Drinking pure water

What doctors say about this important topic

What doctors say about drinking pure water

There are a lot of LIES and DECEPTIONS about the healthfulness of drinking distilled water, such as that it depletes the body of minerals and can lead to death. WHAT IS THE TRUTH?

Dr. Paul Bragg says:

"The greatest damage caused by inorganic minerals (hard water) - plus waxy cholesterol and salt - is to the small arteries and other blood vessels of the brain (75% water). The hardening of the arteries and calcification of the blood vessels begins the day we start taking inorganic chemicals (and minerals from tap water) into our bodies."
 
"When distilled water enters the body, it leaves no residue. It is free of salts and sodium. It is the perfect water for the healthy functioning of the kidneys (83% water). It is the perfect fluid for the blood (83% water), the ideal fluid for the efficient functioning of the lungs (86% water), stomach, liver (85% water) and other vital organs.
 
And why? Because it is free of all inorganic minerals. It is so pure that all liquid medicine formulas are formulated with distilled water.

 

Dr. Paul Bragg, N.D. Ph.T., from his book: "The Shocking Truth About Water"

Dr. Allen Banik says...

"Distilled water is the best solvent in the world. (It is) the only water that can be absorbed into the body without damaging the tissue.

 

What we as scientists and the public have never realized is that the minerals that the body absorbs from water are all inorganic minerals that cannot be assimilated (digested) by the body. The only minerals that the body can utilize are the organic minerals (from fruits and vegetables). All others

All other minerals are foreign substances for the body and must be disposed of or excreted.

 

Today, many progressive doctors prescribe distilled water to their patients. All kidney machines work with distilled water".

 
Allen E. Banik, M.D. Author, "The Choice is Clear"

Dr. James Balch says...

"There is only one water, and that is clean, steam-distilled water. No other substance on our planet does as much to keep us healthy and make us healthy as water."

 

Dietary Wellness; 1993 Dr. James Balch, M.D.

Dr. C.W. DeLacy Evans says...

"Used as a beverage, distilled water is absorbed directly into the blood, the solvent properties of which it increases to such an extent that it holds in solution the salts already present in the blood, prevents their excessive deposition in various organs and structures, favors their elimination by the various excretions, and tends to remove these earthy compounds already accumulated in the body.... There is no doubt of the great value of distilled water freely used to retard the ossification which seems to form the condition of old age."

 

C.W. DeLacy Evans, M.D., in his book, How To Prolong Life

Dr. Charles McFerrin says...

"Distilled water is 'empty' water - a hungry water, a water capable of absorbing body toxins. You've had the experience of trying to use an old post office paper on your desk. Everyone has used it, and it is so full of ink that it no longer absorbs. It's the same with a "full" water, a water full of chlorine, aluminum, etc. Such water does not have the ability to absorb body impurities."

 

Dr. Charles McFerrin, in the July 1955 issue of Nature's Path

Dr. Teofilio de la Torre says...

"Instead of drinking the hard water of the springs or the chlorinated water of the cities, it will be beneficial to drink distilled water to prevent calcification of the body."

Dr. Robert W. Flinchbaught says...

"The evidence that distilled water acts as a solvent in the body, dissolving inorganic mineral deposits, is very important. A growing body of evidence suggests that distilled water dissolves and removes these disease-causing minerals and flushes out the hundreds of dangerous chemicals that have also been absorbed into the body. Not only is distilled water free of harmful substances, but it also appears to help remove them from the body's cells, cleansing the body so it can function as it should.

 

Dr. Robert W. Flinchbaught, from "Pure Water is Life".

Dr. Alexander Graham Bell says...

Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, recognized the health value of distilled water and claimed that its daily use prolonged his life. Plagued by sciatica and confined to bed, Dr. Bell could find no relief from his pain. The attack occurred while he was studying the deposition of salts in the human organism. A well-known scientist had written a book in which he claimed that old age was due to such deposits and that the ills of advanced age were due to their not being removed. In his opinion, if these deposits reached the joints, the person suffered from rheumatism. If they got into the kidneys, they caused kidney disease and stones in the urinary organs, and if they became lodged in the arteries, they caused what is called arteriosclerosis. When such deposits coated the nerves, they caused sciatica. Dr. Bell wrote: "I knew that distilled water was pure. I thought if I drank a lot of it, I could get rid of some of the salts that were coating my sciatic nerves. I tried drinking it and it worked like a charm. I have continued to drink distilled water and attribute my near perfect health largely to this."

