--> I recommend using a water filter that removes fluoride and chlorine, as well as bacteria and parasites. There are many water filters that are worth investigating. An environmental laboratory that specializes in water testing can test your water. Their phone numbers can be found in the Yellow Pages under "water testing." Since a filter system removes many minerals from tap water, as well as the toxic agents mentioned above, it is important that you add a daily multiple vitamin-mineral supplement to your dietary regimen. |  In our home, we use the British Berkefeld water filter. Missionaries and relief workers being sent into remote or diseased areas of the world have used this for more than 100 years. The current model uses a ceramic filter that is wonderful in screening out bacterial and parasitic contaminants in the water. Chlorine and solvents are also removed.
The core of the filter is diatomaceous earth. The current filter has an activated carbon filter, which removes chemical and organic compounds.
Water filtered through a solid charcoal filter emerges slightly alkaline, which is ideal for good health. |  How a water filter is used is as important as which brand or model you buy. Here are a few suggestions to help improve a filter's performance:
¦ Flush out the filter daily.
¦ Don't filter hot water (it can free trapped chemicals).
¦ Use a slow flow rate (the carbon will be able to absorb more impurities).
¦ Filter only water used for drinking, cooking, and bathing.
¦ Change filters regularly.
DISTILLATION Nothing beats a distiller for high-quality, consistently almost pure water. |  The best step is to buy a water filter. The cost can range from $150 for an under-the-sink model, combining carbon filtration with reverse osmosis, to $1,500 for a whole-house filter that will purify even the water for your shower. There are four basic types of filtration:
• Solid block carbon filters appear to be much more effective in removing organic chemicals, such as solvents and trihalomethanes, than activated carbon filters, which use granulated or powdered carbon. |  I packed a barrier cloth to put on the motel mattress, all-cotton sheets and blankets, a water filter, a special heater in case of cold weather, three air filters, an antimold device, two coolers full of food, and cookware. This earful of para-phenalia underscored how much I now needed to protect myself from the world.
At six-thirty I said good-bye to Patricia and left her to enjoy the remnants of her MariEL treatment. She appeared relieved to have a break from my comments about mold and chemical exposures, comments which now irritated her and made her feel separate from me. |  Taking along a light-weight, portable water filter to purify drinking water and for soaking the dry foods overnight is a must. With the purified water one can even have sprouted seeds the next day. Fresh fruits and vegetables are usually available in most countries during the summer.
There are several excellent foods to take when traveling. One is spirulina; another is a new class of products called flash-dry vegetable, grain, and fruit concentrates. I suggest only getting ones that are organic. If I had a choice of one food to bring with me on a desert island, it would be spirulina. | | On a camping trip, a good water filter that is able to filter out bacteria is important. No commercially available filter works for viruses. If one is concerned about hepatitis and other viruses in the water, there are oxidative preparations, such as stabilized oxygen solution by the brand name of Aerobic 07 and its associated product called Floe, which interact with the oxidized viruses so they clump and can be filtered out. The makers of Aerobic 07 claim this combination completely sterilizes and purifies the water. | | The practical solution is to get a water filter for the home and office, or at least to start using commercially purified and bottled water.
Fasting
Fasting is one of the easiest, most inexpensive, and effective methods of detoxification. There are basically two types of fasts, water and juice. Results depend upon both the health of the individual and the length of the fast. Fasting is often combined with enemas and colon therapy for the purpose of ridding the body of stagnation and toxins trapped in the bowels. |  Also consider installing a high-quality water filter on your kitchen tap. An activated carbon unit is adequate. However, a combined activated charcoal/reverse osmosis unit would be optimal—this is particularly important for those who are the most chemically sensitive.
For those who become more symptomatic after taking a shower, a carbon filter shower head or a carbon filter installed for the whole bathroom (or centrally) should be adequate to prevent the trihalomethane accumulation from chlorine interaction. |  If you don't have a water filter and your water is chlorinated, run the bathroom exhaust fan while showering. You need to do this anyway to control moisture and molds. Do relax in a bath but also open a window.
• After a long period (over twenty-four hours) of disuse, run your water taps for a few minutes to flush out contaminated water.
Bedroom
In the team studies, clothes that had been dry-cleaned were the most profound source of exposure to perchloroethylene, called perc. (It is also known as tetrachloroethylene. |  She bought a reverse osmosis water filter (a two-step system which filters not only heavy metals and minerals, but also microbes), got rid of the fluoride toothpaste, and requested that their dentist stop fluoride treatments. Once this program was under way, Freddy's seizures stopped and never came back.
Another boy, Tod, 12, lived in a town where the water supply was fluoridated. He developed seizures of increasing severity but remained conscious during the episodes, a feature not usually observed in severe epilepsy. |  Certainly, adding a water filter to treat suspect water is perhaps the simplest solution. Currently, in municipalities chlorine and ozone are used to sterilize water. Certain essential oils render water sterile. The most potent of these include oil of oregano, cumin, lemongrass, cinnamon, lavender and bay leaf. Oil of wild oregano was the most effective of these, rendering septic water sterile in a dilution of 1 in 1000. Translated into common terms, this means water can be sterilized by adding 10 drops per cup (8 oz.) of water or about 20 drops per quart. |  Get a good in-home water filter or drink bottled water. I have long preferred steam-distilled water. Distilled water is healthier for you, tastes better, and will not leach minerals from your bones and organs. I have recently been introduced to Oxy-Water™, which contains 34 mg of pure 02 added to each liter of filtered and distilled water.
