Water - The Choice for Long-Term Health

Water, water, every kind, but which one shall I drink? The debate on what kind of water is the best choice for long-term consumption has raged on and on. Recent evidence brought to light especially in the report “Nutrients in Drinking Water” by the WHO has brought clarity to this long discussed issue. WHO is interested in this topic because of the world-wide production of low mineral water from desalination plants, to the tune of 6 billion gallons daily.

Operators of desalination plants know that low mineral water is acidic and aggressive. It is an industry-wide rule that water must be partially re-mineralized and alkalized before sent down the distribution pipeline because the purified water is too aggressive and will cause severe corrosion of the pipeline. This fact makes it very clear that low mineral water is indeed aggressive in nature.

A one-year experiment with rats using low mineral water found negative effects such as an increase of extracellular body water, increased sodium concentration in the blood, increased urine output, and increased losses of sodium and chloride ions in the urine. There were also hormonal changes including reduced secretions of tri-iodothyronine and aldosterone, and increased secretion of cortisol, and morphological changes in the kidneys. There was evidence of reduce skeletal ossification of rat fetuses of the dams given distilled water during the one-year study as well. Many of these same findings were repeated in human volunteer studies—increased urine production (almost 20%), increased body water volume, increased sodium concentration in the blood, decreased potassium concentration in the blood, and increased elimination of sodium, potassium, chloride, magnesium, and calcium ions from the body. So, there is some hard data showing that there are extra losses of minerals as a result a drinking low mineral water. In spite of homeostatic controls, minerals really can be removed from the body by distilled water. This is a major finding.

Although minerals come in different forms, the most common method of absorbing them from the gut is through the ionic, charged form. Forms of minerals that do not ionize have to be absorbed along with whatever the mineral is bound to. In some cases this works (as with amino acid chelates) and sometimes it doesn’t (as with phytate and oxalate mineral compounds). After absorption of the ionic minerals the body can attach the mineral to the specific organic molecule it needs for proper function of that molecule.

However, some minerals remain as ions in the body, as well as in plants. Ions are a part of biology. Blood, breast milk, and all your organs contain free ionic minerals as well as organic and complex minerals. Even carrot juice contains ions. If it didn’t you wouldn’t be able to pass a current through it and light up a little water tester light with it. But you can. There are also many studies demonstrating the uptake of minerals from water, with absorption rates as high or higher than seen in common foods. Calcium and magnesium in water (minerals contributing to the hardness of water) have had beneficial effects on people, including cardiovascular disease and higher bone mass densities. Minerals in water make the water passive and are beneficial to us.

So, what is the solution? Purification is really not an option to ensure high quality drinking water. We still believe that distillation, combined with post-distillation carbon filtration, provides the purest, safest form of water. But don’t stop there. We are now recommending that people re-mineralize their water, beginning with dark Willard Water concentrate. Willard Water contains a micelle catalyst that alters the structure of the water, making it more easily assimilated and increasing the absorption of nutrients from the water. Dr. John Willard, PhD discovered this product’s amazing properties in the 1960s, with beneficial results for growing plants, saving baby calves, and for people. So, Willard Water has a long track record of safety and efficacy. The minerals in Willard Water come from refined lignite coal, a source of fossilized plant matter. So, this is an ante-Deluvian plant mineral source. Re-mineralized distilled water is the water that we now recommend for drinking.

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Hallelujah Acres® is a non-denominational Christian ministry that provides education, products, services, and other resources to help people everywhere understand and practice God’s ways to ultimate health. Our mission at Hallelujah Acres® is to teach people the world over about God’s natural laws for healing and health; to show them how to attain and maintain optimal health while eliminating sickness and disease; and to influence them to adopt a healthier lifestyle.