and how much water should we be drinking?
The distillation process removes chemicals, toxins, and inorganic minerals. Most people understand that we don’t want to be drinking toxic chemicals but few understand the importance of not overloading the body with inorganic minerals. Inorganic minerals are minerals that are in rock form, this is contrasted to organic minerals which are found in fruits and vegetables and which are utilized by the body. Our bodies require organic minerals and are injured by inorganic minerals. I recently wrote an article on the effects of inorganic minerals on the body and how they lead to a slow petrifaction (turning to stone) of the body. You can read that article here: https://www.therawkey.com/the-slow-petrifaction-of-the-body-from-inorganic-mineral-consumption/
“What we as scientists and the public have never realized is that minerals collected in the body from water are all inorganic minerals, which cannot be assimilated (digested) by the body. The only minerals that the body can utilize are the organic minerals (from fruits and vegetables). All other types of minerals are foreign substances to the body and must be disposed of or eliminated.” “Distilled water then is water of the purest kind. It is odorless, colorless and tasteless. The divine purpose of water is to act as a solvent. In nature, water in evaporation is so fine that your eye cannot perceive it as it is drawn up into the clouds. Then it falls as rain, keeping the earth from being parched and burned. As a solvent, it dissolves rocks and soil. It figures in the transport of nutrients into plant life. In the human body, water fills similar functions. …Distilled water acts as a solvent in the body. It dissolves food substances so they can be assimilated and taken into every cell. It dissolves inorganic mineral substances lodged in tissues of the body so that such substances can be eliminated in the process of purifying the body. Distilled water is the greatest solvent on earth —the only one that can be taken into the body without damage to the tissues.”
The less inorganic minerals we can put into our bodies, the less burden our bodies are under, but there is an added benefit to distilled water that most people don’t think about. An early proponent of the science of Natural Hygiene, C.W. Delacy Evans explains why distilled water is superior to all other waters for humans as follows:
“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 conditions of old age.”
If you have ever put sugar into a glass of water you know that water can only hold so much material before some settle out. If we keep adding sugar eventually the water becomes saturated and no matter how much we stir there will still be sugar in the bottom of the glass. Minerals in water take up space in the water and the water reaches a point of saturation. Distilled water, being free from any minerals is then free to pick up inorganic minerals as it travels through the body. Since it is not already saturated in minerals it is free to absorb these harmful substances. It is also not going to be depositing any inorganic minerals in our tissues if it doesn’t contain any to start with. This means distilled water is the only water clean enough to remove the inorganic harmful minerals which make us age faster and become stiff over time.
Water is used in every elimination process, from our kidneys and bowels to our skin and lungs. Chronic dehydration limits the expulsion of waste, slowing down our healing processes and keeping us backed up with waste.
“It may safely be taught that THE ONLY ABSOLUTELY PURE WATER IS THAT PURIFIED BY DISTILLATION. Instruct the public how distillation can readily and cheaply be done. It furnishes a fruitful yield for the genius that will devise a small distilling apparatus for the use of every family. It would be safe to teach that the GENEROUS USE OF PURE WATER both within and without the body has never yet done any harm; that the functional ailments that affect the great host of mankind, are in a great part due to the fact of the imperfect elimination of waste matter, and that GENEROUS LIBATIONS OF PURE DISTILLED WATER is a most potent agent TO FLUSH THEM FROM THE BODY, through the skin, the lungs, the kidneys and the bowels. The diseases caused by impure water are numerous and fatal.” —Dr. Arthur R. Reynolds, M.D., Health Commissioner of Chicago
“You should DRINK AT LEAST ONE GALLON of distilled water a day. Most of us drink only at mealtime and when we’re noticeably thirsty. Wrong. You can develop a habit of NOT drinking water and walk around being 66 or 67 percent water, instead of 74 percent, which is what your body needs. When you don’t have the water in you, you won’t ever have the energy you need. The very first thing I do to get people’s energy up is to increase the amount of water in their diet. Immediately, their energy goes up. When someone has dementia, the first thing I do is give them lots of cold water all day, every day. About three weeks later, I start to see their dementia dissipate because they have rehydrated their brains. Unfortunately, your brain actually shrinks as you dehydrate. By DRINKING LOTS OF PURE DISTILLED WATER, you get better neuron activity and better cellular chemistry, and you’re able to detoxify the cells with water. Water has to be pure, free from fluoride, chlorine, and chemicals, which is why I recommend DISTILLED water. To achieve optimum health, I recommend that you DRINK A HALF GALLON TO ONE FULL GALLON PER DAY.” — Dr. Gary Null, Ph.D., from, “Gary Null’s Ultimate Anti-Aging Program,”
” …it is important that we GIVE TO THE BODY A SUFFICIENT QUANTITY OF DISTILLED WATER in order that the blood may be kept in its normal fluid condition, and the disease-producing effete matter eliminated. THERE IS NO CLEANSING AGENT AS IMPORTANT AS WATER, not only for the exterior of the body, but for the interior from the crown of the head to the soles of the feet. It is a simple matter to drink a glass of water, yet the results of the act are marvelous. A very small portion of it enters the intestines, but by far the larger quantity is absorbed into the blood and enters immediately into the circulation of this life-giving fluid.” “ONE IS ALMOST DRIVEN, if he be particular as to his water supply, TO THE USE OF DISTILLED WATER.” — Bernarr Macfadden, from Macfadden’s Encyclopedia of Physical Culture, 1911.
