MYTH BUSTERS!  There are some crazy notions out there regarding distilled water.  Let's look at the most extreme and explain the facts.  Facts from the experts - the AMA, doctors, scientists.

#1.  Does distilled water leach minerals out the body?

NO!  Pure steam distilled water helps remove minerals from the body that cells have eliminated or not used (cannot use).  It does not leach out minerals that have become part of your body's cell structure.

#2.  Don't I need the minerals in water to stay healthy?

NO!  While it's true that distillation removes minerals as well as bacteria, viruses, heavy metals and other organic and inorganic contaminates from water, we really don't know that the human body can readily absorb minerals from water.  We get our minerals from our food, not water.  For example, you would have to drink 676 eight-ounce glasses of tap water in Boston to reach the RDA for calcium; 1,848 8-oz. glasses to get the RDA for magnesium, 168,960 8-oz. glasses (per day) to obtain the RDA of phosphorus.  It's insane to even think you could drink enough water per day to obtain the RDA recommendations.

#3.  Distilled water tastes funny - bland or flat.

Pure, clean, fresh water shouldn't have a taste or a metallic after bite.  

Freshly made distilled water from LifeMist tastes great.  That's because the LifeMist distiller incorporates a post coconut charcoal media, baffle system and gas vent.  These three components insure all potential gases or volatile organic contaminants (VOC's) that might have escaped during the boiling process are captured.  Many other distillers (currently on the market) do not use these processes and the water may have VOC's in it which will cause the water to taste flat.  How you store your water also makes a difference in the taste.   Bottled water is stored in cheap plastic containers - some of which are known to leach methlchloride, a carcinogen, into the water and also gives off a plastic taste and odor.  Use polycarbonate or glass, or ideally, stainless steel.

#4.  Distillers are expensive to run.

Home distillation take about 3 kilowatts to make a gallon of water.  The average cost per kilowatt in the Pacific Northwest is .063 cents.  That's about .19 cents a gallon for fresh, pure LifeMist water.  Compared to buying bottled distilled water from the store at an average of $1.00 + per gallon, making your own is very cost effective.  Example:  Buying 20 gallons of distilled water a week @ $1.00 per gallon you've spent $520.00 per year.  At .19 cents per gallon to make your own,  you have spent $98.80 in electrical costs.  That's over 80% savings on the cost of buying bottled distilled water.  (Besides the point that the bottled distilled water is stored in cheap plastic that has leached the plastic taste and odor into the water and it is not freshly made.)  Maintanance is easy - change the coconut charcoal filter every 6 months, periodically drain the residue left over from the boiling process, and descale the boiling chamber.  

We offer a inexpensive service program if you don't want to do it yourself.

#5.  Distilled water isn't effective against organic chemicals.

Wrong!  The LIfemist distiller removes the VOC organic chemicals via the baffle system and the volatile gas vent.  This captures almost 100% - if any VOC's do happen to escape this vent, then the coconut charcoal post filter will trap them.  

Minerals - Inorganic Vs. Organic

Are you concerned about:  arthritis, hardening of the arteries, kidney stones, gall stones, cataracts, glaucoma, loss of hearing, diabetes, obesity, emphysema and other so called "aging diseases"?  You probably have never realized that all minerals from the air and in the ground collected by water are all inorganic minerals.  Inorganic minerals cannot be assimilated by the body unless they are chelated into organic molecules.  The only minerals the body can utilize are organic minerals - and we get those from the foods we eat.  Inorganic minerals must be eliminated from the body.  Herein lies the problem we have never suspected as the possible cause of nearly all our aging diseases!  Hard minerals must be removed from our bodies, and not reintroduced  Many progressive doctors prescribe distilled water for their patients.  All kidney machines operate on the purest water - distilled.  The facts are the truth of drinking distilled water is not new, public awareness of the potential threat to our heatlh from hard, dirty water is now becoming more widespread.  

Only plants need inorganic minerals.  Only plants can convert inorganic minerals into organic minerals that our bodies can use.

Distilled water does not leach organic minerals out of our systems.  It is only inorganic minerals rejected by the cells and tissues of the body which distilled water collects and eliminates from our systems.

21 Facts About Distilled Water  

You should know that Distilled water...

1. Distilled water is water which has been turned into vapor, so that virtually all its impurities are left behind, then by condensing, is turned back to "pure" water.  Only distillation is the single most effective method of water purification.

2.  Is the only type of water which meets the definition of water:  Hydrogen + Oxygen

3.  Is perfectly natural water.

4.  Is odorless, colorless and tasteless.

5.  Is free of virtually all inorganic minerals including salt.

6.  Is the only natural solvent that can be taken into the body without damage to the tissues.

7.  Acts as a solvent in the body, dissolving nutrients so they can be assimilated and taken into every cell.

8.  Dissolves cell waste so the toxins can be removed.

9.  Dissolves inorganic mineral substances lodged in the tissue of the body so that such substances can be eliminated in the process of purifying the body.

10.  Does not leach out organic body minerals.  Does collect and remove toxic, inorganic minerals which have been rejected by the cells of the body and therefore are nothing more than harmful debris obstructing the normal functions of the body.

11.  Is indeed the most ideal and benefical water for all humans and animals.

12.  Leaves no residue of any kind when it enters the body.

13.  Is the most perfect water for the healthy functioning of those great sieves, the kidneys.

14.  Is the perfect liquid for the blood.

15.  Is the ideal liquid for efficient functioning of the lungs, stomach, liver and all other vital organs.

16.  Is universally accepted as the standard for biomedical applicantions and for drinking water purity.

17.  Is so pure that all drup prescriptions are formulated with distilled water.

18.  Is fresh, clean and pleasing ot the palate.

19.  Makes food and drinks prepared with it taste noticeably better.  The flavor is subtle enough not to interfere with the food it is mixed with.

20.  Is the only pure water left on our polluted planet.

21.  Is the healthiest water and is the greatest natural solvent on earth!