@@waterfiltergurucan you do a test for the water sold at Whole Foods at their water machine? The company is called “fresh pure” and their machine has three options. Distilled, deionized and Alkakine with minerals. I’m really curious as to how much minerals the alkaline one actually has and if there’s any toxins or heavy metals in it. It’s extremely popular that machine and would answer a lot of questions because the company doesn’t specify or show labs reports
@@therealityofthings9574 have you seen the lab test results by this lady named lead safe mama? She has posted some crazy results for top tier brands we all pay for and are loaded with heavy metals. One of the test that really shocked me is the prenatal vitamins which had a tremendous amount of heavy metals found in them. She also did a lab test on the Trace Mineral Co and it was the chewy gummies, and the test result was bad. I would really be interested in the one shown in the video for a lab testing of heavy metals. I purchased this brand a year plus ago before finding out about lead safe mama.
Answering only as a guy on the internet who has just finished reading all 154 pages of "Drinking Water Minerals and Mineral Balance" (2015)... "animals given Zn or Mg dosed in their drinking water got significantly higher concentrations of these elements in their blood serum, than animals given the same elements and in much higher doses in food when provided with drinking water with low levels of minerals" Human population studies seem to show that people who drink hard water (higher mineral content) have fewer premature deaths due to coronary heart diseases than people who drink softer water (lower mineral content). The authors speculate this may be because soft ware becomes acidic due to absorption of CO2 from the air, forming carbonic acid which corrodes pipes and leads to more copper and lead in drinking water. Keep in mind that nearly all of the beneficial minerals have a narrow range between deficiency because you're not getting enough and "oops, too much, now it's toxic." I added a remineralization cartridge to my just-installed under-sink RO filter primarily due to taste of drinking water and coffee made from that water. Zero mineral water tastes terrible.
Careful with the Redmond, it’s high in Lead. I still use it because it does have lots of minerals but I don’t use as much these days. Jacobsen and Diamond tested much lower and below the threshold of concern.
@@YourLifeRedefined You are wise to take the issue of lead seriously. Sounds like you are pretty well informed also, in mentioning those 2 alternative brands. Of those two (2), from what I've read, I would choose Jacobsen. I've learned a great deal about lead found in salt (via independent laboratory tests) through both 'Lead Safe Mama' website (by Tamara Rubin) and Mamavation website (which is not as detailed). Especially the former, despite the sing-song title. It sounds gimmicky & annoying, but it's actually not. Don't be dissuaded by first (initial) impressions. When it comes to something which is consumed regularly, or Every Day, ... you don't want to be ingesting any heavy metals. Tamara Rubin tests every product that she writes about for these 4 substances (primarily): Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, and Arsenic. She writes an entire article for each separate item (or product) tested, and it is comprehensive and thorough. Public comments are allowed, and do flourish, under each of her articles. If there is another website, or blog writer, or health expert that gives more detail than she does, ... I haven't found it yet.
As a dental hygienist, I appreciate you mentioning the effects of lemon juice on teeth. I kind of cringe when I see people squeezing lemon into their water. I use Makai Celtic sea salt, but I don’t make the brine. I had not heard of that before. I have no idea if this sea salt really adds minerals or not, though.
I've not lab tested any of the external remineralization filters yet, so I don't have the data to say one is better than another. This is on my to-do list!
I'd love to see the Frizzlife TAM4 remineralization filter included in a lab analysis in a future video. Just bought a Waterdrop tankless RO system based partly on your recommendations and lab results (please keep linking to those in the description!) and added this filter mostly based on ease of replacement. The author of the 2004 paper you cited (Health Risk from Drinking Demineralized Water) went on to co-author the book Drinking Water Minerals and Mineral Balance (2015). $139 from Springer or free via Sci Hub. I'm the kind of crazy who read the entire 154 pages. TL;DR: remineralize to 20-50 ppm Ca, 10-50 ppm Mg, 100-300 ppm bicarbonate, 20-250 ppm sulfate, 10-500 ppm TDS. I've bought TDS, pH, KH/GH testers/test kits but I'm not confident they're telling me what I want to know. The remineralization cartridge vendors are all very vague about what they are adding and how much. Keep up the great work. I'm a fan.
