
    ➔ Vaccinations, since they contain fluoride and
    aluminum
    ➔ Pesticides or herbicides near or in your home
    ➔ Medications containing fluoride
    Also, do not use lemon in your tea, since it will
    increase aluminum absorption enormously.
    Do not cook in aluminum or Teflon-coated cookware,
    and avoid using Teflon products. I would recommend avoiding the use of spray
    cans, such as hair spray, and getting rid of aluminum
    cans, such as those containing diet colas.
    Health food stores offer toothpaste without
    flouride. One type is Tom’s of Maine Natural
    Fluoride-Free Toothpaste.
    The best way to remove pesticide and herbicide
    residues from vegetables is simply to wash them.
    California wines also should be passed up, since
    they contain high amounts of fluoride.
    Soy products, which are high in fluoride, aluminum,
    glutamate and manganese, are all known
    neurotoxins and should be avoided.
    It is critical that mothers avoid all soy-based
    infant formulas, especially if they are reconstituted
    by water in a fluoridated water system. Soy-based
    formula has very high levels of these brain toxins,
    and a baby’s brain is the most vulnerable until the
    age of two years.
    What You Can Do to Protect Yourself
    Certain supplements protect against the harmful
    effects of fluoride and aluminum. These include
    (adult levels):
    ➔ Magnesium malate. Take 1,000 mg. with each
    meal to prevent aluminum absorption.
    ➔ Calcium citrate. Take only between meals to
    prevent increasing aluminum absorption. Calcium
    citrate protects against aluminum toxicity and helps
    remove aluminum from body tissues. Calcium also
    protects against fluoride toxicity by binding to the fluoride. Another form of calcium you can use is
    calcium pyruvate. The calcium neutralizes the fluoride
    and the pyruvate binds the aluminum, preventing
    absorption.
    ➔ Vitamin E succinate or natural from vitamin E
    (mixed tocopherols), 400 IU. Take one or two a day.
    Discard the gelatin capsules as they contain fluoride
    and glutamate as well as cow protein.
    ➔ Vitamin C as magnesium or calcium ascorbate.
    Take 1,000 mg twice a day. Reduces fluoride toxicity.
    ➔ Vitamin D. Take 2,000 IU a day. Protects
    against fluoride toxicity, especially in pregnant
    women. To be safe, if pregnant take 1,000 IU a day.
    ➔ Selenium. Take 200 ug a day. Selenium has
    been shown to protect against fluoride toxicity.
    Higher doses add to fluoride toxicity.
    ➔ Multivitamin/mineral. This should be as a
    powder in a capsule. It should not contain iron.
    ➔ Curcumin. 500mg dissolved in 2 tablespoons of
    extra virgin olive oil. Take twice a day with meals. It
    is a powerful antioxidant and shown to protect the
    brain against many neurotoxins.
    Additionally, to get the most protection against
    free radicals you should eat at least three to five
    servings of fruits and vegetables a day. They should
    be fresh and eaten mostly raw.
    It is also wise take 200 mg of DHA twice a day.
    Simply remove the gelatin capsule as you do with
    vitamin E. You also can get high levels of Omega-3
    fatty acids by eating Christopher eggs daily and avoid corn, safflower, sunflower, soybean and
    canola oils, all of which are Omega-6 fats.
    And, finally, I highly recommend taking 2 to 3
    mg. of melatonin at bedtime to help regulate your
    sleep.
    Pearl of the Month: Caution is advised, as a
    recent study implies a connection between women
    getting the flu during pregnancy and their children
    becoming schizophrenic later in life. No long-term
    studies have been done on pregnant women who do
    get the flu vaccine, but there is abundant evidence
    that overstimulation of the immune system can
    damage the brain, especially during the highly sensitive
    period of rapid brain development seen in
    babies.

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    • Linda
      September 8, 2012

      OH MY!

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• nadim
  September 8, 2012

  Thank you Vivian for a really great report . Looking forward to receiving the other parts of this Water Report .

  Regards

  Nadim

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• JoAnn
  September 7, 2012

  I find all of this confusing. Distilled water from the store is too expensive and I’m still confused about how good the water is in front of super markets which is RO and carbon filtered and something else to kill bacteria (can’t remember what). I understand that it needs to be maintained properly to be healthy. Still not clear that this is acceptable. Is It? Also I have used Smart Water which is vapor distilled. It also adds calcium chloride, magnesium chloride and potassium bicarbonate. I looked at the quality report and there is no detectable fluoride. Is that okay?
  Very confused about all of this but I do appreciate you, Vivian, bringing all this to our attention. You have clearly looked into it and are thorough.

