With the hidden potential dangers in both tap water and bottled water, you may be tempted to switch to buying distilled water or even distilling your own. For a long time this was considered the best method for purifying water, making it clean and safe for drinking and other uses requiring sterile water. But with advances in water filtration and purification systems and our increased understanding of how filtered water affects our bodies, many now believe that distilled water may actually be harmful to your health.
Purified or distilled water has had all the naturally occurring minerals in it removed. Because of its extreme purity, this water absorbs carbon dioxide from the air, making it acidic and even more aggressive at dissolving alkaline substances it comes in contact with. When consumed internally, this water makes your body acidic, leaches vital minerals from your teeth and bones, and does not hydrate your body as well as “living” water. Distillation essentially robs the water of its life, while the water inside your body, by definition is “living.”
The notion of “living” water is supported by the work of Dr. Masaru Emoto, which is summarized in his books Messages from Water and the Universe and The Hidden Messages in Water. His ongoing research demonstrates that water has distinct reactions to both positive and negative energies, including those associated with verbal expressions and human thoughts. In his studies, water exposed to positive words and prayers formed beautiful crystalline structures, but water exposed to negative thoughts, chemicals, or bad bacteria was greatly deformed in appearance, and in many cases didn’t even form crystals. This phenomenon was documented by freezing samples of water after being exposed, then photographing them through a microscope to observe the crystals or other shapes that formed. One startling revelation: with the exception of New York City’s tap water, none of the other major U.S. cities’ tap water even formed crystals, placing them on the low end of his classification scale.
The summer travel season is underway which always makes me think about the stress that goes along with it. Whether its difficulty sleeping in unfamiliar or uncomfortable places, erratic eating or overindulgence, over-exposure to the elements, unexpected colds or allergies, rashes and hives, chafing, heat stroke, insect bites, or minor burns, cuts and scrapes –it seems like there’s always something you need to be prepared for. And of course there’s always a concern about the ready availability of clean drinking water –especially when traveling abroad or camping in the deep wilderness.