Would suck if the trace mineral drops/remineralisation filters caused contaminants to be added back in. Looking forward to your test. What would you suggest is the best way to filter water while traveling?
Agreed! I'm really interested to test some of the most popular products to see what they actually add to the water. For travelling, I really like the Grayl bottles. The Geopress geni.us/puX777A is the larger model, the Ultrapress geni.us/0FTg is a bit smaller. These are great because they can be used to filter both treated and untreated water. But if you plan to just filter treated city water, the Clearly Filtered bottle geni.us/eo1oEIs may be a better option
Would like to see the test. I just got the AquaTru drops, but would like to see all others to find the best. Would also like lemon, Hymilanin, Redmond, and other salts. Tried 10 drops of the AquaTru drops with the 1 tsp of organic Italian lemon juice avaliable at Costco in 28 oz of RO water. Instructions say to use more drops, but it was delicious and I felt noticeably better the next morning.
Thanks for sharing and for your request, I'll definitely be testing some of these remineralization products. What you say 'Aquatru drops', what are you referring to? Aquatru doesn't sell remineralization _drops_ to my knowledge, they provide the remineralizing VOC post filter to be used in the system
I would like to see this brand tested (as you mentioned in video): Aussie Trace Mineral (Electrolytes - Ionic Pure, 8 fluid oz.) It is widely available, and a lot of people seem to use it. Thus, the results of your tests would interest many other people also. 😊
I use Lotus Drops. For a half-gallon holder I use 14 drops of Calcium & 12 drops of Potassium. This is called the "Light & Bright" water recipe I either got from the Lotus website, or some coffee expert video. (Don't remember exactly!)
I've heard of this, but not conducted any testing myself to verify. I'll be including pink Himalayan salt in my test of remineralization products. Stay tuned!
HELLO, greetings from Türkiye. I follow your page with pleasure. Since the tests you have done are very expensive in Turkey, we do not have the chance to test our waters like you. A few NSF 58 certified devices in Türkiye have a biocera alkaline filter. Do you have information about Biocera mineral stones? Is it possible to add the water passed through this filter to the tests you will do? Thank you ,I wish you good work.
Hi thanks for watching and for your feedback! I've not heard of or tested that specific remineralization filter media, but I can add it to my list to look into
can you do a test for the water sold at Whole Foods at their water machine? The company is called “fresh pure” and their machine has three options. Distilled, deionized and Alkakine with minerals. I’m really curious as to how much minerals the alkaline one actually has and if there’s any toxins or heavy metals in it. It’s extremely popular that machine and would answer a lot of questions because the company doesn’t specify or show labs reports
I tried the remineralizer filter with the AquaTru countertop unit and didn't care for the taste. Picked up a small shaker of fine grind pink Himalayan salt and tried 1 teaspoon in a 2 gal. container, whoa! Too salty for my taste. Then I tried about quarter teaspoon for same amount, but once again too salty for my taste. Next I'm going to try just a small "shake" into the water container. I just filled it up and I want to wait until it reaches room temp before I add (maybe it will mix easier when it's not as chilled.) My question is, is it mandatory you make the sole water first with coarse grind and wait 24 hours or can I do what I've been doing with the fine grind out of the shaker? I guess if I can't get any satisfaction with the pink salt I'll try the trace drops next.
Nothing is mandatory 😉 find what works best for you. Making a concentrated brine just makes the process easier, as the minerals are already dissolved into solution
@@waterfilterguru I didn’t notice in the videos a mention of lab testing for plastic with both models of the Aquatru… we’re both models of the aquatru tested to see if plastic was in their water?
