Distilled Water & Dispelling Myths about it
by Leon Tan, B. Sc. Nutrition USA.
Distillation is the single most effective method of water purification and can be used throughout the world on all types of water.
Pure water for drinking is one of the most precious commodities on the planet. You constantly read in the news about how we’re running out of oil and gas and how these resources can only last another 20-30 years. But the simple fact is that’s 20-30 years longer than we have for water. Already, in many parts of the world, lack of clean water is the biggest problem faced by huge numbers of people. Just to hazard a guess, I believe that in the next 50 years, more wars will be fought over water than oil.
Why is water so important? Quite simply, it’s essential for life. And the sad fact is… many people just don’t get enough. The vast majority of people living in this day and age (even in areas where clean water is abundant) are dehydrated.
Most people think that tea, coffee, alcohol, soft drinks, or other forms of manufactured beverages are desirable substitutes for pure water. Nothing can be further from the truth. This misconception is common, but potentially deadly, mistake.
Water is the solvent in our bodies, and as such, it regulates all the functions of our bodies, including the action of all the solids dissolved in the water. In fact, every function of the body is monitored and pegged to the efficient flow of water. Think for a moment of just a few of the functions that water regulates in our bodies:
- The movement of blood
- The transport of nutrients into our cells
- The movement of waste out of our cells
- The flow of lymph fluid
- The movement of hormones throughout our bodies
- The functioning of our brains
If we were to become dehydrated, all of these functions (and a thousand more) would be impaired.
Unfortunately, that’s exactly what is happening for the vast majority of us. Over time, as we become increasingly dehydrated, our thirst mechanism gradually fails, which leads to even more dehydration.
Even MILD dehydration will slow down one’s metabolism as much as 3%. Studies have also shown that dehydration is the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
Symptoms of chronic dehydration include allergies, asthma, chronic pains, constipation, acidosis, dry skin, and the shrinking of internal organs and thinning of skin associated with aging—to name just a few.
We need to consume between 2 to 3 litres of pure water a day. Pure, fresh (not bottled or canned) fruit and vegetable juices may be substituted for some of this quantity. In general, however, pure water is the key.
There are numerous types of “best” water available in the market. How do we know which one is really the best? After doing much research into this subject, we came to the conclusion that distilled water is by far the purest and best water for consumption.
For reasons unbeknown to us, there seem to be a few myths about distilled water. The purpose of the rest of this article is to dispel the most common myths regarding it.
What is distilled water?
Distilled water is water that has been heated to the boiling point so that impurities are separated from the water, which itself becomes vapour or steam. Steam is then condensed back into pure liquid form. The impurities remain as residue and are removed. Pure Water Distillation Systems remove waterborne biological contaminants such as bacteria, viruses, organic and inorganic chemicals, heavy metals, volatile gasses, cysts and other contaminants. Distilled water contains virtually no solids, minerals or trace elements. It is clean, natural and healthy. Steam-distilled water is the standard by which all other waters are measured.
Why use distillation?
Distillation is the single most effective method of water purification and can be used throughout the world on all types of water. Distillers can be used to purify sea water into pure water.
Unlike other treatment methods, such as carbon filters and reverse osmosis, our systems are effective on virtually all contaminants and are not dependent on water pressure, water temperature, pH, or chlorine and can even be used on water containing bacteria and parasites and still produce safe, 99.9% pure water.
MYTH N0.1: DISTILLED WATER LEACH MINERALS FROM MY BODY
Absolutely NOT … in fact just the opposite has been found to occur in cellular research studies. It is a mistaken belief that drinking pure, distilled water reduces valuable minerals from living human tissues.
There are two types of minerals, organic and inorganic. Human physiology has a biological affinity for organic minerals. Most organic minerals for our body functions come from plants. A growing plant converts the inorganic minerals from the soils to a useful organic mineral.
Tap water presents a variety of inorganic minerals which our body has difficulty absorbing. Their presence is suspect in a wide array of degenerative diseases, such as hardening of the arteries, arthritis, kidney stones, gallstones, glaucoma, cataracts, hearing loss, emphysema, diabetes, and obesity. What minerals are available, especially in “hard” tap water, are poorly absorbed or rejected by cellular tissue sites, and, if not evacuated, their presence may cause arterial obstructions and internal damage.
Even if the human tissue suddenly developed the ability to absorb inorganic minerals from tap water, it would take an enormous amount of tap water to supply the bare, minimal mineral quantities for human life functions. If (for example) the rich, inorganic mineral content of the tap water in Reno, Nevada, were modified so that it would convert the daily Calcium requirement (RDA) from its inorganic calcium solutes, you would have to drink 7.4 gallons of their tap water!
When inorganic minerals are “removed” from tap water by converting it into pure, distilled water, the result is a remarkable biological mineral absorption for both health and maximal metabolic activity.