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• Eve Levine
  September 7, 2012

  Vivian,
  I drink “Evamor” water, that Dr. OZ recommends to balnce the alkaline/acidity in your body. Is that good? I love the water & I drink more of it than others…
  Thanks, will look forward to your answer!

  Eve

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• maxine simons
  September 6, 2012

  I just purchased a calcium called New Chapter Bone Strength. It is algae calcium and suppose to be a excellent brand. Dr. Weil uses New Chapter vitamins. I also got the vitamins. They are from whole foods.

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• Robbie
  September 6, 2012

  Where can I buy distilled water??? This question was asked by someone else, but I did not see it answered.
  Thanks

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• Leonard Green
  September 6, 2012

  Hi Vivian,
  We’ve gotten great discussion. And it’s obvious that makes sense to use distilled water (without BPA in jugs). But the water alkalinity is under the question. As soon as treatment with alkaline water is very popular and there are a lot of evidences that it’s helpful, I think it makes sense to chechk distilled water alkalinity after adding lemon drops and add more alkalinity using different methods (baking soda, apple cider vinegar, Santevia water system methods (thanks for info), other). I do not think that there would be any harm if I would increase water alkalinity level to improve my body PH. But benefit is possible. Note: PH of distilled water is about 5 but what would happen after I add several lemon drops? Please inform
  Regards
  Leonard

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  • Tyler LeBaron
    September 7, 2012

    The pH of distilled water is around 5 due to dissolved carbon dioxide. Because water has no buffering capacity adding lemon juice would change the pH to that of the lemons which is a pH of about 2.

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• Kay
  September 6, 2012

  Just a comment related to Apple Cidar Vinigar. I would suggest drinking it with a straw. this leaves the teeth protected from the acid. Or rinse well after drinking. The acid destroys enemal.

  Also about Dr. E’s research. Also ever since I read and saw a microscope picture of microwaved water, I have stopped to use my microwave oven for any kind of heating. The picture of the water looked so tortured and sad…..

  Perhaps the micro is good for heating water for other uses. Either way, the next oven will be a convection style oven.
  KW

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  • Kay
    September 6, 2012

    OOPs, sorry about the spelling mistakes. KW

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• Corinne Palmer
  September 6, 2012

  I appreciated your excellent article. I noticed two people mentioned Kangen water. Are you familiar with it? If not, please contact Patrick Palmer, a distributor of Kangen machines. Info@ProActiveKangen.com or http://www.ProActive Kangen.com PO Box 90403, Tucson, AZ 85752-0403. We hope to buy one when we return from a trip to Papua New Guinea in 6 months or so. Presently my husband, Tom, and I are drinking Kangen water that we get from another resident here at NTM Homes. After you familiarize yourself with its professed virtues, I would love to hear your comments before we buy a machine. The Japanese use them in their hospitals. Thanks Corinne

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• ESTELLE
  September 6, 2012

