Most people might be surprised to learn that tap water more often than not is not just water, there's a ton of other things in it such as many different minerals, but also additives such as Chlorine, Chloramine, Fluoride among others, and impurities like rust, lead, copper from the pipes, to medicines, blood and other things that people expel from their bodies. Point is 99% of cases the water we drink is not exactly the healthiest.

To give an example, water purity is most commonly measured in TDS - Total Dissolved Solids. Most municipality water treatment plants aim to get water down to 600 TDS milligrams per liter of water (mg/L) or less. That number can fluctuate based on where you live of course, but generally is between 300-600 TDS. So really what the treatment plants don't filter, your body has to, but it doesn't have to be this way.

A cheap way to "clean" your water is to distill it at home. I suggest buying a quality water distiller (not exactly cheap at around 250-400$, but definitely worth it in the long run, though there's many cheaper options). There's ways to do this "manually" but id highly discourage it as you can get some nasty burns if you're not careful because of the steam. You can look up videos online of people distilling water with some pretty whack setups, just trust me its much less effort going with a distiller unit.

Simply boiling water in a pot DOES NOT REMOVE THE IMPURITIES. In fact, as water evaporates from the pot the impurities become more concentrated in what's left in the pot.

Basically how distillation works is, you put water in a closed container and boil it. At the top of the container is a series of tubes that capture the steam from the boiling water and cool it down so it condenses, and channel it to a container for storage. Most water distillers will have a place for a charcoal filter just before the water is collected in the container so it can remove any chemicals that might have carried over with the steam. Whats left in the distiller is honestly disgusting and you might gag the first couple of times, scales form from solids, chalk like stuff accumulates at the top of the scales, and the smell is killer too, look up videos or pictures of that stuff..

And thats all there is to it, the water in the storage container is ready to drink and most commonly has 0-5 TDS depending on your distillation unit and contamination of the water. If you're really anal about it you can distill the distilled water again but at that point theres not much sense in doing that. Some high quality units even have a heavy duty steel that will allow you to distill contaminated water from a pond in the street, rain water, snow etc.

Now if you've been following along you might say, "wait doesnt that remove all the minerals and good stuff from the water as well?", yeah it does. I wont argue if water with no minerals is bad to drink or not, as im not educated in that field, theres arguments on both sides. Most people find no difference drinking distilled water to tap water with a balanced diet. If you're nervous about it you can buy mineral infusions just for that, that can be added to your water to make it more "complete again". Some people also suggest himalayan salt, but im not sure about that one.

Bottled water is slightly better, in that water bottling plants will use reverse osmosis or some other process to remove all the impurities from the water and then add their own "secret sauce" of minerals to the water, depending on the brand so it always tastes the same no mater if you bought the same bottle of water in the USA or Europe. This is not a bad thing, the issue comes with the (most commonly) plastic bottles its in. Ever noticed the expiration date on a bottle of water? Its not for the water, its for the plastic bottle. Either way you're drinking a small amount of plastic as the bottle degrades over time.

Water can hold an incredible amount dissolved solids in it, thats why its often used to clean sterile rooms and laboratories because clean water will soak up all the filth, whereas tap water will mostly only push it around(if you've ever cleaned a floor you'll know). If you cook with distilled water you might find seasonings will be absorbed much faster, and the taste of the food is for me at least better.

Animals will also nearly always choose distilled water over tap water if given the chance, there's many articles and videos online of it.

All that is not to say you'll drop dead tomorrow if you dont start drinking distilled water, but something I strongly believe is that over time our bodies accumulate lots of garbage from the food and water we consume, which eventually manifests in disease.

If you have any other ideas, suggestions or you know something that I missed, please post about it. I know it was kinda long but i felt it was necessary to go into detail. Thank you for reading to the end!

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