 

Dr. Alexander Graham Bell

Dr. Robert D. Willix, Jr. says...

"If you opt for bottled water, make sure it's distilled, but in the long run, you'll save money by purifying your water at home. It's more convenient than lugging gallon jugs from the store. The "gold standard" for water purification is a system that distills and filters your water. You have the assurance that it contains no chlorine, fluoride, bacteria, viruses, pesticides or lead. You get nothing but H2O."

 

Robert D. Willix, Jr., M.D.: 'Maximum Health'

Dr. John Yiamoyuiannis says...

"The home distiller is the best method and also the best way to get distilled water. It is the only reliable home water treatment to remove fluoride from water."

 

John Yiamoyuiannis, Ph.D.: 'Fluorides: The aging factor

Dr. David C. Kennedy says...

"Even tap water inevitably contains a variety of toxins such as chlorine, chloramine, asbestos, pesticides, fluoride, copper, mercury and lead. The best way to remove all these contaminants is through distillation."

 

David C. Kennedy, D.D.S: 'How To Save Your Teeth: Toxin-Free Preventive Dentistry'

Dr. Charles Mayo says...

"Water hardness (inorganic minerals in solution) is the real cause of many, if not all, diseases due to toxins in the intestinal tract. These (hard minerals) emanate from the intestinal walls and enter the lymphatic system, which releases all its products into the blood, which in turn distributes to all parts of the body. This is the cause of many human diseases."

 

Dr. Charles Mayo from the Mayo Clinic

Dr. Peter A. Lodewick says...

"The only type of water that appears to be suitable for consumption is distilled water, i.e. water that is absolutely free of any minerals or chemicals. Distilled water is made pure by first heating it until it evaporates, leaving all the "impurities" behind. Then the water vapor is condensed. The result of this process is water in its purest form. Distillation is the most effective method of water purification."

 

Peter A. Lodewick, M.D.: 'A diabetic doctor looks at diabetes'

Dr. Norman W. Walker says...

So people who claim that distilled water removes minerals from the body are only right in this respect. This is only 50% of the truth. It is virtually impossible for distilled water to remove minerals that have become an integral part of the body's cells and tissues. Distilled water ONLY collects the minerals that remain in the body, minerals that have been excreted from the natural water AND from the cells, the minerals that the natural water originally collected through its contact with the earth and rocks. These minerals that have been shed from the cells of the body have no constructive value. On the contrary, they are debris that distilled water can pick up and remove from the system.

 

Dr. Norman W. Walker, from "Water Can Undermine Your Health"

Dr. John Christopher says...

"Water is so valuable to the entire system of the human body that it is wise to use only the BEST. Use pure steam distilled water for health and well-being."

 

Dr. John Christopher, from "Regenerative Nutrition"

Frank N. Hepburn, USDA, says...

is available for the crews of naval vessels at sea."

 

Frank N. Hepburn, Chief, Nutrient Data Research Branch, United States Department of Agriculture, Consumer Nutrition Division

Dr. Paul Conn says...

"When you drink impure, dirty water, your body acts like a filter that traps some of the solids in the water. A filter eventually becomes clogged and unusable and can only be thrown away. The human body could face the same fate.

 

But the basic statement that only distilled water avoids mineral deposits in the body is indisputable. The deposits that form in a kettle after repeated use are traces of minerals left behind when the water evaporates. Distilled water leaves no such traces, neither in a kettle nor in the human body. It is true that in most hospitals distilled water is used for newborns; in many cardiac units distilled water is prescribed for heart patients. And it's true that kidney stones and other mineral-like deposits in the body are much more common in areas where the drinking water is high in inorganic minerals - and distilled water has none of that at all.

 

It is undoubtedly the best water available to man and the only truly pure water available in our wasteful society."

 

Dr. Paul Conn, from "Not A Drop To Drink"

Dr. Michael Colgan says...

"The only water that is likely to be clean is distilled water."