Hi i bought the waterdrop grb800 o am wondering if it's really safe for my family I have a 3 year old kid and my wife is pregnant don't know why I have a bad feeling for reverse osmosis that it puts in the water radiation and caner stuff just asking and I bought for it the waterdrop reminerlization is it safe don't want this fiktet too add bad stuff again to the water and the uv light too is it good to have it or just unplug it I will really appreciate if you can answer my questions as it's my first time I have ro and don't know why I have bad feeling for it
Reverse osmosis is the gold standard for drinking water treatment. The RO process provides broad contaminant reduction that other water filters do not. I always recommend folks filter their drinking water with a reverse osmosis system, even if they also have other methods of whole house filtration. You should feel confident you are using reverse osmosis to purify your drinking water for your family.
@waterfilterguru thank you for your reply I really appreciate it and one more question is waterdrop reminerlozation filter good to add it to the system and the uv light that comes with it or I don't need it because on my tap it's showing ads 0.02
I've not tested the remineralization filter yet, so I don't have the data to say it's better than any other external remineralization filter. The UV protects the water in the event there is bacteria growth in the system itself
@@bobshmeit your gut feeling is not something to ignore, I had the exact same.... adversion.? to RO water. Look into Isabel Friends explanation of RO water or Greenfield water systems RO information (I think that's the name his site has a lot of research articles on everything water)
I like the taste. I've heard others don't. Have you tasted any bottled high pH water from the store? Might be an interesting experiment to compare to see if you don't like those either
The amount of trace minerals you're getting from the amount of Himalayan salt shown isn't that much. If thats all it takes to replace the lost trace minerals then you're probably not at much of a loss drinking reverse osmosis water. Same for the drops. If you're worried then it seems like a much safer bet to just take magnesium + zinc and/or a trace mineral vitamin.
@waterfilterguru I really appreciate your videos btw. This videos topic is one that I've wondered about for a while. I feel a little bit skeptical of the studies you referenced but thats just my gut reaction plus some quick mental math of the volumes involved in mineral drops and the himalayan salt methods. I'd be interested to hear about more studies on the health effects of mineral depleted water or maybe a deep dive on the ones referenced.
@@waterfilterguru Yeah research Shilajit my friend, and don't just rely on data or online stuff, buy a bottle from a trusted source, experiment and see the results for yourself.
What's your favorite method to remineralize reverse osmosis water? Let us know below! ⬇
Have you looked into Ophora? Can’t seem to find anything on it by you and curious what you think.
@@YourLifeRedefined I've not
I use Celtic Salt and squeeze one lemon in 4 litres of distilled water.
Right on, thanks for sharing
Please test trace minerals by ConcenTrace drops. I always add it to my distilled water and always wonder how clean and effective it is.
ConcenTrace will be included when I test various trace mineral drop brands - thanks for the request!
@@waterfiltergurucan you do a test for the water sold at Whole Foods at their water machine?
The company is called “fresh pure” and their machine has three options. Distilled, deionized and Alkakine with minerals. I’m really curious as to how much minerals the alkaline one actually has and if there’s any toxins or heavy metals in it. It’s extremely popular that machine and would answer a lot of questions because the company doesn’t specify or show labs reports
@@therealityofthings9574 have you seen the lab test results by this lady named lead safe mama? She has posted some crazy results for top tier brands we all pay for and are loaded with heavy metals. One of the test that really shocked me is the prenatal vitamins which had a tremendous amount of heavy metals found in them. She also did a lab test on the Trace Mineral Co and it was the chewy gummies, and the test result was bad. I would really be interested in the one shown in the video for a lab testing of heavy metals. I purchased this brand a year plus ago before finding out about lead safe mama.
@@therealityofthings9574 Thanks for the request/ project idea! I'll put this on the to-do list!
Amazing!! Thanks. Which is the risk of not remineralizing water with a normal Mediterranean diet?
Answering only as a guy on the internet who has just finished reading all 154 pages of "Drinking Water Minerals and Mineral Balance" (2015)...
