Minerals in water
Minerals in water are probably the most talked about and most controversial issue when it comes to water purification.
Below is an in debt look at minerals in water, the difference between these various kinds of minerals and also an explanation of why we believe it is better to have mineral free water.
1. Two Different kinds of Minerals.
The first important part of understanding minerals in water is to know the difference between Organic and Inorganic minerals.
Inorganic minerals are minerals that never lived and are unable to bring life into our cells. They have a covalent bond which the body cannot break down. They are metals and the body treats them more as toxins than as nutrients. Our body’s cells reject inorganic minerals and deposit it in various tissues: Organs, joints, bones and the circulatory system.
These inorganic minerals that have been rejected by the body can lead to kidney stones, gallstones, ossification of the brain, arthritis, heart disease and the hardening of arteries!
Organic minerals once were or are now living and can bring life to and be utilized by cells. They have an ionic bond which the body can break down into usable material for tissue repair and function. It is made of a plant, or living organism and the body uses it as food. The plant draws the inorganic minerals from the soil by way of its roots and converts them into organic minerals.
Let’s look at a couple of examples of these two kinds of minerals.
Arsenic in the chemical, metal or inorganic state can be a lethal poison. Arsenic in an organic state can be found in celery and asparagus.
Iron. The prescription iron is more than likely ferric (iron) acid. They make ferric acid by taking a piece of iron and pouring acid over it. When it rusts they scrape it off and put it into a pill and call it an iron supplement.
This inorganic iron will cause the stole to darken, can be poisonous and usually the more you take the more constipated you become.
Organic iron, however, in raisins and prunes does not usually darken the stole. In fact, the more you take usually the looser the bowel movement.
Lime (CaCO3) is one of the main ingredients in cement and you will also find it in most South Africans kettles, pipes, geysers etc. Lime can in an inorganic state cause various problems in the human body, some people suffer from such high concentrations of lime in their bodies their hands and fingers become disfigured. Although milk, yogurt and cheese are rich in Ca and needed by our bodies, they are worlds apart from that which you will find on the inside of your kettle!
Another difference between Organic and Inorganic minerals is the spin of the electron. While organic minerals electrons spin clockwise – inorganic minerals spin counter clockwise. The human bodies electron also spins clockwise, therefore organic minerals vibratory rate are comparable to the human body.
2. What about the minerals in our water.
Although our bodies need up to different 70 minerals on a daily basis, more than 97% of minerals in water are inorganic and therefore undesirable in drinking water.
Inorganic minerals are removed from water during nature’s water cycle, that is, during evaporation from the sun, only the water itself is removed, with the inorganic chemicals behind. The distillation process is one filtering process that mimics what nature does on its own.
So, why are these minerals removed from pure drinking water?
Inorganic minerals are picked up in the ground by the water supply.
These inorganic, or non-living, minerals cannot be utilized by humans or animals. However, plants can. Plants turn them into the organic minerals through photosynthesis and then they’re in a form that our bodies can use. Unfortunately the inorganic minerals that pass into our drinking water cannot help us and can in fact, harm us.
3. In Closing
Water wasn’t meant to be our source of minerals, plants are our source of minerals. The minerals that is present in drinking water is in an inorganic state and cannot be utilised by our bodies. Waters function in our bodies is also far greater than being a source of food. You will be able to survive for up to 40 days without food but only 6 or 7 days without water. So why try and make water do something it was never suppose to do.