MYTH NO. 2: MY BODY NEEDS MINERALS BUT DISTILLED WATER CONTAINS NONE
There is no doubt that the body needs minerals. This issue is perhaps the “hottest” one regarding the use of distilled water. It is easy to find an equal number of “authorities” or “experts” on both sides of this controversial issue.
In short, virtually all nutritional and medical authorities agree that the body assimilates organic minerals from the daily food cycle. Where the authorities disagree is whether or not the body directly extracts any nutritional value from the minerals found in an inorganic source such as dissolved rocks, dirt, and stones found in tap or mineral waters.
Perhaps the best way we have found to sort out this problem is to evaluate various tap and mineral water sources around the world and determine the amount of inorganic minerals (by weight) which would be consumed by drinking an average of two litres of tap water daily. Then, we compare this number to the amount of minerals (by weight) found in a normal daily diet. Dr. Jon Kirschmanns Nutritional Almanac is one of the several good sources for this data.
When these two sources of minerals are compared, the results are real eye-openers. On the average, over 95% of the major and trace minerals ingested daily (by weight) come from food (fruits, vegetables, animal products)—and less than 5% from drinking water.
The distilled water “mineral issue” then can be focused on a much clearer question: Is it really smart to ingest all types of heavy metals, bacteria, chemicals used in water treatment processes, industrial and agricultural chemical residues, etc., simply to get that little additional percentage of daily mineral intake from water sources? We don’t think so!
BUT DON’T JUSTTAKE OUR WORD FOR IT. LISTEN TO WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY…
“The body’s need for minerals is largely met through foods, not drinking water.” – American Medical Journal
“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
“Water hardness (inorganic minerals in solution) is the underlying cause of many, if not all, of the diseases resulting from poisons in the intestinal tract. These (hard minerals) pass through the intestinal walls and get into the lymphatic system, which delivers all of its products to the blood, which, in turn, distributes to all parts of the body. This is the cause of much human disease.” – Dr. Charles Mayo, world-renowned Mayo Clinic
“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.”- “The Choice is Clear” by Dr. Allen E. Banik
“The greatest damage done by inorganic minerals—plus waxy cholesterol and salt—is to the small arteries and other blood vessels of the brain (75% water). Hardening of the arteries and calcification of the blood vessels starts on the day you start taking inorganic chemicals and minerals from the tap water into you bodies.“- “The Shocking Truth About Water” by Dr. Paul Bragg, ND. Ph.D.
“After 2 to 3 months of consuming distilled water, my backaches, joint pains and the pain in my right shoulder blade vanished …”
Mr. Eric Sinagoh tells Rosalind Hee.
My recent short conversation with Mr. Eric Sinagoh, age 50, about NewLife™’s Countertop Distiller, enlightened me on some interesting truths about the water we drink today.
Mr. Sinagoh, who is a customs officer in Kota Kinabalu and a proud father of four, used to suffer from severe pain in his lower back, joints, and his right shoulder blade. He could not stand straight for more than 5 minutes due to this pain.
Like many, he has tried countless remedies but all to no avail. When he first heard about NewLife™ International and its products, he was quite doubtful of how effective these products would be.
Initially, Mr. Sinagoh’s peers discouraged him from buying the distiller and using it, saying that distilled water contains no minerals. He used to buy mineral water from the shops for his own consumption, not realizing that it actually contributed to his back and joint pains.
However, he soon found that NewLife™ International was different. It really promotes the importance of colon health, healing of the whole body through Dr. Lynn Tan’s Detoxification & Rejuvenation Programme and drinking distilled water, all for the purpose of enjoying natural, healthy living.
He attended a health talk by Dr. Lynn Tan, where he learned the truth about the harmful effects of the water that we drink today.
Mr. Sinagoh then made the choice to switch from mineral water to distilled water, which he also bought from the shops. But because of the inconvenience of having to go out each time to get fresh supplies of distilled water, he decided to buy NewLife™’s Countertop Distiller.
Now looking back at his decision in 1997, Mr. Sinagoh has no regrets. After 2 to 3 months of consuming distilled water, his backaches, joint pains and the pain in his right shoulder blade vanished. That was almost 10 years ago, and he has been feeling great ever since.
I can testify to that, too. I began working at the NewLife™ office in January this year, where a Countertop Distiller is available for staff use. I quickly found that the water from the distiller tastes so much better compared to the water I bring from home.
Mr. Sinagoh now says that “People need to understand why distilled water is good.” In nature, water evaporates into the atmosphere and comes down as rain. Water in the clouds is in its purest natural form— purely H2O with virtually no minerals. Any water that is not H2O is not pure water. Water is not a source for the essential minerals. Minerals in water are inorganic, and our bodies, being a living organism, cannot absorb the inorganic (nonliving) material in the water. Our kidneys actually expel excess inorganic minerals that our body cannot use.
Kidney stones are formed partly because of the overwhelming amount of inorganic ‘minerals’ we receive each day. What our body needs is pure water, and distillation is the way to go!
