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Postby Jeff55 » Fri Jul 26, 2019 2:32 pm

Hey Jeff, I just installed a water filter in my kitchen. It removes calcium, magnesium and other solids from the water. If I'm following your guidelines will I still be getting enough calcium in my diet? Thank you.
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Re: water filter

Postby JeffN » Sat Jul 27, 2019 7:23 am

We get our vitamins ad minerals (except for B12) from the food we eat.

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Re: water filter

Postby Jeff55 » Sat Aug 17, 2019 8:13 pm

JeffN wrote:We get our vitamins ad minerals (except for B12) from the food we eat.

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I got that. I was just wondering if water was counted in some of the "food we eat"?
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Re: water filter

Postby Jeff55 » Thu Aug 22, 2019 12:19 pm

Dr. Greger seems to hint that water does provide some necessary minerals, "Reverse osmosis systems can work even better, but the cost, water waste, and loss of trace minerals doesn’t seem worth it." https://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-it- ... led-water/ I'm curious to hear your thoughts.
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Re: water filter

Postby JeffN » Thu Aug 22, 2019 12:27 pm

Jeff55 wrote:If I'm following your guidelines will I still be getting enough calcium in my diet? Thank you.


Yes.

There are many analysis here in this forum showing the adequacy of this diet based on the food alone. There are also threads specifically on calcium, water etc

viewtopic.php?f=22&t=7949

viewtopic.php?f=22&t=5604

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Re: water filter

Postby Jeff55 » Sun Sep 01, 2019 1:39 pm

Just what I was looking for! Thank you!
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