  HI ALL, INTERESTING ABOUT ALL THESE COMMENTS ON WATER. I WONDER HOW THE RO VENDING MACHINES THAT DISPENSE RO WATER OUTSIDE MANY SUPER MARKETS, SANITIZE THEIR MACHINES. I HOPE THEY DONT USE CHLORINE OR OTHER CONTAMINATING CHEMICALS. DOES ANYONE KNOW?????
  I’D LIKE TO COMMENT ALSO ABOUT ALGAECAL FROM PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS, OF NOT TOO LONG AGO. I BOUGHT 3 BOTTLES OF TRUEOSTEO, AND NOTICED IT DOESNT HAVE MUCH MAGNESIUM …ONLY 65MG PER 4 CAPSULES, AND NO ZINC, OR SILICA WHICH ARE ALL NEEDED FOR BONES AND OTHER PURPOSES. I ADD MAGNESIUM, SILICA AND ZINC TO IT. AND TODAY I FOUND ANOTHER PRODUCT IN A MAGAZINE AD THAT ALSO CONTAINS ALGAECAL. ITS MADE BY GARDEN OF LIFE, CALLED VITAMIN CODE AND IS ALSO RAW PLANT CALCIUM. ITS ACTUALLY CALLED “RAW CALCIUM”..THATS THE NAME OF THE SUPPLEMENT. IT HAS MORE RAW PLANT CALCIUM, MORE VITAMIN D, MORE VIT K2, AND LOTS MORE MAGNESIUM AND ALSO CONTAINS PROBIOTICS.NO ZINC EITHER..OR SILICA. THE AD DOESNT SAY HOW MANY CAPSULES CONTAIN THESE AMOUNTS, SO ITS HARD TO REALLY COMPARE THE 2 PRODUCTS, BUT I’M GOING TO CHECK IT OUT FURTHER. IT WAS INTERESTING TO FIND ANOTHER RAW PLANT CALCIUM, AND ANOTHER ALGAECAL PRODUCT. I WONDER IF THERE ARE MORE BRANDS USING ALGAECAL??? I’D APPRECIATE ANY COMMENTS OR FURTHER KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THIS.
  AND I DONT KNOW THE PRICE OF THIS VITAMIN CODE RAW CALCIUM. SOME MAIL ORDER PLACES AND ONLINE STORES LIKELY SELL IT CHEAPER THAN MOST BRICK AND MORTAR STORES. THE BRAND I SPOKE OF IS GARDEN OF LIFE. IT WAS ADVERTISED IN TASTE FOR LIFE FREE MAGAZINE FROM SOME HEALTH STORES, AUGUST 2010, SO ITS BEEN OUT AT LEAST SINCE THEN. IT DOES LOOK LIKE ITS PROBABLY A BETTER FORMULA THAN TRUEOSTEO. MY GUESS… BASED ON INCOMPLETE INFO. ANYONE KNOW FOR SURE?

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  • wilda
    September 10, 2012

    Can someone enlighten me about some organic calcium supplements apparently containing AlgaeCal? It would appear this is the case with TrueOsteo and Garden of Life’s product. Does it mean that these products contain everthing that the AlgaeCal organic calcium one has, along with their own particular ingredients? Such as the fairly high K2 Mk7 content of AlgaeCal, plus some K2 Mk4 as in TrueOsteo, to name just one?

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• David Bourke
  September 6, 2012

  Everything in the universe is energy – including you. And everything has its own unique energy frequency. Even our thoughts – measurable via EEGs.

  “Everything is energy and that’s all there is to it…It can be no other way. This is not philosophy. This is physics” – Albert Einstein.

  The application of energy to any system will change that system at a deep structural level. Homeopathy is not just about dilution. Between each successive dilution, the solution is mechanically shaken vigorously 100 times in a process called “succussion.”

  The application of this kinetic energy at each stage serves to “imprint” the unique frequency of the active agent on the water. And the process continues until there is nothing left of whatever was added to the water. But that water is now filled with the “memory” of the substance’s energy frequency.

  Just like a tape recording or a computer hard drive.

  Remember, the heliocentric solar system we take for granted today was once considered “woo-woo.” As was a round Earth. And science once held that combusion was caused by something called “phlogiston” – we now know that oxygen is the facilitator and accelerant.

  If we consider the known electromagnetic spectrum as being equivalent to the distance between the US east and west coasts, the amount that’s observable by the human sensorium is equal to the length of your arm.

  To dismiss something as “woo” because it’s not obvious to our senses is the real absurdity.

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  • Kathryn
    September 8, 2012

    Have you experienced Quantum Touch? This is the use of universal energy. My husband and I use Quantum Touch for ourselves and family and friends. What a wonderful way to heal and help each other and others. We are all energy and vibration. We can heal by using what has been given to us.

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  • Susan Kangas
    September 8, 2012

    We are indeed energy beings, and so much is there to learn past our 5 senses! Even our earth is a matter of energy. Your explanation of the water memory was so clear and I thank you for it! Now I can understand the term, “water memory”!!

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• David Bourke
  September 6, 2012

  It’s amazing how much misinformation about distilled water and mineral “leaching” is out there. The experts speak:

  “The only minerals that the body can utilize are the organic minerals. All other types of minerals are foreign substances to the body and must be eliminated. Distilled water is the only water that can be taken into the body without any damage to the tissues” – Dr. Allen E. Banik, “The Choice is Clear.”