"animals given Zn or Mg dosed in their drinking water got significantly higher concentrations of these elements in their blood serum, than animals given the same elements and in much higher doses in food when provided with drinking water with low levels of minerals"
Human population studies seem to show that people who drink hard water (higher mineral content) have fewer premature deaths due to coronary heart diseases than people who drink softer water (lower mineral content). The authors speculate this may be because soft ware becomes acidic due to absorption of CO2 from the air, forming carbonic acid which corrodes pipes and leads to more copper and lead in drinking water.
Keep in mind that nearly all of the beneficial minerals have a narrow range between deficiency because you're not getting enough and "oops, too much, now it's toxic."
I added a remineralization cartridge to my just-installed under-sink RO filter primarily due to taste of drinking water and coffee made from that water. Zero mineral water tastes terrible.
Good question for your doctor 😉
Trace Minerals Research Concentrace , Redmonds Real Salt , Cellcore CT Minerals
You use all 3?
@ I don’t use all three all the time, but I do cycle through these 3 ways of remineralizing my water.
Careful with the Redmond, it’s high in Lead. I still use it because it does have lots of minerals but I don’t use as much these days. Jacobsen and Diamond tested much lower and below the threshold of concern.
@@YourLifeRedefined You are wise to take the issue of lead seriously. Sounds like you are pretty well informed also, in mentioning those 2 alternative brands. Of those two (2), from what I've read, I would choose Jacobsen. I've learned a great deal about lead found in salt (via independent laboratory tests) through both 'Lead Safe Mama' website (by Tamara Rubin) and Mamavation website (which is not as detailed). Especially the former, despite the sing-song title. It sounds gimmicky & annoying, but it's actually not. Don't be dissuaded by first (initial) impressions.
When it comes to something which is consumed regularly, or Every Day, ... you don't want to be ingesting any heavy metals. Tamara Rubin tests every product that she writes about for these 4 substances (primarily): Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, and Arsenic. She writes an entire article for each separate item (or product) tested, and it is comprehensive and thorough. Public comments are allowed, and do flourish, under each of her articles. If there is another website, or blog writer, or health expert that gives more detail than she does, ... I haven't found it yet.
As a dental hygienist, I appreciate you mentioning the effects of lemon juice on teeth. I kind of cringe when I see people squeezing lemon into their water. I use Makai Celtic sea salt, but I don’t make the brine. I had not heard of that before. I have no idea if this sea salt really adds minerals or not, though.
Thanks for the comment and for watching!
Isn’t it ok as long as you wait at least a half hour or so to brush your teeth?
Hi, do you have a recommendation for a remineralization filter? I have an APEC ro system but went for the option without the extra filter.
I've not lab tested any of the external remineralization filters yet, so I don't have the data to say one is better than another. This is on my to-do list!
Thank you Bro
You're welcome, thanks for watching
I'd love to see the Frizzlife TAM4 remineralization filter included in a lab analysis in a future video. Just bought a Waterdrop tankless RO system based partly on your recommendations and lab results (please keep linking to those in the description!) and added this filter mostly based on ease of replacement.
The author of the 2004 paper you cited (Health Risk from Drinking Demineralized Water) went on to co-author the book Drinking Water Minerals and Mineral Balance (2015). $139 from Springer or free via Sci Hub. I'm the kind of crazy who read the entire 154 pages. TL;DR: remineralize to 20-50 ppm Ca, 10-50 ppm Mg, 100-300 ppm bicarbonate, 20-250 ppm sulfate, 10-500 ppm TDS.
I've bought TDS, pH, KH/GH testers/test kits but I'm not confident they're telling me what I want to know. The remineralization cartridge vendors are all very vague about what they are adding and how much. Keep up the great work. I'm a fan.
Hey thanks for watching and for the request! I'll definitely look into including this one when I test external inline remineralization filters
And a comparison to mineral content in the external inline remineralization filters
It's on the to-do list!
Would suck if the trace mineral drops/remineralisation filters caused contaminants to be added back in. Looking forward to your test.
What would you suggest is the best way to filter water while traveling?
Agreed! I'm really interested to test some of the most popular products to see what they actually add to the water.