 

Dr. Michael Colgan, from "The New Nutrition: Medicine for the Millennium"

Dr. Raymond H. Bishop, Jr. says...

"Distilled water is safe to drink and should have no adverse effects on your health. Distillation simply removes most of the dissolved substances found in all natural waters."

 

Raymond H. Bishop, Jr. M.D. Major General, Commandant, Medical Corps. Department of the Army, U.S. Army Health Services Command

Dr. Edward M. Wagner says...

"People who suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome should drink distilled water."

 

Dr. Edward M. Wagner, from "How to stay away from the doctor"

Louis Pasteur says...

"We drink 90 percent of our diseases."

Louis Pasteur

Nick Pavlica says...

I recommend distilled water to all my friends and family and wouldn't do it if I didn't think it was one of the healthiest things a person can do. After a full body scan, the doctor told me that I have the cleanest arteries of anyone he has examined at my age. And I've never had a broken bone in my body. (Contrary to the quacks' claims that calcium and other minerals are "leached" from the body!)"

 

Nick Pavlica, Director, H2o Labs, Ltd.

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Author Vicki Glassburn...

"Distilled water is the purest form there is. Distilled water helps to eliminate excess heavy metals from the body."

 

Vicki Glassburn, from "Who Killed Candida?" 1991

Jack Bell, American Medical Association,...

"To the best of our knowledge, the continued consumption of distilled water has no adverse health effects."

 

Jack A. Bell, Assistant Director, May 17, 1985; American Medical Association; Division of Personal and Public Health Policy;

Dr. Ron Kennedy says...

"As for the argument that distilled water leaches out minerals. That's true, and that's exactly what we want to achieve with it. The minerals it leaches are in the unusable, ionic form, and we want them to leave the body instead of being deposited and causing disease. Distilled water does not leach significant amounts of bioavailable minerals because they are quickly absorbed by the body as needed. When they are present in excess, they are filtered through the kidneys, which is exactly what needs to happen with anything in excess in circulation. Distilled water cleanses the body by promoting healthy kidney function."

 

Ron Kennedy, M.D.

Dr. Clifford C. Dennison says...

"There is no absolute medical proof that drinking distilled WATER cures arthritis, heart disease, high blood pressure, hardening of the arteries or any of the dozens of other diseases people suffer from. There is no absolute proof that drinking distilled water eliminates kidney and gallstones, reduces cataracts or cures emphysema. But there are hundreds of case histories of people who have successfully alleviated or overcome these health problems when they started drinking distilled water exclusively."

 

Dr. Clifford C. Dennison, Ed.D., associate professor at Lee College in Cleveland, Tennessee, and a lifelong water researcher and expert

Author Jonathan King says...

"When properly maintained, distillers provide a constant supply of high quality water. Filters and reverse osmosis systems, on the other hand, are at their best when they are first installed, and efficiency inevitably decreases with use."

 

Jonathon King, author of "Troubled Water"

Dr. Andrew Weil, who has been drinking distilled water for years, here is a quote from him:

"You can try drinking bottled distilled water if you like. This is water that has been turned into steam so that the impurities are left behind. The steam is then condensed to obtain pure water. The distillation process kills and removes virtually all bacteria, viruses, heavy metals and other organic and inorganic impurities. After distillation, the water is as pure as it can be. It's true that distillation removes minerals and other impurities from the water, but I don't think that's a problem. We get our minerals from food, not from water.

Prof. Dr. Claude Vincent...

Anthropological Institute of the University of Paris researched the relationship between water quality and mortality rates on behalf of the French government between 1950 and 1974. He published a study showing that twice as many people die of disease in areas with mineral-rich water than in areas with pure, soft water.

Furthermore, in 13 years of research, Prof. Louis-Claude Vincent (Paris Anthropological Institute) has shown that the health of laboratory animals is significantly better and that they live longer if they are given low-mineral water to drink. However, if they are given tap water or mineral-rich water, they suffer more frequently from health problems and die earlier.

Professor Vincent had observed that in cities such as Marsat and Clermont-Ferrand in central France, which were supplied with low-mineral, soft spring water, significantly fewer cardiovascular diseases and cancer occurred.