Quantity and quality are both of the utmost importance in keeping our bodies young, lean, and flexible and to avoid us slowly turning to stone. Water in fruits is distilled by the plant. The plant pulls the inorganic minerals from the soil and converts them into organic minerals in the fruit and leaves. The only source of minerals we should be consuming is those supplied by the plants we eat. Cooking plants changes the structure of the minerals again, causing them to be unusable by the body and contributing to the slow turning to stone of our bodies.
“By using succulent fruits and vegetables in scurvy, or acidosis, MUCH DISTILLED WATER IS FURNISHED THE BODY WITH WHICH TO FLUSH OUT THE ACCUMULATED PUTRESCENCE. Fruit and vegetables contain over ninety percent water.” — Dr. J. H. Tilden, M.D., from IMPAIRED HEALTH, ITS CAUSE AND CURE: A Repudiation of the Conventional Treatment of Disease
As most humans on earth have been assaulting their bodies with salt, an inorganic mineral and many of us have been duped into taking in supplements filled with inorganic minerals and we all eat cooked foods there is no doubt that we all have an abundance of inorganic minerals that our bodies would love to eliminate. The more distilled water we provide, the more the body can eliminate these and eliminate any calcifications or mineralization of the tissues.
REVERSE OSMOSIS FILTER OR COUNTERTOP DISTILLER?
Distillation is a process where water is boiled and then condensed leaving the minerals behind in the original container and only clean pure water in the new container. The process mimics nature, the sun evaporates, and clean water condenses in the clouds, and then it rains back down. Unfortunately, today we have so much debris from air pollution in the air that rain catches all of that on its way down, so rainwater is not clean. In our homes, this can be accomplished manually by boiling water on the stove and then using something to catch the steam and direct it into a sealable glass container for storage. The far easier option is to have a countertop distiller (like this https://amzn.to/3JENZO4) which produces 4 liters of distilled water in a few hours just by flipping a switch. The important things to look for in a countertop distiller is stainless steel and glass containers to hold the water and the finished water vessel should be sealable to keep out any airborne impurities that can be deposited into the water.
Reverse osmosis filters get the same end result as a distiller but using a different process. In reverse osmosis filtration, we are pushing water through multiple filters. Each progressive filter has a smaller, microscopic mesh that the water alone can push through and the larger minerals get left on the other side of the mesh. Reverse osmosis systems (like this one: https://amzn.to/3jsm5dh ) can be installed on your kitchen sink as a convenient way to have fresh, clean, distilled water at all times.
There are a few pros and cons to each system. With a distiller most only process one gallon at a time. If you live alone that might be fine, but if you forget to run it you will be waiting for water to drink. It would be best to have a separate container to store the water in so you can have multiple gallons available. If you live in a household with multiple people who are striving to stay hydrated at 1-2 gallons per day, the countertop distiller becomes problematic. The distiller requires regular cleaning and wastes very little water.
The reverse osmosis systems typically come with a 3-gallon or larger storage tank that continually refills. If you use all 3 gallons at once it takes a few hours to refill but most people will be taking off a quart or a half gallon at a time and the tank will simply keep topping itself off. The downside to reverse osmosis is the need to change the filters regularly – most are 3 months and 6 months. Another downside to the reverse osmosis filter is that they waste water, on average they use 2 gallons to produce one gallon which is much improved over the older models that were 4 or 5 to 1. There are also low-waste models that are a bit more expensive but that is an option if it is something you are concerned about.
SIPPING, GULPING, HOW MUCH SHOULD WE DRINK IN AN HOUR?
