Is RO Water Bad for You? The TRUTH on Reverse Osmosis Water Safety
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- Опубліковано 19 сер 2023
- Reverse Osmosis has been endorsed by many authorities on health and safety as the highest standard for water. Recent news and research is suggesting that RO water is so pure that it could actually remove minerals from your body. Fact or fiction? Join Master Water Specialist John Woodard from Fresh Water Systems to learn about whether these claims are true and what you can do to make sure you're getting the most out of your RO water system.
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RO plus a good vitamin/mineral supplement regimen. Problem solved.
Some years ago my doctor told me to drink 3 to 4 liters of water per day and I've been doing that ever since. At work they supply RO drinking water (0 TDS according to a little electronic meter) and I soon added an RO system at home. Just had a physical last week and things are good, including normal electrolyte levels.
I wondering if body tries to maintain normal electrolytes by withdrawing from our body's existing stores. Then you will loose them from our bones right? Also we get some minerals from our food as well.
@@ramcga of course, but the amount of electrolytes in water is insignificant - effectively none. RO water has less unless you start with pure rain water, but less than effectively nothing makes no difference.
Use your brain people. Get the minerals the water removes from somewhere else. The water removes some of the minerals u need but doesn’t give you any . That’s why our nerves are so bad sometimes and we feel weak . Add some minerals to your water or food to make up for what you’re not getting . Stay healthy and take care of yourselves. Love you all
You can also add salts and mineral and electrolytes to the water manually
I've been drinking RO water almost exclusively since I was 2 years old! My mom would always refill at the grocery store RO filter/dispenser. Now in my mid-30s, i have my own filter at home and prefer the taste of RO water. I hate tap and spring water, which tastes way too metallic to me.
I live in Norway and not far away from Voss, that is a brand of luxury bottle water, but I don't like tap-water here, I think because of the metal pipes, so I don't drink tap-water at all. I do love water from moutain streams and such though. Does RO water taste pure like that, without that bitter by-taste? I should really stop drinking so much cola and similar.
@elvenkind6072 Hey, I'm Belgian.. Our tap water here is very toxic with high levels of PFAS.. I had an RO filter installed in kitchen.. I drink this and it tastes very clean to me, compared to tap water or plastic bottle water...
Really enjoying the videos on your channel. A few years ago I purchased my first water distiller and started drinking distilled water. I've never had any issues with lack of minerals when I've had my yearly physical. I now have several countertop distillers so I can make more distilled water at once, I try to drink a gallon of distilled water a day. Once you see and smell what remains in a water distiller once a cycle is done, you will never want to drink regular tap water again. And Saint Louis Missouri, where I live is supposed to have some of the best water in the country, I'm not so sure. I actually put my drinking water through two processes before I drink it. First I distill it which removes just about everything. One thing distillation does not remove is chlorine and other VOC compounds since those also have a low boiling point. Once the water is distilled I run it through an Aquasana water filter which removes these compounds. Actually the distillers have a post filter but I've found that the Aquasana filter works much better for this purpose. At that point the water taste is excellent, and in fact, it really has no taste at all. The minerals in water are mostly inorganic and our body can't use these anyway, we get our minerals from foods and possibly supplements, not water.
That's great news i have a system. Me and my dad had a pure water window cleaning company amongst others. Don't trust flouride is my issue.
It seems most common that the remineralization filter is placed after the tank (such as the most popular amazon items like iSpring RCC7AK 75 GPD Alkaline 6-Stage Reverse Osmosis System, or the 6 stage APEC system). This seems to be the least effective option as you suggest. Do you know why they do this? Do you recommend it be best to swap the order to what the manual suggests?
Placement of the Alkaline / pH cartridge will often be dictated by the configuration of the RO system itself. For conventional air tank systems, if you are able to place the cartridge coming off the permeate port of the membrane, before the inlet side of the post filter (last stage) that would be ideal. Also, some cartridges allow for two way flow. If that's the case, placing it inline with the tube running to the tank will give great results as well, as you have a fill flow rate of oz / minute during the "fill" cycle, and on the "demand" cycle (at whatever the PSI / flow rate) is at any one moment. Remember, you are affecting a couple of things: pH, Alkalinity, and ORP (oxidation reduction potential). A negative ORP value is an anti-oxidant and an important aspect of multi-layer "alkaline" filters often left out in these discussions. Also, when you have lower pH RO water, know the type of tubing you are running. (35 + Years designing RO systems / applications). A lower pH will definitely create leaks in copper over time and also increase the measured copper levels. (You folks are testing your water right?) A lot of installers do not replace the copper leg to the fridge -- big mistake. Last thing, certain multi-layer bioceramic filters are bacteriostatic. Butyl rubber is used for air tank RO systems. Check the data on heterotrophic bacteria growth in both air tanks and carbon filters. And lastly, for folks out there who want to raise the pH of their water, understand the relationship between pH / Alkalinity. It is analogous to BTU / Temperature. A single match is very hot (pH), but it will not heat a room - you need BTUs (alkaline minerals) to sustain an increase in temperature, i.e pH.
All remineraliser cartridges are not made equal. I would try placing it in both positions and testing the tds in each to get the most satisfactory result. I wouldn’t want the remin to be too high either! For example:Say around 100 ppm would be better than 1000 ppm ?
Useful, I guess. I'm concerned about the lack of control in the mineral handling. I think I'll just eat fish and spinach instead.
RO water is the best. It's pure water the way your body wants it. I take a pinch of Celtic seasalt in the morning for electrolytes and the rest of the minerals I get from food.
If the WHO says something negative about anything - then it's good for you :)
Helpful, thank you, does RO water remove microplastics, estrogens and pharmaceutical drugs?