  “Distilled water has an inherent quality. Acting almost like a magnet, it picks up rejected, discarded, and unusable minerals and, assisted by the blood and the lymph, carries them to the lungs and kidneys for elimination from the body. The statement that distilled water leaches minerals from the body has no basis in fact. It doesn’t leach out minerals that have become part of the cell structure. It can’t and won’t. It collects only minerals that have already been rejected or excreted by the cells…To suggest that distilled water takes up minerals from foods so that the body derives no benefit from them is absurd” – Harvey & Marilyn Diamond, “Fit for Life II: Living Health.”

  ‘Your question as to whether distilled water leaches minerals out of the body reflects another persistent myth. While pure water helps to remove minerals from the body that cells have eliminated or not used, it does not ‘leach’ out minerals that have become part of your body’s cell structure. Neither does distilled water cause your teeth to deteriorate, a false claim made by a filter manufacturer looking to boost sales. As far as acidity goes, distilled water is close to a neutral pH and has no effect on the body’s acid/base balance” – Dr Andrew Weil.

  “The minerals which the human body needs that are in the water are insignificant to those in food… and anyone simply eating a varied diet, not even a balanced diet, could hardly suffer a mineral deficiency” – Dr. Henry A. Schroeder, Dartmouth Medical School.

  “The body’s need for minerals is largely met through foods, not drinking water” – American Medical Journal.

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  • Vivian Goldschmidt, MA
    September 8, 2012

    Great quotes that speak the truth, David. Thanks for posting them!

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  • Kathryn
    September 8, 2012

    RO and distilled water are acid… . minerals are what make water alkali… our bodies want to be alkali….. If we are acidic our body steals from our bones to keep us alkali…. this is called osteoporosis…..

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    • Barbara Klein-Robuck, MS, RN,
      September 8, 2012

      Yes. our bodies want to be alkali…all acidic substances draw calcium from our “bone banks” t buffer the acid ; that leads to osteoporosis and that is why I tell people about our wonderful countertop Waterfall gravity system from NIKKEN. It filters to NSF 42 & 53 standards, adds the minerals to achieve 8.5-9.5 pH and it also microclusters the molecules to promote easy absorption. AND taking calcium is not the total solution!!

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• Derek O'Brien
  September 6, 2012

  I notice you purged my comments about your conversion to Woo, and your blathering pseudo-science about water memory and similar crap.

  Bye viv, lost all credibility.

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• Fennie Hoo, Malaysia
  September 5, 2012

  Hi Vivian, thanks for the well structured and informative write up on the water article, very good reference material, the symptoms of dehydration, lack of water is happening to me right now, headache is one of the common symptom and it is not necessary cause one thirsty to find out. I like to also mention what Dr Emoto shared is working, My friends and I had met him at a trip to Phuket for the water prayer, a year after Tsunami event. Being human body contains 70% of water or so, it is also important to practice kind words to people we meet, elevate the positive energy and vibration of each life. I like to take this opportunity to thank a friend, YK who care to share this article with me, with Love & Gratitude

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• jana patrick
  September 5, 2012

  Hi Vivian! I love all of your articles! I just bought the calcium you recommended–I really appreciate the recommendation. I write a comedy blog and think you might get a kick out of one of the recent ones regarding water and…cremation… Here is the link for “In the Land of Sky Blue Water…or Blue Eyed Water…” http://www.janasrandomwriting.blogspot.com/2012/08/in-land-of-sky-blue-wateror-blue-eyed.html

  thanks,

  Jana

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• Rosedala
  September 4, 2012

  Hello Vivian and thank you for the arsenal of great health information you send. I read everything you send. However, perhaps you aren’t aware that on your article’s page there’s a vertical strip with all the social networks. I “Liked” your page on Facebook thinking it would go away but didn’t.

  I’m so sorry that it interferes seriously with my reading your good article or writing here, and therefore I won’t be able to read them anymore. This vertical strip, does it HAVE to be here perpetually?

  Thank you.

  Rosedala

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  • john I
    September 5, 2012

    quite a good piece.
    thanks

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  • Marcia
    September 4, 2012

    The problem with the strip covering the type may be caused by the browser that is being used. You may want to download Firefox or Chrome and then open the page again to see if that works better. (Just do a search for either one of those names and download the software — it is free.)
    Hope that helps!