Our kidneys can process roughly one quart of water per hour. Drinking more than 1 quart in an hour can put a strain on the kidneys.
Sipping or gulping? We should drink to our own comfort. Sometimes that means just sipping and other times that means gulping. Often in the mornings when I first arise I will gulp down a full quart of water in a few minutes. The rest of the day I will tend to drink more slowly. If you are drinking too much too quickly your body will tell you by creating discomfort in the stomach and nausea. If you feel nausea simply stop drinking and give your body a few hours to process the water you put in before you drink any more.
When fasting we can often get an upset stomach or nauseous if we drink too much too quickly, so it’s often best to sip water when fasting or drink more slowly but consistently across the whole day.
HOW TO GET IN 1 GALLON PER DAY EASILY
If you drink a 1-quart jar as soon as you wake up. Drink a second in the first 2-3 hours in the morning, drink a 3rd just before lunchtime, and a 4th before dinner you will have drank a gallon each day.
URINATION
Most people’s biggest concern with drinking more water is how many times they will have to pee in a day. When we first start drinking more water there are two reasons that the body will start eliminating more frequently. The first is that the more water we provide the more waste the body can eliminate. The body wants to catch up on the backlog so when we first start drinking more the body has a greater urgency to eliminate frequently. The wastes coming out are acidic and burn the cells of the kidneys and bladder so the body often wants to eliminate them urgently and we may find that we are running to the bathroom rather than walking.
The second reason is the more dehydrated the body is, the more it rejects water at first. If you have ever forgotten to water your plants you have seen this evidenced. If you try to put water into very dry soil the water runs right out the bottom of the pot very quickly. The soil remains dry and the water just keeps running through. You have to keep repeatedly watering until it starts to absorb. The same is true of our bodies. We need to keep watering until we start to absorb.
Setting realistic expectations, most people eating the natural diet will urinate more often throughout the day than when eating cooked foods. This is how the body is supposed to function. We are supposed to eliminate waste frequently so it is not stuck inside causing damage. Some eating cooked foods are so chronically dehydrated that they might only urinate once or twice in a 24-hour period. Normal should be somewhere between 7 and 12 times per day, and while we are detoxing heavily we might be closer to 15 or even 20 times if the body wants to eliminate urgently.
If you are working a job that limits your access to a bathroom you may need to do a little planning when you first start increasing your water intake. Drinking first thing in the morning before you start your morning routine will allow the water to be processed in the first hour of the day before you head off to work. Typically we urinate within the hour of drinking, but each person is different so testing things out on the weekends is a good way to manage the work week. Also, slowly increasing over several weeks will allow you to better manage when limited potty breaks are available.
Making changes to our habits can always be tricky and require a bit of discipline or planning but increasing your water intake and drinking distilled water is well worth the trouble. The benefits to our health are innumerable. On that note, I shall leave you with a few more quotes about the benefits of distilled water to inspire you to push through and get rehydrated.
“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 has 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.” —Dr. Charles McFerrin, writing in the July 1955 issue of Nature’s Path
“The late Dr. Lambe, of London, was so thoroughly convinced of the IMPORTANCE OF THE PUREST WATER in the treatment of Cancers, Scrofula, and Cachexias generally, that HE RESTRICTED HIS PATIENTS TO THE USE OF DISTILLED WATER. And his success was remarkable.” — from Herald of Health, Volume 2, in the article, “The Hygiean Home” by Russell T. Trall, M.D.
“The greatest damage done by inorganic minerals (hard)—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 our bodies.”
“WHEN DISTILLED WATER ENTERS THE BODY, IT LEAVES NO RESIDUE OF ANY KIND. It is free of salts and sodium. It is the most perfect water for the healthy functioning of the kidneys (83% water). It is the perfect liquid for the blood (83% water), the ideal liquid for the efficient functioning of the lungs (86% water), stomach, liver (85% water) and other vital organs. Why? Because it is free of all inorganic minerals. IT IS SO PURE THAT ALL LIQUID DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS ARE FORMULATED WITH DISTILLED WATER.” — Dr. Paul Bragg, N.D. Ph.T., from “The Shocking Truth About Water”
“A frequent development while fasting is a dislike for water. This is particularly true if the water is “hard”. “HARD WATER” that, while one is eating, tastes pleasant enough, IS REJECTED BY THE SHARPENED SENSE OF TASTE. IN SUCH CASES WE FIND THE USE OF DISTILLED WATER, TO BE SATIFACTORY.” — Dr. Herbert M. Shelton, N.D., from The Science and Fine Art of Fasting, The Hygienic System: Vol. III
