Topic: Water what kind tap , bottled , filtered ?

I use a filtration system that is low cost and very easy to install with an under sink mount with a sink spigot using one of the holes in the top of the sink. 

It's a dual-cartridge system.  I change the filters every six months. 

Debbie 

Reverse osmosis is supposed to be THE best.  Best wishes

I had well water until a couple of years ago or less.  I don't know how good my well water was.  Our well was about 150 feet deep.  I got bc and I am also hypothyroid..on meds.  We had NO chlorine for years and years.

I too have noticed that most of these filters reduce the chlorine taste.  I have one pitcher that is a Britta filter.  We certainly cannot afford an elaborate water filtration system throughout our house.

Shirley

we bought a carbon filtering system the type recommended by Dr. Weil. Here in southern California the system we purchased is a "waterboy", which is a whole house filtration system, then we are purchasing a water ionizer for drinking water to help with PH balancing.

I thought we weren't supposed to mention brand names like that.  Not sure where I got that thought from.  However, I'm not complaining.  I can now tell you I use the Aquasana under sink filtration system. 

http://www.aquasana.com/product_detail.php?product_id=56 

I'm very happy with it.  I signed on for water for life.  $45 every six months.  They send you the replacement cartridges automatically, twice a year. 

I bought the better spigot.  I can fill pots of water, glasses, etc. very easily.   

Debbie 

If we weren't supposed to mention, I didn't realize it.  Sorry.  

I was at a big box store and looked through all they had.  Had done some research previously. 

Makes the tap run kind of slow, but so far so good. 

Thought maybe I would try this one and get another if not happy. I can use this one at our summer camp. 

I really got used to the better taste of bottled water.  Had tap at a meeting and it smelled fishy and tasted horrible.

Bliz, I used what you have and then decided to migrate to an undersink type.  But when I first switched to the Pur, we were drinking bottled water.  I set up a taste test among several friends using glasses with the water type marked under the glass - unfiltered tap, filtered tap using the Pur and bottled water.  There was no taste difference between the Pur and the bottled water.  The unfiltered tap was noticeable. Never did anything beyond the taste test for comparison.

Debbie 

ladies, i'm leery of city waters as well. I went to the dermatologist about psoriasis and told her I developed it after moving to our current town about 12 years ago. I told her I guess there was no known cause of psoriasis...she told me there is headway on causes and that perhaps the water could be associated with mine.

I installed a pur water filter on my kitchen sink, the first system leaked and the company replaced it for free, I got a better pur, but it leaked also. needless to say I have started buying gallon containers of distilled water at Walmart...only 72 cents a gallon. when my younger sister went through breast cancer in her 30's (9 years ago), her doctor told her to stay away from the city water and only drink distilled, she drinks LeBleu out of the bottle. I read chemicals from the bottles of some waters leech into the water and are carcinogenic...but I'm not able to afford a distill for my home city water...so I'm hoping the gallon jugs of distilled water aren't exposed to heat and aren't carcinogenic.

I use the distilled water to cook with and only tape water to rinse fruits and vegetables, wash dishes etc.

Sandra Bullok (sp) was on Oprah the other day. She uses Travis water filtration. I hadn't heard of that. I am keeping away from plastic. I am even worried about the plastic in our refrigerator that holds the water.

Environmental oncology is very interesting.

Because our tap water contains both fluoride and chorine, I immediately stopped drinking tap water when I was dx with bc because my daughter said that these elements (as well as other junk in tap water) complicate and slow the healing process.

My husband's prostate problems cleared up when we started drinking bottled water.  I understand that the hard water minerals, etc., can act upon the circulatory system a little like tap water in a tea kettle or coffee pot.  They require cleaning out layers of minerals from time to time.  I confess I am not sure how all this works, but I do know I am afraid of chlorine and fluoride.  They have banned fluoride in the water in many European countries, and I think it can't be good to drink even small amounts of bleach (chlorine).  

My daughter adds back into her filtered water (she has a filter on her sink for drinking water) some minerals which she says our bodies need. 

We use a filter on our shower, and I have stopped using many of the cosmetics, perfumes, hair products, cleaning products, etc. that I used to take for granted.  The purpose of this is to reduce the toxic load so that our bodies have a better chance to heal.