For travelling, I really like the Grayl bottles. The Geopress geni.us/puX777A is the larger model, the Ultrapress geni.us/0FTg is a bit smaller. These are great because they can be used to filter both treated and untreated water. But if you plan to just filter treated city water, the Clearly Filtered bottle geni.us/eo1oEIs may be a better option
I use Aussie Trace Mineral 😊
Right on! Have you tried any other brands and found you like Aussie the best?
@@waterfilterguruwas just the first one I heard of 😊 I haven't tried any other.
Would like to see the test. I just got the AquaTru drops, but would like to see all others to find the best. Would also like lemon, Hymilanin, Redmond, and other salts. Tried 10 drops of the AquaTru drops with the 1 tsp of organic Italian lemon juice avaliable at Costco in 28 oz of RO water. Instructions say to use more drops, but it was delicious and I felt noticeably better the next morning.
Thanks for sharing and for your request, I'll definitely be testing some of these remineralization products. What you say 'Aquatru drops', what are you referring to? Aquatru doesn't sell remineralization _drops_ to my knowledge, they provide the remineralizing VOC post filter to be used in the system
I would like to see this brand tested (as you mentioned in video): Aussie Trace Mineral (Electrolytes - Ionic Pure, 8 fluid oz.)
It is widely available, and a lot of people seem to use it. Thus, the results of your tests would interest many other people also. 😊
I'll include it when I test remineralization products! Thanks for your request, much appreciated
Can you test Waterdrop AS13, it seems extremely good for the price.
Thanks for the request, I'll add this to my list to consider when I test more direct connect under sink filters
@@waterfilterguru thank you!
Have you ever looked into Greenfield water solutions or Ophora Water… would love to see your review on these products
I've not looked into either of those brands/products yet. Thanks for the request, I'll add them to my list for consideration
@ awesome.. I’m looking at having the greenfield water gravity fed filter so I’m looking forward to that!
I use Lotus Drops. For a half-gallon holder I use 14 drops of Calcium & 12 drops of Potassium. This is called the "Light & Bright" water recipe I either got from the Lotus website, or some coffee expert video. (Don't remember exactly!)
Great tip! Thanks for sharing a more specific recipe, much appreciated 🙏
Adding natural salts can add the heavy metals back into the filtered water . What are your thoughts on this
I've heard of this, but not conducted any testing myself to verify. I'll be including pink Himalayan salt in my test of remineralization products. Stay tuned!
Is the brine step for adding salt necessary, or can you just sprinkle it into the water directly?
No, but making a brine solution first just makes the process quicker as the minerals are already dissolved into solution
HELLO, greetings from Türkiye. I follow your page with pleasure. Since the tests you have done are very expensive in Turkey, we do not have the chance to test our waters like you.
A few NSF 58 certified devices in Türkiye have a biocera alkaline filter. Do you have information about Biocera mineral stones? Is it possible to add the water passed through this filter to the tests you will do? Thank you ,I wish you good work.
Hi thanks for watching and for your feedback! I've not heard of or tested that specific remineralization filter media, but I can add it to my list to look into
Himalayan sea salt, just add 3-4 shakes to your water cistern.
Thanks
can you do a test for the water sold at Whole Foods at their water machine?
The company is called “fresh pure” and their machine has three options. Distilled, deionized and Alkakine with minerals. I’m really curious as to how much minerals the alkaline one actually has and if there’s any toxins or heavy metals in it. It’s extremely popular that machine and would answer a lot of questions because the company doesn’t specify or show labs reports
Great idea! I've added this to my to-do project list. Thanks for the request!
@ np
Please let me know when you do the video as I’m curious myself
Santa Cruz electrolytes
Flavcity electrolytes
And Relyte by Redmond
These are some of the most popular ones online right now
Please test these threes
Thanks for sharing!
