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Clean, fresh water should be part of any solid nutrition program. Water is the most essential nutrient in our diet, yet it is the one that is the most overlooked by doctors and nutritionists.
Water is the building block of life. It is the most fundamental nutrient in our body and it plays a vital role in every bodily function, including: circulation, breathing, digestion, brain activity and growth. Water is crucial for controlling body temperature, lubrication and purifying toxins from each cell in your body.
Our bodies are composed of approximately 70% water. Blood is 83% water, our lungs are 75% water, and even bones are 22% water. The body constantly maintains this remarkable balance so well that even a 2% drop in the percentage of water in the body can cause fatigue, and a 10% drop in the percentage can result in death.
The quality of water that we put into our bodies is vitally important. If over 70% of our body is water and we continually replace the water that makes up our body, then we should make sure that it’s the highest quality water that we can get. Today the cleanest type of water we can get is steam-distilled water.
The body does not need the stray chemicals that are generally found in tap water. That is one of the reasons why drinking steam-distilled water, which is free of virtually all contaminants, is so important. Stray chemicals can cause side reactions which can be harmful or even fatal. Therefore both the quantity and the quality of the water that we drink determine the quality of our tissues and organs and their performance, as well as their resistance to disease.
What is distillation?
Webster’s Dictionary defines distillation as “the process of heating a mixture and condensing the resulting vapor to produce a more nearly pure substance”.
Distilled water is water that has been heated to the boiling point so that the water becomes steam and is separated from the impurities. The steam is then condensed back into pure high quality water. The impurities remain as residue in the boiling chamber to be flushed.
The distillation process removes virtually all biological, organic, inorganic and radioactive contaminants. Distilled water contains virtually no solids, minerals or trace elements. Distilled water is 99.99% pure; it is clean, natural and healthy. Steam distilled water is the standard by which all other types of water are measured.
Why use distilled water?
Distillation is the single most effective method of water purification and can be used throughout the world on all types of incoming water. Unlike other treatment methods, such as carbon filters and reverse osmosis, distillation is effective on virtually all contaminants and is not dependent on water pressure, water temperature, pH, or chlorine and it can even be used on water containing bacteria and parasites and still produce safe, 99.99% pure water.
Pure distilled water can be used for all consumable needs, or anything that goes into your body. Whether we consume ice cubes, soup, coffee, tea, pasta, rice, baby formula, juices, Kool-Aid®, or just drinking water, the cleanest water should be used. The contaminants present in all water find their way into our bodies, causing many potential problems. Distillation removes the water from these contaminants, which makes it healthy and safe to use as an overall source of water.
Distilled water is used for more than just drinking water. Laboratories use it for analytical research and utensil washing. The medical community uses it for sterilization, medical procedures, health treatment solutions and in food preparation. The pharmaceutical community uses it for process water, laboratory experiments and as a base component for certain medicines.
What about the minerals in water?
Various minerals are essential for the proper functioning of the heart and the rest of your body. A very important point to remember is that the minerals must be in a form that the body can readily assimilate and use. The minerals that are found in tap water are in an inorganic form, which are poorly assimilated by the body. They are a result of the water dissolving the minerals from the rocks and soil that it comes in contact with on its way to our homes.
Minerals in water are often intermingled with contaminants that are not beneficial to us. For example: lead, mercury, arsenic, solvents, pesticides, pharmaceutical drugs, herbicides, and other chemicals or biological contaminants can be harmful, and in many cases become fatal to the human body.
What makes the best water to use?
• Distillation is the single-most effective water treatment method. A well-designed distiller will remove 99.99% of the contaminants present in our water.
• Distillation is the only method that collects the pure steam. The steam rises from the boiling water, leaving virtually all contaminants behind. The steam is then cooled and condensed into pure water.
• Distillation offers absolute peace of mind. The distillation process is not limited by the quality of the source water. It will consistently produce high quality water, regardless of the contaminants present in the source water, something that no other water treatment process can honestly claim.
• Distillation is recommended by many top doctors and nutritionists and it is endorsed in books such as “Fit for Life; Fit for Life 2; Optimum Sports Nutrition’ Nutrition for Endurance; Prescription for Nutritional Healing; Pure Water Now: It’s time for action,” and many other health and nutrition books.
• Distillation duplicates Mother Nature’s hydrologic cycle, nature’s primary method of providing pure water on our planet.
References:
1. Distillation: Process and Technology, 2004 Athol E. Meder.
2. Eldon Muehling, Ask Dr. Water Newsletters, 2005.
3. Water Technology, http://www.watertechonline.com .
For more info, contact Nikki Lee Shelton, Mgr at 775-673-2152 or email info@millerwater.com