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• jan
  September 4, 2012

  I just read your expanded edition of the Save Our Bones program and I have a question. In the dos and don’ts, you say to never eat foods that contain MSG, and you list all the different names for it (that is an eye-opener!) i am confuse about whey protein and whey protein powder. In your list of alkalizing protein, you include whey protein powder. One of the names for MSG is listed as whey protein. Is that different from whey protein powder?
  Thanks in advance for your answer. I am trying to get this right.

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  • ESTELLE
    September 6, 2012

    YES, I WAS WONDERING ABOUT WHEY PROTEIN BEING A DECEPTIVE NAME FOR MSG ALSO. I THOUGHT ITS SUPPOSED TO BE A HIGHLY BIO-AVAILABLE, HEALTHY, COMPLETE PROTEIN SOURCE MADE FROM MILK. MSG DOESNT DERIVE FROM MILK,(WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?) SO HOW COME ITS OFTEN DISGUISED AS WHEY ON FOOD LABELS? WHAT ABOUT TRUTH IN LABELING LAWS???? I’VE BEEN TAKING WHEY PROTEIN POWDER FOR YEARS, AND AVOIDING MSG BY ALL ITS DISGUISED NAMES THAT I CAN REMEMBER. WHEN MSG IS LISTED AS WHEY (WITHOUT “PROTEIN POWDER” AFTER IT)ON PRODUCT LABELS, MAYBE ONLY THEN ITS REALLY MSG. JUST GUESSING. WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK? THERE’S SO MUCH DECEPTION IN FOOD LABELS, DRUG ADVERTISING AND MANY THINGS IN AMERICA. MUCH ADVERTISING IS THE ART OF DECEPTION AND MANIPULATION. DECEPTION IS EVERYWHERE. EVEN IN CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE, WHICH RECENTLY SEEMS TO BE DISPENSING MORE POISIN DISGUISED AS MEDICINE. WE’VE GOT TO BE REALLY CAREFUL AND DO OUR RESEARCH ON DRUGS AND FOOD BEFORE WE TAKE THEM AND FIND SAFER NATURAL ALTERNATIVES WHERE-EVER POSSIBLE. MANY BOOKS ARE WRITTEN ABOUT THE HARM BEING DONE BY SO MANY DRUGS, NOT ONLY BONE DRUGS. ITS NOT ADVISABLE TO BLINDLY TRUST OUR DOCTORS ANYMORE. MANY DRUGS ARE PART MEDICINE AND PART POISIN. CALL A SPADE A SPADE. THANK HEAVENS THERE ARE NATURAL HEALERS, AUTHORS AND NATURAL SUPPLEMENTS, AND WE NEED TO GIVE ALL THESE NATURAL PRACTITIONERS MORE APPRECIATION & PRAISE…A LOT MORE OFTEN….THE AUTHORS, THE BLOGGERS, VIVIAN AND COMPLEMENTARY AND NATUROPATHIC DOCTORS, DO’S DC’S BODYWORKERS, HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGISTS, ORTHOMOLECULAR PSYCHIATRISTS ETC. THEY NEED MORE PRAISE AND APPRECIATION SHOWN.MORE ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO HELP TO EXPOSE THE CONS IN CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE, OR RATHER, CONVENTIONAL POISIN DISGUISED AS MEDICINE…AND WHO TEACH US SAFE, NATURAL AND MORE EFFECTIVE APPROACHES TO PREVENTING AND HEALING DISEASE, BASED ON FINDING THE CAUSES AND REPLACING MISSING NUTRIENTS, AND NUTRIENTS DEPLETED BY CON DRUGS. NO EXAGGERATION. PEACE. STAY NATURAL.

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    • Tyler LeBaron
      September 7, 2012

      MSG or monosodium glutamate is simply an amino acid salt. You will get more MSG from adding salt (sodium) to your meat (contains glutamate) then adding it as a seasoning. Glutamate concentration in the body is regulated, it is a vital amino acid important for pH balance and protein metabolism. Glutamine can be deaminated to form glutamate which can then be deaminated to form alpha keto gluturate which is an intermediate in the citric acid cycle. If glutamate levels are low, the body simply adds an amino group to alpha keto gluturate to form glutamate. conversely when it is high it is deaminated and metabolized. If you want to make sure you don’t eat anything with glutamate in it, then don’t eat anything that has protein (you’ll die of course).

