Poor Man's Water Purifier

If you read the "Consumer Confidence Report" that comes from your water company.... it may have the following information on it:

"Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population. Immune-compromised persons such as persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or other immune system disorders, some elderly, and infants can be particularly at risk from infection. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers."

I'd say that we have a problem. We start out with water that "immune-compromised" persons and babies should not drink and the water becomes acidic as it flows through the city's pipes. Acidic water flowing through pipes picks up lead and other contaminants directly from the pipes it runs through. So the water that we started with might have been adequately safe for the general public, but now what about the water that actually comes out of the faucet?

The following cheap, home treatment that improves the taste. I cannot prove that it does anything else. I think it may be healthier based on the following:

"Dr. Earp-Thomas added a handful of wheatgrass to fluoridated water for several minutes. When the grass was removed and the water tested, no fluorine was traceable. Later, an official of the Water Department of New York City tested fluoridated water in which a small sprig of wheatgrass had been swished. He could find no trace of fluorine. Evidently, the presence of wheat grass in fluoridated water renders the inorganic chemicals harmless. Dr. Earp-Thomas found that an ounce of grass in a gallon of fluoridated water would turn the fluorine into harmless calcium-phosphate-fluoride compounds. Alfalfa seeds will not grow in treated water [means city-treated water not wheatgrass-treated water- bfg] but will merely rot in treated tap water. One-half ounce of wheatgrass, added each morning to ordinary tap water, softens it and makes it positive....

"Dr. Earp-Thomas further discovered that fruits and vegetables contaminated by sprays were thoroughly cleansed and the negative food transformed by wash water with a wisp of wheatgrass placed in the water. In pasteurized milk, baby foods, pet foods, etc. wheatgrass changes the toxic orbit of electrons to positive. Wheatgrass placed in the drinking water of pets and cut up over their food helps prevent ailments in your pets."

From pages 43-45 Be Your Own Doctor by Ann Wigmore, D.D., N.D.

I keep a quart jar of sprouts on my kitchen sink. I have either alfalfa sprouts or wheat sprouts. Whenever I need water, I take the quart jar with sprouts, fill it with water, swish it around slightly and pour the water into a glass or other container. The water tastes much better! In order to always have sprouts, I keep two jars going. Sometimes I also add baking soda to make the water more alkaline and use a "stirwand" to break up the water molecules.

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[barbfeick]

I bought my stir wand at Momentum98 in Columbus, Ohio. They have a website.



[barbfeick]

Go to Wikipedia and find "Organisms used in water purification"

Also "Healthy microbial assemblages in soil and on surfaces in water change the form (and possibly the toxicity) of pesticides and they also remove heavy metals, such as mercury, that are harmful to life. Wetlands can remove 20-60% of heavy metals in the waters moving through them, and microbes in ecosystems can also change herbicides so that they are no longer toxic." at science net links dot com

[barbfeick]

I sprout alfalfa seeds. I like them better than wheat. I use a mason jar and a sprouting top that I bought at a health food store. You can also use a piece of nylon stocking and a rubber band. There are plenty of videos on youtube that tell you how to sprout seeds. As far as proof that the plants change the fluoride, I have only what Ann Wigmore wrote in her book. But there are websites about using ponds to purify water.

[barbfeick]

I use whole alfalfa sprouts. When I tried just the tops of plants, it didn't work.

Boiling the water gets rid of volatile chemicals like chlorine. And yes the water tastes much better!

You can also put the water in a glass jar in the sun. The volatile chemicals evaporate and the water takes on energy from the sun. You would have to dowse or use muscle testing to see the difference this makes.

The sprouts, according to Ann Wigmore, changes the toxic fluoride into something nontoxic.

[ArizonaAdventures]

what about pinching off some wheat grass and adding to a glass of water. Just drinking the wheat grass as you drink the water? Have you tried this?

[barbfeick]

@ArizonaAdventures - No I haven't. I think you need the roots of the plant and not just the tops for it to work.

[cass1146]

very intelligent woman..great job;)

[letsgomd]

Good job,..

Important: *** Make Sure the Baking Soda does NOT contain aluminum ***

[FoodOrFail]

@weiming1998 I wasn't asking for a lecture on free radicals, I just said maybe that's what she meant.

[weiming1998]

@FoodOrFail

Really?

1, Do you mean reactive oxygen species?

2, Oxygen free radicals are used by the body to destroy pathogens

3, According to sources, O2 is a reactive oxygen species. H2O2 is also one.

4, Our body naturally has substances used to destroy excess free radicals

5, The vitamin C and E should be enough to battle all the excess free radicals in the water, as there is not much of it and some are fairly unstable.

6, Our body use free radicals (NO) as signal molecule, so some exists.

[anumpeshi]

YAHOO FOR MOTHER NATURES GIFTS, 2012

[hotpopcorncake]

Can't hear clear

[jenssdewalka]

thnaks - i will defenatlly try

[FoodOrFail]

Just thinking out loud... some folks are moving away from chlorinated pools and opting instead for pools that use (I think) a sort of sand and salt system to purify the water. From what I understand, the water is very pure and you can even drink the water that you swim in! Perhaps there is something to be learned from these pools that can be incorporated, small scale, for drinking water in the home?

[FoodOrFail]

@joanofark06 The brand I'm using does not mention anywhere on the label whether it contains aluminum, and how much. Isn't that supposed to be listed by law? It's a major label brand, not mentioned here so I don't get flagged, but you know the box!! It says Sodium Bicarbonate - 100%. So does that mean definitely no aluminum? Or is there some rounding involved and it could be .04% aluminum?

[FoodOrFail]

@weiming1998 Perhaps she meant free radicals?

[TheHorsenation]

just press 1 lemon into your water - makes it taste better as well. It's up to Scientists to proof that lemon removes the fluoride. Also, I dont claim any health benefits - but Vitamin C shouldn't be that bad.

Sounds more like a "poor brains" water filter to me, just saying.

[JustABitchyCancer]

wow this is some good info, thanks!