DISTILLED WATER IS PURE SOFT WATER
INORGANIC MINERALS, ARE HARMFUL TO THE HUMAN BODY
Regular water consists of inorganic minerals which cannot be assimilated by the body. The only minerals the body can utilize are organic minerals. All the inorganic minerals must be eliminated or they will in time cause health problems. There is a big difference between powdered iron filings (inorganic iron) and the iron found in plants (organic iron). Inorganic minerals are excellent for the plants which take them and convert them into organic minerals that our bodies can use. Plants also take the water that is used to grow our fruits and vegetables and convert it into distilled water. For example, a fresh apple consists of 83% distilled water. When we consume hard water saturated with calcium, magnesium, iron, copper, silicon, etc., we do not realize that the body is unable to assimilate these inorganic minerals. These solids or mineral deposits are deposited in the joints as arthritis, in the intestinal walls causing constipation, and along the arteries causing them to harden. The kidneys roll up the mineral deposits into little stones, called kidney stones until they get too large for the ducts. Calcium deposits in the heart chambers and valves can become so cemented with mineral deposits that heart surgery becomes necessary. Calcium deposits in the inner ear cause deafness. Skilled surgeons can now remove these deposits and in many cases restore hearing again. Mineral deposits often coat the crystalline lens of the eyes with a fine film possibly resulting in cataracts. (5)
DISTILLED WATER OR REVERSE OSMOSIS WATER HELPS RESTORE HEALTH
You may have heard that distilled water leaches good minerals from the body. This is not so. The only minerals that are leached by distilled water are the inorganic minerals that the body cannot use. Distilled water will not leach organic minerals that have become part of the structure of the cell system. Once an organic mineral has become part of the cell structure, it cannot be leached. As distilled water enters the body, since it is so pure, it begins to pick up inorganic mineral deposits that have accumulated in the joints, artery walls, or wherever such deposits occur, and begins to carry them out. Gal stones and kidney stones get smaller and smaller until they pass through the ducts. Little by little arthritic pains become less as joints become more supple and movable. Arteries gradually become more elastic and blood pressure tends to become more normal as the inorganic minerals are removed from the body. I have personally seen many of my clients, who switched to distilled water or reverse osmosis water and modified their diets, totally recover from many of these health problems.
Note: For those who can afford it, I strongly encourage you to buy a good quality water distiller or a reverse osmosis filtering system. As for bottled water, I have tested many types of bottled water and distilled is purest with Reverse Osmosis running a close second. The major drawback for both of these is that they come in plastic bottles and the chemicals in the plastic leach into the water. This is why much of the distilled water you buy in the store tastes so bad. Glass jars are best. So, if you can't afford a distiller, take your empty glass jars to the Reverse Osmosis machines that you now see in front of many grocery stores and fill them with Reverse Osmosis water.
HOW MUCH WATER SHOULD ONE DRINK?
Water is the most transient of any element taken into the body. It is eliminated four ways: namely, lungs, skin, kidneys and intestines. Drinking adequate amounts of water helps remove from the blood its foulest materials, rendering the blood cleaner for the building up of tissues, and better health.
WE LOSE APPROXIMATELY THREE QUARTS OF WATER DAILY
inches long and 2-3 inches wide, and they process an amount of blood equivalent to all that is in the human body (about five quarts) every four to five minutes. These small filters know exactly what substances to let pass by, and then they reabsorb the fluid after the poisons are passed on to the bladder as urine. The kidneys excrete one to one-and-a-half quarts of urine each day if the body is receiving enough water (8 or more glasses a day).
WHEN SHOULD WE DRINK WATER?
Water is also a lubricant - preventing friction between the body's joints and muscles. During manual labor, the body is stretched, twisted, and bent in ways that wouldn't be possible if water wasn't present, such as in the fluid that surrounds the knee.
LACK OF WATER CAN CAUSE THESE HEALTH PROBLEMS
insufficient water. The fecal matter in the large colon should be moist and soft; but if you are not drinking enough water the body will reabsorb this impure water from the fecal matter, making it hard and causing constipation and hemorrhoids. Lack of water can also cause swelling of the ankles, psoriasis of the skin, eye problems, fatigue, etc.
Most all of us are very conscious of our outward appearance to the extent that we bathe regularly, wear clean clothes and smell nice, but what about the inside of our bodies? Just as it takes water on the outside of our bodies to keep them clean, it is even more important to use plenty of water on the inside to keep us clean. A person who has a body full of accumulated waste will not have good health. So for optimum health drink a sufficient amount of water everyday.
HOW DO WE USE WATER
EXTERNALLY (HYDROTHERAPY) TO
HEAL THE BODY?
DAILY BATHING FOR OPTIMUM HEALTH
The external application of water is one of the easiest and most satisfactory ways of cleansing the body and regulating the circulation of the blood. A warm bath opens the pores of the skin and helps in the elimination of impurities. Both warm and neutral baths soothe the nerves and equalize the circulation. The skin has mil ions of pores from which flow constantly a stream of poisons that are left on the skin. If the person doesn't bathe often, these poisons will continue to accumulate and cause many health problems. Note: If the underclothes are not changed daily, the impurities that are on the clothes will be reabsorbed by the pores of the skin; thus they are taken back into the blood stream, and these impurities put an extra load on the internal organs of elimination sometimes causing infections and sickness.
COOL BATH OR SHOWER VERY STIMULATING
Most people would receive tremendous benefits from a cool or tepid bath or shower every day. It will improve one's circulation by bringing the blood to the surface. It is also very invigorating to the body; and after you dry off, you feel terrific.
MOIST HEATING THROAT COMPRESS
A cold wet cotton cloth is placed around the neck, then covered very well with a dry flannel cloth to prevent air circulation. The body will heat this wet cloth up and you have a mild prolonged application of moist heat. The best time to do this is in the evening just before you go to bed, leave it on all night, and remove it in the morning. The compress will be dry by then. As soon as you remove the compress, rub the neck with a cloth wrung out of cold water. This compress is very good for sore throats, hoarseness, tonsillitis, laryngitis, eustachian tube inflammation, etc. This compress can also be used on a swollen knee, elbow, etc.
HOT AND COLD FOOT BATH
Simply fill two large containers. Fill one with hot water and the other with ice water. Then immerse the feet first in the hot water for 3 minutes, then in the ice water for 1 minute. Do this three times in each and finish in the ice water. This alternate hot and cold foot bath is very good for improving circulation to the feet, for helping to remove fluid retention in the feet, for those with a cold or low grade fever, etc. The alternate hot and cold will increase the body's white blood cell count, which will help build the body's immune system, and improve your general health. This hot and cold bath can also be done to the leg, hand, arm, etc.
TUB BATH TO LOWER FEVERS
If one has a fever of approximately 102 degrees F., then put them in a tub of water with a temperature of about 98 degrees F., and this will bring the fever down. Never put them in a tub of real cold water as this will drive the blood from the limbs of the body toward the trunk of the body and will cause congestion of the blood.
These are just a few of the simple natural ways to use water externally to improve health. For more information on this subject, I highly recommend the book Home Remedies, by Drs. Calvin and Agatha Thrash, published by New Lifestyle Books, Seale, AL., 36875.
(1) National Cancer Institute 79:1269, 1987
(2) S. Environmental Protection Agency, Is Your Drinking Water Safe?
(3) American Demographics, Jan. 1987
(3) Lead Astray: The Poisoning of America, Discover, Dec. 1987
(5) Alien Banik, The Choice Is Clear, Pg. 10-12, 1989