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• Maggie
  September 4, 2012

  I use a Santevia water filtration system, which removes most of the things you don’t want in your water then adds minerals you do want. The water is at the correct PH level and I really like the taste. I have also found that I like drinking water from a china mug and drink more as a result. Whatever works!

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• Dee
  September 4, 2012

  Hi all, Interesting discussion! We drink filtered well water.I used to drink Vivians delicious lemon and cucumber water but thougt that the lemon was causing a flare with my arthritis.I am now taking apple cider vinegar.My finger nais are now smooth and shiny. Nails are growing rapidly.A bonus is that my blood suger and gluecose fasting is greatly improved.

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• Pauline Thomas
  September 4, 2012

  Thanks Vivian for all your articles. I try to drink at least six (6) cups of water by 5pm each day. My problem is I was told that distilled water is acidic, so I drink RO water. I cannot drink tap water if it means saving my life or if I have no other choice I squeeze lemon in it. Lemon is acidic outside of the body, but when consumed as in the detox, lemon, plus Maple Syrup, plus Cayenne pepper which by the way really flushes out the toxins in your body.

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  • Tyler LeBaron
    September 7, 2012

    disstiled water will have approximantly the same pH as reverse osmosis water. it is due to CO2 that dissolves in the water, if you boiled it and got all the CO2 out the pH would be neutral 7. after letting it cool it will absorb more co2 forming carbonic acid making the pH around 5. Its not a strong acid though so it won’t affect the pH of your body!

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• Evelyn Zundel
  September 4, 2012

  Wonderful article. I have been drinking distilled water for years, with a few drops of lemon juice. Thanks Vivian for all the informative information.

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• Leonard Green
  September 4, 2012

  Reading all discussion I see clearly a major point of it:
  if we drink distilled water then we do not have enough minerals.
  But nobody discusses what minerals we loose. So it’s mostly general talks without facts. Adding lemon gives us Ca, Mg , Potassium. Also we have get those minerals from food or natural supplements . What else we are loosing?
  If we are loosing something essential, then how to add missing organic minerals to our intake? Clarification is necessary. Boron is extracted from Salt Lake. Is it organic? I think that we have enough copper from 80/20 food. We take K2 supplement. What else we need for bone health?
  Another major point is water alkalinity. People stated that with the high level of water alkalinity they got good PH level. Are there such kind of evidences for using distilled water with lemon + proper 80/20 diet?
  By the way the lemon is good alkalizer and freshener. So it’s kind of contradictionary with the theory that water alkalinity does not matter.
  Please clarify

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  • Tyler LeBaron
    September 7, 2012

    are you talking about the pH of the water or its alkalinity? the two are different-the former deals with the negative log of the hydronium ion activity the latter has reference to the buffering power of a solution.

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• Valerie
  September 4, 2012

  What a goldmine of great information! You seem to have answered every question I could raise. Thank you for all these facts. I’m determined to drink more pure water and to experience the benefits.

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• Nu Ly
  September 4, 2012

  Thank you for your article on water.

  I always carry a bottle with me when I go out. I extract celery, bitter
  melon, or capsicum etc…at least one week two times, every time two cups
  500ml. I think, I get enough water. thank you.

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• bob
  September 4, 2012

  Thnak you the message on water. It was great to have all the benefits of drinking water in one message. Please keep up the good work.

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• julian
  September 4, 2012

  Give us a break!You wrote “The earth is composed of 75% water(much like our bodies).” With a diameter of nearly 13,000 km and an average water depth of maybe of 1km , obviously the composition of water in the earth would be in the thousandths of a percent. Your talking about surface area which has no meaning in the context you are writing about. This is just skewing figures for effect; it is not a mistake a doctor could make. How much credence can we give to other claims you make? I have worked on a boat where we used RO water. It is incredibly active water and corrodes the tanks much faster than even seawater; and I know that the bigger ships add mineral to their distilled water systems to make it drinkable. In nature during our millions of years of evolution, drinking from rivers, creeks,springs ect., we would have drunk very little demineralized water. And the minerals, organic or not all play a roll in our metabolism I had thought.

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  • Sandy
    September 4, 2012

    wow. that comment was pretty angry. Why attack someone trying to share information? If you don’t agree you can say so without attacking.

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  • Vivian Goldschmidt, MA
    September 4, 2012

    Julian, per Nasa’s Earth Observatory website:

    “Viewed from space, one of the most striking features of our home planet is the water, in both liquid and frozen forms, that covers approximately 75% of the Earth’s surface.”