Electrolytes powder, flavored or not. Get a good quality one. Cheap and healthy
Great tip! I missed this one
I tried the remineralizer filter with the AquaTru countertop unit and didn't care for the taste. Picked up a small shaker of fine grind pink Himalayan salt and tried 1 teaspoon in a 2 gal. container, whoa! Too salty for my taste. Then I tried about quarter teaspoon for same amount, but once again too salty for my taste. Next I'm going to try just a small "shake" into the water container. I just filled it up and I want to wait until it reaches room temp before I add (maybe it will mix easier when it's not as chilled.)
My question is, is it mandatory you make the sole water first with coarse grind and wait 24 hours or can I do what I've been doing with the fine grind out of the shaker?
I guess if I can't get any satisfaction with the pink salt I'll try the trace drops next.
Nothing is mandatory 😉 find what works best for you. Making a concentrated brine just makes the process easier, as the minerals are already dissolved into solution
Test aqualine water purifier please! Send the water to a lab and test what it actually filters
Thanks for the request, I'll add it to my list to look into
@ that would be amazing! ❤️🙏
The aqua tru RO … are you concerned with the plastic container ?
That's why they made the Carafe version geni.us/JZ34mU which stores the water in glass rather than plastic 😉
@@waterfilterguru I didn’t notice in the videos a mention of lab testing for plastic with both models of the Aquatru… we’re both models of the aquatru tested to see if plastic was in their water?
Hi i bought the waterdrop grb800 o am wondering if it's really safe for my family I have a 3 year old kid and my wife is pregnant don't know why I have a bad feeling for reverse osmosis that it puts in the water radiation and caner stuff just asking and I bought for it the waterdrop reminerlization is it safe don't want this fiktet too add bad stuff again to the water and the uv light too is it good to have it or just unplug it I will really appreciate if you can answer my questions as it's my first time I have ro and don't know why I have bad feeling for it
Reverse osmosis is the gold standard for drinking water treatment. The RO process provides broad contaminant reduction that other water filters do not. I always recommend folks filter their drinking water with a reverse osmosis system, even if they also have other methods of whole house filtration.
You should feel confident you are using reverse osmosis to purify your drinking water for your family.
@waterfilterguru thank you for your reply I really appreciate it and one more question is waterdrop reminerlozation filter good to add it to the system and the uv light that comes with it or I don't need it because on my tap it's showing ads 0.02
I've not tested the remineralization filter yet, so I don't have the data to say it's better than any other external remineralization filter. The UV protects the water in the event there is bacteria growth in the system itself
@@bobshmeit your gut feeling is not something to ignore, I had the exact same.... adversion.? to RO water. Look into Isabel Friends explanation of RO water or Greenfield water systems RO information (I think that's the name his site has a lot of research articles on everything water)
You’re not bothered by the taste of the remineralization filter that aquatru has ? It tastes off
I like the taste. I've heard others don't. Have you tasted any bottled high pH water from the store? Might be an interesting experiment to compare to see if you don't like those either
The amount of trace minerals you're getting from the amount of Himalayan salt shown isn't that much. If thats all it takes to replace the lost trace minerals then you're probably not at much of a loss drinking reverse osmosis water. Same for the drops. If you're worried then it seems like a much safer bet to just take magnesium + zinc and/or a trace mineral vitamin.
Addressing diet is the easiest first step to take 😉 but of course, best to consult with your doctor
@waterfilterguru I really appreciate your videos btw. This videos topic is one that I've wondered about for a while. I feel a little bit skeptical of the studies you referenced but thats just my gut reaction plus some quick mental math of the volumes involved in mineral drops and the himalayan salt methods. I'd be interested to hear about more studies on the health effects of mineral depleted water or maybe a deep dive on the ones referenced.
I’ve always wondered. This is supposed to be the best money can buy. QUINTON MARINE PLASMA
I'll make sure to include this when I lab test some of the most popular trace mineral drops
All these are inefficient and inferior compared to shilajit.
Can you share the data to back up this claim? I'd love to learn more
@@waterfilterguru Yeah research Shilajit my friend, and don't just rely on data or online stuff, buy a bottle from a trusted source, experiment and see the results for yourself.