He concluded that the fewer substances (minerals) dissolved in the water, the healthier the water should be. According to Prof. Vincent, healthy water should have an electrical resistance of over 6,000 ohms or a conductance of significantly less than 167 pS (microsiemens) so that it can still absorb and remove harmful substances.

Dr. Paul C. Bragg and Dr. Patricia Bragg, Illiois USA say...

"Our body consists of many millions of cells that are in an electrolytic solution. This solution contains balanced minerals such as potassium, calcium, sodium, phosphorus, chlorides, magnesium, sulphates and trace elements such as zinc and copper. While such minerals are vital, inorganic forms such as lime, chalk, gypsum, marble, magnesite, dolomite and halogen salts can cause serious damage to our organism, at least over a longer period of time, as our organism is unable to convert them properly and therefore deposits them."

"Tap water and bottled water both contain alarming amounts of these inorganic minerals. In the case of bottled water, sodium, calcium and potassium are often far too high because they cannot be influenced.

The shocking truth about water: humans and animals die long before their actual time. 50 years of intensive research have led to this realization."

Prof. Dr. med. Eugen David, University of Witten:

The mineral-rich groundwater and deep water resources were only developed with the technological advances of the industrial revolution as a result of the severe environmental pollution around 150 years ago.
pollution about 150 years ago. These were and still are contaminated with a large number of minerals due to the seepage process, which often takes years.

"The long-term consumption of water contaminated with inorganic minerals pollutes the genetically predetermined biochemical processes of the human organism, is nutritionally problematic and has been known for decades to be a contributory cause of chronic diseases such as high blood pressure. These minerals in water are unknown in human genetics. Calcium is not only present in abundance in kale or broccoli, for example, but is also chemically something quite different from dissolved calcium carbonate in groundwater, which today comes into the household from pipes or in bottles."

Many experts believe that the minerals dissolved in water are biochemically difficult for humans to access and also pose an excretion problem for which humans are not genetically prepared.

Frequently asked questions and answers from a medical perspective

Experts agree that pure water plays a key role in our health. But what exactly do doctors say about this? How does pure water affect organs, metabolism or concentration? In this FAQ, we provide answers to frequently asked questions based on current findings and practical experience.

Why do many doctors recommend drinking water that is as pure as possible?

Because the body consists of around 70% water, clean, pollutant-free water is crucial for cell function, metabolism and detoxification. Pure water supports organs such as the kidneys and liver in their work and helps to eliminate harmful substances efficiently.

What does "pure water" mean from a medical point of view?

Pure water is free from pollutants such as PFAS, microplastics, drug residues, chlorine, heavy metals or bacteria. Ideally, however, it still contains valuable minerals such as magnesium and calcium. A balance that EVODROP maintains through targeted filter technology.

What health benefits does pure water have according to doctors?
  • Better concentration through sufficient fluid intake

  • Promotes digestion and detoxification

  • Fewer headaches when dehydration is avoided

  • Support for skin problems, as toxins are excreted more quickly

  • Protection of the kidneys by avoiding residues in the water

Are there any risks from tap water that is not filtered?
Yes, many doctors point out that although Swiss tap water is generally of high quality, it can be contaminated regionally by old pipes or environmental toxins such as PFAS, nitrate or pharmaceutical residues. This can pose a risk, especially for children, pregnant women or people with weakened immune systems.
Is distilled water healthier than filtered water?
No. From a medical point of view, distilled water is not recommended for long-term consumption as it removes important minerals from the body. Doctors recommend mineral-rich but pollutant-free water, such as that provided by high-quality filter systems like EVODROP.
What do doctors say about the daily amount to drink?
The recommended amount is 1.5 to 2 liters per day. This can be significantly higher in hot weather, during sport or illness. The advantage of pure water is that it contains no additives or sugar and is therefore ideal for long-term hydration.
What role does water play in disease prevention?
According to experts, drinking enough pure water can help prevent urinary tract infections, kidney stones, constipation, fatigue, skin problems and headaches. Hydration is also essential for long-term cardiovascular health.
Is pure water also used in medicine?
Yes, ultrapure water is standard in dialysis, surgery and pharmaceutical production. This shows how important contaminant-free water is in sensitive healthcare areas and why many doctors also advocate its use in everyday life.
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