I CHAPTER FOUR
Reactive Oxygen Species in Specific Diseases
This chapter will discuss several diseases that are generated by reactive oxygen species (ROS). | | Fortunately, installing a water filter at the tap takes care of the problem.
Fluoride is also added to water at treatment facilities, and has been since the early 1950s, when it was found to significantly reduce dental cavities. A level of 0.7 to 1.2 milligrams of fluoride per liter of drinking water (mg/L) is generally regarded as the optimum balance to reduce dental decay. But in many areas fluoride occurs naturally, so adding it increases the amount to excess levels. Many of us also get fluoride from toothpaste and other sources. |  I recommend a solid carbon-block water filter, or spring water, for all drinking and cooking needs.) Unfortunately, in spite of home filtration or spring water for personal use, there is always some exposure to tap water, such as when you eat at restaurants or buy prepared foods, or when you shower and breathe the vaporized volatile chemicals. (At one water testing lab, the joke about their municipal water was that it was "safe" to drink, but for goodness sake don't smoke in the shower! |  I suggest using a water filter that removes all harmful chemicals and having your water checked periodically to ensure that the filter is functioning appropriately.
Fluoride
In many municipalities, fluoride is added to the water supply to help prevent cavities. However, fluoride is a known
Figure 11: Recommended Water Intake
1. Weight in pounds_12.
2. Result is recommended water intake in ounces.
3. Number of ounces _/8 =_glasses of water per day. carcinogen, and the dose of fluoride necessary to prevent cavities has never been accurately determined. |  Use a water filter, buy purified water, or drink well water that has been analyzed and shown to be free of chemicals and germs. Avoid tap water!
Avoid red meats—beef, pork, and lamb. Raising livestock on a vast scale is destructive to any natural environment. Overconsumption of these products is unhealthy.
Especially avoid chemically treated red meats. Whenever possible, buy the meats of range-fed animals, free of antibiotics and hormones. Do not consume lunch meats or other nitrate- or nitrite-cured meats. |  You can purchase an inexpensive water filter or a complete household unit, depending on your needs and your budget.
The least expensive route is a pitcher with a filter attached. All you do is pour the water through. Ideally I'd like to see you with a more sophisticated filtration system in your home that eliminates heavy metals, chlorine, benzene and other carcinogens. Prices start around $200 for the original unit, then about $70 a year to replace the filter. You can easily install sink top units yourself.
Water filtration companies can install water filtration units in your home. |  Do some checking before you buy a home water filter. Buy a filter certified by the NSF. The NSF charges manufacturers to analyze filter performance and certifies tested models with a label listing the contaminants the filter actually removes. Look for an NSF label or contact NSF at 3475 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 for a list of certified filters. Once you select a home filter, have the water it produces independently tested.
Do some checking before you buy bottled water. |  Buy a water filter.
I get very confused in the supermarket. Is mineral water better for me than springwater?
Better? Not really. Some bottled mineral waters may actually have fewer dissolved minerals than many city water supplies. In fact, the term mineral water is frequently used to describe all bottled water, with the exception of bulk water, club soda, and seltzer. Springwater must, under truth-in-labeling laws, come from a spring. But that spring has minerals in it, too. What you want to watch out for are mineral waters without the word natural on the label. |  Consider using a water filter and maximizing your intake of organic foods.
• Food allergies may contribute to memory problems. The most common allergens are wheat, milk, and corn. If you're noticing some memory glitches, consider cutting down on these foods, which increase inflammation throughout the body, including the brain.
EXERCISE: A Memory Tonic
Go for a 1-mile walk shortly after you wake up, Dr. Hughes says. But rather than an aerobic, heart-pumping fitness walk, yours should be a solitary, peaceful walk in a natural setting, if possible. | | Since an effective water filter can cost anywhere from $100 to thousands of dollars, do some research before you buy one. Several excellent guides to water-safety problems and filters are described on page 207. Here's a quick look at the different types of filters and what they can do:
CONTAMINANTS: INORGANIC MICROBIAL ORGANIC RADIOACTIVE
TREATMENT TECHNIQUES: carbon adsorption
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The more stars, the more effectively the treatment technique removes that type of contaminant. | | This is not an advertisement, and I paid for the water filter.) has a low pH (more acidic), hard plastic pipes are better because the acidity can leach copper, which may kill off the good bacteria in your body, leading to vaginal yeast infections.
• Filter the water supply in your house. Unfortunately, most filters are made from plastic. We don't know what chemicals are used in the plastic and if they leach out into the water.
• Buy bottled water if necessary, ideally in glass containers. But beware. | |
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