    Link: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Water/

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• A reader a fan of several years...
  September 3, 2012

  Love your work Vivian. Thank you….Keep it up.

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  • vida
    September 4, 2012

    It is interesting for me, thank you

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• Laura
  September 3, 2012

  Hi Vivian,
  Great article! I know you recommend distilled water. But have you researched alkaline, antioxidant, micro-clustered water? I know you think the alkalinity will change or neutralize in the stomach because of the hydrocloric acids. But that is actually false. The stomach acids are only produced when we eat so that it will break down the food. We don’t have an acidic stomach all of the time. Also regular water tends to make most people feel bloated especially if they drink a lot and you can actually feel it sloshing around in your belly. If you drink ionized water then it is absorbed at a cellular level instead of sloshing around in your belly. Therefore when you drink ionized alkaline, antioxidant water such as Kangen water it does not mess with your stomach acids and it actually improves digestion as well as a host of other improvements.

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  • Kathryn
    September 8, 2012

    I love ionized, mineralized drinking water. I agree with you on that one, however the stomach is always acidic, or trying to be acidic. If it is not, you end up with an ulcer from bacteria. It is the one part of your body that should be acidic at all times, more so when you eat. If you do not have enough hydrocloric acid in the stomach, you will not digest well or kill off salmonella, and other bad bacteria. You need to be acidic at all times. The rest of your body wants to be alkali at all times.

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    • lo pearson
      September 9, 2012

      Just wanted to share that I was drinking alkaline water and was recently diagnosed with a bacterial infection in my GI tract. I didn’t make a connection to the possible cause until I read the article regarding alkaline water possibly leading to baterial infections due to incomplete digestion because of its effect to the acidity levels in the stomach. I am no longer drinking alkaline water but just adding lemon juice to distilled water.

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  • Tyler LeBaron
    September 7, 2012

    There is always acid in the stomach. when the acid is neutralized the body than works to make it acidic again, when doing so it causes the blood to become more alkaline. That is how kangen water helps maintain pH homeostasis.

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  • Laura
    September 6, 2012

    Hi Vivian,
    I would love to know your thoughts about this. Have you researched ionized water? Thank you so much!

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• Stan Ehnis
  September 3, 2012

  I use Kangen water which Ionizes the water and Alkalizes the water. I use 9.5 alkalinity. It helped me to lose weight at first and keeps me healthier. I was told that reverse osmosis or distilled water is “dead water”. The investment was a large one but worth it for a lifetime of healthy living. I carry a bottle with me at all times.

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• Rafael
  September 3, 2012

  Why not take ionized water 9/10 ph and distill it?
  I use one of these 1 gallon 4 per day distiller.
  http://www.nutriteam.com/water-distillers/water-distillers.html

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• Roma
  September 3, 2012

  Thanks for your information. I was told that I have spinal ostoporosis. I hate taking any type of drugs and will like to know how to heal without them. I cannot afford to purchase your book. Do yu have any hand outs.flyers, etc? thank you

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  • Kathryn
    September 8, 2012

    Get off the wheat, meat and sweet. These are all stealing your calcium. They are acidic foods. You need to look up alkaline foods and make that 80-90 percent of your diet. Next take a high quality Calcium-Magnesium and a quality Mineral supplement. Get something good from a small company that make their own supplements. Do not drink milk for calcium… it is acidic too. Eat lots of Vegetables, fruit, oatmeal, brown rice…
    Last of all.. DO NOT DRINK SOFT DRINKS OF ANY KIND. They will rob you of calcium and minerals. Good luck to you, you can do it…. Kathy

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• Marlena Santoyo
  September 3, 2012

  Having been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, I work out about three times a week at the Y swimming laps and doing my own water aerobics. Generally, I do tai chi once a week and some low weights a few times a week.

  My question is this. What should/could you recommend I put on my body to diminish the effects of the chlorine when I come out of the pool?

