WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT DISTILLED WATER DO WE NEED THE MINERALS IN OUR TAP WATER? "Water hardness (inorganic minerals in solution) is the underlying cause of many, if not all, of the diseases resulting from poisons in the intestinal tract. These (hard minerals) pass from the intestinal walls and get into the lymphatic system, which delivers all of its products to the blood, which in turn, distributes to all parts of the body. This is the cause of much human disease." Dr. Charles Mayo Mayo Clinic "The only minerals that the body can utilize are the organic minerals. All other types of minerals are foreign substances to the body and must be eliminated. Distilled water is the only water that can be taken into the body without damage to the tissues." The Choice is Clear Dr. Allen E. Banik, M.D. "There are no essential nutrients dissolved in tap water which humans depend on from this source for their survival or well-being. All essential nutrients can be obtained from foods and proper dietary supplements." Water - What's In It For You? Allen McDaniels, M.D. ". . . If you are eating a broad selection of fruits, vegetables, etc., it is extremely improbable that you would be deficient in any of the essential minerals." Live Longer Now John H. Leonard, J.L. Hofer, N. Pritikin "The body's need for minerals is largely met through foods, not drinking water." American Medical Association "The greatest damage done by inorganic minerals - plus waxy cholesterol and salt - is to the small arteries and other blood vessels of the brain (75% water). Hardening of the arteries and calcification of blood vessels starts on the day you start taking inorganic chemicals and minerals from tap water into your bodies." The Shocking Truth About Water Dr. Paul Bragg, N.D.Ph.T. "The minerals which the human body needs that are in the water are INSIGNIFICANT to those in food . . . and anyone simply eating a varied diet - not even a balanced diet - could hardly suffer a mineral deficiency." Dr. Henry A. Schroeder Dartmouth Medical School "While several of these trace elements (mineral) may be recognized as essential for human nutrition, it does not necessarily follow that human beings must obtain such elements from public water supplies." Herbert I. Sauer, Director of Health University of Missouri "Mountain spring water is not ideal for the human body because it contains inorganic minerals that the human body can neither use nor precipitate out. These inorganic minerals tend to hook up with cholesterol in the system and form a thick plaque in the arteries." Fit for Life Harvey and Marily Diamond HEALTH VALUE OF DISTILLED WATER Eminent physicians for many years have recognized and advocated the health value of distilled water, both for prevention of disease and for the restoration of health. C.W. DeLacy Evans, M.D., in his book, How To Prolong Life, claims that distilled water, used regularly in place of spring water or other water containing inorganic minerals, tends to ward off the aging process by preventing the formation of calcareous deposits that cause hardening of the arteries. He writes: "Used as a drink, distilled water is absorbed directly into the blood, the solvent properties of which it increases to such an extent that it will keep in solution salts already existing in the blood, prevent their undue deposit in various organs and structures, favor their elimination by the various excreta, and tend to remove these earthy compounds which have already accumulated in the body . . . There is no doubt as to the high value of distilled water used freely as a retarder of the ossifying conditions which appear to constitute the condition of old age." Referring to the origin and means of preventing the formation of calcareous deposits in the body, which produce the symptoms of senility by gradually ossifying it, and which come from use of hard water, Dr. de la Torre writes: "Instead of drinking the hard water of springs or the chlorinated water of the cities, it will be to our advantage to drink distilled water . . . to prevent calcification of the body." Dr. Charles McFerrin, writing in the July 1955 issue of Nature's Path writes: "Distilled water is 'empty' water - a hungry water, a water capable of absorbing body poisons. You have had the experience of trying to use an old post office blotter on the desk. Everybody had used it and it is so full of ink that it will not suck up any more. So it is with a 'full' water, a water full of chlorine, aluminum, etc. Such water does not have the capacity of absorbing body impurities." Daily use of distilled water is a marvelous blood purifier, helping to bring into solution and dilute any toxins in the body, as well as aid in their elimination through the kidneys. It should be used for cooking and baking as well as for drinking. For health's sake, it is important to use only distilled water, which is a supreme internal body-cleansing agent. It aids in the removal of waste matter by bringing into solution and washing out through the excretory channels impurities that have accumulated and settled in the body, such as uric acid deposits that cause rheumatism. It helps promote osmotic interchange through the kidney tubules, thereby furthering the elimination of toxins through the urine. Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, recognized the health value of distilled water, and claimed that its daily use prolonged his life. Afflicted and bed-ridden with sciatica, Dr. Bell could find no relief for the pain. The attack came just as he was investigating the deposit of salts in the human system. A well-known scientist had written a book in which he said that old age came from such deposits, and that the ills of advanced years were due to the lack of their elimination. He believed that when such deposits went to the joints, man had rheumatism. When they went to the kidneys, he had kidney trouble and stones in the urinary organs; and when they lodged in the arteries, they produced what is called hardening of the arteries. In the same way when such deposits coated the nerves, they caused sciatica. Dr. Bell wrote: "I knew that distilled water was pure. I thought that if I drank plenty of it, I could get rid of some of the salts that were covering my sciatic nerves. I tried drinking it and it worked like a charm. I have kept up my drinking of distilled water and I attribute my almost perfect health largely to it."