Kind Regards
Yep
If you're worried about mineral levels in your body, Celtic Salt is your answer. ❤ helps a lot.
Actually an interesting point, our system by APEC advices in the owner's manual to have the remineralization cartridge right before the spigot. You bring up a valid point, I'm thinking of redesigning the system to have the cartridge in between the tank and membrane as you discussed in the video . Thanks for sharing
Did this work out? I was thinking of doing the same. I wonder if APEC was worried about water pressure and designed the remineralization/alkalinity to be stronger and placed after the tank?
@@donnydavino820 no have not, still sticking with the manufacturer spec. Need to look into it further
makes NO sense to have remineralization before the membrane. THe membrane is the one that filters out all minerals down to 0.0001 microns. AFTER it comes out of the membrane, then you can put a mineralization filter.
@@ArdaiThomasPoker I agree. Why would anyone do that?
Theres no waste at all ,i live in the uk (US plumbing maybe different?) I have a 300 ml restrictor on a timer as i draw a kettle of water i press the timer button. A 24v valve opens allowing the waste water to drain .This runs for 5 minutes then closes off the drain .I said no waste remember i don't dump the waste down the drain it runs up into the attic and drains into the tank that feeds the cold water for the toilets and bathroom sink .Been running for 5 years now with no problem the membrane lasts 2 years, the pressure tank is at the stated capacity .The output TDS is about 2ppm at the output of the Membrane .
A pinch of Celtic sea salt added to the ro water,and your good to go.
If the who says is not good it is good trust me 😂😂😂😂😂
Bingo. We have a winner. Evil swines.
extremely underrated comment!!!
LOL 100%.
Hahahaha RO IS DEAD WATER, NOTHING IN IT
So alcohol is good?
Why add another cartrdige, i love my body glove
Hello my husband and I live in a mobile home. I'm looking to buy an under sink water filtration system. Will your Remineralization system work/ fit? And which system works best with our situation? Thank you😊😊
Hi Debra! Our RO System does fit under most standard kitchen sinks, but you may want to measure our system using the specs on our page to make sure. You will need space for the tank and for the filters. I'm also going to add a link to our installation video for the RO system so you can see how it looks in a cabinet.
If you don't think that system will fit, we also like the Neo-Pure TL1 undersink system. It's not reverse osmosis, but it is still a carbon block filter that will improve water taste and smell. Some of our reviewers think it's even better than fridge-filtered water. Here's a link to the TL1: www.freshwatersystems.com/products/neo-pure-tl1-c302-twist-lock-undersink-drinking-water-system?sku=TL1-C302&variant=13250739929131
Link to our Neo-Pure RO system: www.freshwatersystems.com/products/neo-pure-residential-4-stage-ro-system-25-gpd-with-cto-pre-cto-post-alkaline-remin-black-tank?sku=PRO-41110-A&variant=42341333237944www.freshwatersystems.com/products/neo-pure-residential-4-stage-ro-system-25-gpd-with-cto-pre-cto-post-alkaline-remin-black-tank?sku=PRO-41110-A&variant=42341333237944
And a link to our Neo-Pure installation video for you to see it under the sink! ua-cam.com/video/M2zVGJ8JYJc/v-deo.html
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Ok, so what a out distilled water..
Good or bad ??
idk how i feel about out the CDC anymore 🤔
Take a multi vitamin everyday and ro water and your good to go.
I think Gates would love it if we didn't filter our water.
Exactly!!
More like big water, but I see what you did there 😉🤣
They're controlling our minds with fluoride and making us more compliant. Only TRUE PATRIOTS are not mind controlled by their screens! #BOOMERSRISEUP
Ah, the "hungry water" theory.
Neil is a good science communicator but he is not an MD. You have to drink distilled water quite often with no food for an extended duration. Or be doing something to cause sweating while sticking to distilled water. Food gives us minerals in far higher amounts than water. RO water takes out most minerals and is very popular and the population is not seeing large scale issues beyond click baity headlines.
If you think distilled water has any minerals you have been serioulsy bs plus it has to be distilled proberly or the steam will go right back into the water.
Beem drinking aro water for 42 years..healthy as a horse.
My ro has a ph of 9.5
Wow…you think that is good considering pH7 is neutral?
If you take a multivitamin once a day you get far more of all the essential minerals your body can use and you get it in a form your body can absorb. Your body will pick up and apply what it can use and flush the excess.
If you use an inline mineral replacement system on your RO you're doing the same thing as taking a vitamin tablet, you're just getting that stuff from your water instead of swallowing a multivitamin. The difference is that if you take a multivitamin you get an exact, regulated amount of those minerals and if you use an inline mineral replacement system on your RO you're not getting that sort of accuracy. It depends on how long the water sits in the replacement cartridge, how much saturation of minerals occurs during that time, what the water flow rate is, what the mineral dissolution rate is, etc.
Inline mineral cartridges are the industry reaction to this basically non-issue. It's how they can sell more RO systems to people who foolishly think they're going to end up as a blob of jelly from having all the minerals sucked out of their body by RO water.
If you're worried about this, just take a multivitamin once a day. Which you probably ought to be doing anyway. Very few people are so tuned into their dietary regimen that they can be certain of getting all the vitamins and minerals they need every day just from what they eat. A healthy diet is great, a multivitamin fills in the gaps the diet might miss.
I can't believe how wrong people are about these things.
Get your vitamins and minerals from food people. We need to eat more raw veggies and fruits. Per a doctor friend of mine.
Horrible, I've been drinking RO water now over 30 years now and I finally died from it, it's about time, your mileage may vary.
? Really confused. Are you dead now?
Cdc👎🏼
RO is acidic, PERIOD!