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  • Nilza
    December 22, 2012

    Hi Karen!!! I love my yellow home! The color is Butter from Sherwin Williams, no VOC paint. Let me know if you go for it! I think you’ll love it! It was the cslseot color I could find to warm sunshine making my house glow on those dreary winter grey days xoxo, Laura

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• Eric
  September 3, 2012

  The Hunza people of extreme northwest Pakistan who live in a mountain valley of the Himalayan mountain range are some of the healtiest people in the world. They drink cloudy looking water from the mountain streams which is full of minerals and sediments and are no worse for it considering their long life span. Of course, they eat a very healthy diet and have hardly any pollution. Patrick Flannigan .a brilliant scientist,worked for many years to try to duplicate this water in his laboratory considered to be so healthful in minerals .Just some food for thought. By the way, most animals drink stream, lake or pond water and have done so from the begining of time.

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• Dorothy Openshaw
  September 3, 2012

  I would like to know your opinion about Xylitol as a sugar substitute. I could not find a place to reply on that subject. I went to the health food store to buy Stevia and they recommended Xylitol which tastes just like sugar, but I have noticed it doesn’t give me the energy boost that sugar does. Is it healthful or does it have something wrong with it too?

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  • Vivian Goldschmidt, MA
    September 3, 2012

    Xylitol is a sugar alcohol, so it’s acidifying. I recommend stevia as a sweetener, or honey.

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    • Judy
      September 4, 2012

      Thank you Vivian for ALL YOU DO FOR US!!

      As far as Honey, there are thousands. Which do you recommend? Organic, raw Manuka is tops, correct?

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      • ESTELLE
        September 6, 2012

        GET THE KIND THAT TASTES BEST TO YOU. IT STILL MAY RAISE BLOOD SUGAR AND/OR INSULIN THOUGH. AGAVE NECTAR IS A BIT SIMILAR TO HONEY AND IS LOW OR ZERO GLYCEMIC. ALSO SOME ORIENTAL GROCERY STORES SELL HONEY INFUSED WITH GINGER, JUJUBE AND OTHER THINGS. TRY THESE IF YOU ARE NOT DIABETIC OR PREDIABETIC. RAW HONEY IS SUPPOSED TO BE HEALTHIER ALSO. HAS SOME PROPOLIS IN IT WHICH HELPS KILL GERMS, AND IT TASTES GREAT. EXPLORE VARIOUS KINDS.

• Diane Martinson
  September 3, 2012

  I use a Zero pitcher to filter our water, it says it filters out fluoride, (even called the company to double check), and other solids, comes with a gauge to check it so you know when to change the filter, you can use it to check other water too and it always measures high when the zero water measures 0.

  Diane

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• Paumea James Edward Horton McKay Jnr
  September 3, 2012

  Kia Ora (New Zealand Maori greetings which means More Godly Life to you) Vivian. I love the way you show your agreement ie Amen. More importantly I love your most respectful responses to people who for example chide or challenge you when they differ from your sound advice. You simply re state the “discovered” truth. ie. Those that speak against distilled water. It makes sense to me that distilled water is pure h2o. Nowhere do you state that the body can function at its optimum with h20 ONLY. I take it that pure h2o is simply one of the vehicles (car) that transports the other needed elements. That this car has no contaminants on board. That the needed minerals comes from organic sources which the body systems can utilize and not from inorganic sources which gets filtered out and if not eliminated forms solid mineral waste.
  Placebo. Who is to say that a dog does not have a built in system that can cause it to believe. Even if it can be proven that a dog does not have such a system. That does not prove that we humans do not. I grew up on a farm. When a dog or a cat (customarily carnovoures) are sick they will seek out certain grasses or weeds and eat them, when a wild animal is severely wounded nigh unto death, it can shut down the body functions and crawl into a brier patch (fortified healing place) and go with out food or water for many days. The cat dog wild animal did not go to homeo or medical college, yet somehow they apply the natural laws and live. Perchance the knowledge or information (intelligence) is imbedded in their very being. People who are disciplined in a certain form of yoga have been able to control their brainwaves and heart rates whereby they have been declared DEAD.
  Thank you for all your thoroughly researched articles and even more. They are presented in such simple everyday language that I don’t have to consult a homeo or medical journal to understand and apply. Paumea. Kia Ora Vivian

  is devoid contaminantsof transportinginoou point out that those “other” elements

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  • Vivian Goldschmidt, MA
    September 3, 2012

    Kia Ora to you, Paumea!

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• mary t ball
  September 3, 2012

  Hi Vivian
  What a great and interesting aricle! Never realised there was so much to a humble glass of water Makes you wonder how some of our ancestors survived drinking well water!
  Mary.

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