Which Water is Right for You?

There are many different types of water filtration available to consumers nowadays which raises the question, how do you know which water is right for you?

'Standard' Water Filters come in two types; pitchers & carafe-style filters and carbon block & granular carbon filters. In recent years, pitchers & carafe-style filters have emerged as low cost alternatives to tap water and bottled water and although they do offer a slightly improved alternative to tap water, they have very limited effectiveness and a low capacity.

Carbon Block and Granular Carbon Filters are the most common styles of countertop and under-the-sink systems (point of use). Granular carbon filters and carbon block systems use the same process of contaminant removal, adsorption, by which the contaminant bonds chemically or physically to the surface of the filter medium. Activated carbon is recognized by the U.S.EPA as the best available technology for filtering VOCs and THMs, but for best performance it is essential that a multi stage process be used to filter out a wider range of contaminants.

Vitality 4 Life offers a wide range of quality water filtration products to suit individual needs…

The Aquasana Water Filter System is a multi-media block filter which features all the benefits of activated carbon with several added advantages. A blended media is extruded or compressed into a solid form with a sub-micron pore structure to filter out sediment and cysts like Cryptosporidium and Giardia.

This configuration prevents water from channelling around the filter media. The ion exchange removes contaminants such as lead that carbon will not remove. It is this additional stage that provides higher quality water, and also enhances pH by adding potassium ions to the water. In addition to being a carbon and ion-exchange filter, it is also a mechanical filter down to .5 microns.

Ionised Water Ionised Water is electronically enhanced water that has been run over positive and negative electrodes to become ionised. Both alkaline & acid waters have extraordinary properties and benefits, however, their respective uses could not be more different...

• Alkaline ionised water is used for drinking and demonstrates strong antioxidant effects on the body.
• Acidic ionised water is used externally and can kill many types of bacteria including E.coli.

Naturopaths use and recommend ionised water to help propel the body into an alkaline state as it’s believed that many life threatening illnesses within the body can only survive in an acidic environment. This theory is supported by the fact that the areas where people live the longest, most disease free lives are the areas that have the most alkaline water; water with the highest mineral content.

Distilled Water combines steam distillation and coconut shell carbon filtration, resulting in the removal of all fluoride and 99.8% of impurities from the water.

A water distiller is essentially a ‘mother nature’ machine producing ‘newborn’ water; that is pure, organic water that’s brand new, replicating the water found in raw fruits & vegetables.

Due to the newness of the distilled water particle, it has the inherent ability to act like a magnet. As it travels through the body, it attaches to and draws out toxins, passing them out through the body, assisting in the detoxification process.

Was a great advocate of distilled water and a living testament of his beliefs. Dr Walker considered distilled water to be ideal for anyone undertaking a detoxifying or a raw food diet:

"Distilled water has the inherent ability to work much like a magnet. It can pick up rejected and discarded minerals and then with the assistance of the blood and lymphatic stream, transport them to the kidneys for elimination from the system. Inorganic minerals rejected by the cells and tissues of the body can, if not evacuated, cause arterial obstructions and even more serious damage. These are minerals which must be removed and which Distilled Water is able to collect."