The filter consists of a flask filled with minerals. Mounted under the sink, only the clean water tap remains at the top.
How does the reverse osmosis water purification method affect human health?
Mineralizer, water ionizer after osmosis "Flask"
A certain opinion has developed in the West about water purification by reverse osmosis, taking into account both the positive aspects of this technology , and negative.
sides of technology:
It purifies water very well from organic and chemical impurities, salts, and bacteria. The effectiveness of reverse osmosis is explained by the use of a special thin-film membrane. The filter passes molecules whose size is less than 0.3 nm, which means that the reverse osmosis system allows water molecules to pass through, but retains most of the pesticides, nitrates, sulfates, radionuclides, viruses, microorganisms ( sizes that range from 20-500 nm) and harmful chemical impurities. Chlorine molecules, dissolved carbon dioxide and volatile organic substances such as insecticides and herbicides are not retained by osmosis, since their molecular sizes are smaller than water molecules. Therefore, many reverse osmosis systems are equipped with prefilters, the function of which is to remove these “trifles” from the water.
Negative aspects of technology< /strong>
Reverse osmosis makes water with an acidic pH.
There is a lot of talk these days about body oxidation and oxidation diseases. The fact that the acid-base balance of nutrition is disturbed is known to both doctors and patients.
80% of the foods we consume release acids when broken down. But our blood is alkaline - it has a slightly alkaline pH of 7.35-7.45. And shifting beyond these boundaries threatens a person with death. Therefore, the body abandons all its alkaline reserves (and these are minerals), pulling them out of teeth, bones, muscles, just to prevent a shift in blood pH. And if you do not help your body with alkaline water, but make the situation even worse by introducing up to 2 liters of acidic water every day, oxidation diseases will not keep you waiting long.
Reverse osmosis increases the redox potential (oxidation-reduction potential) of water.
Tap water already has a high redox potential (from plus 200 mV to plus 280 mV), which makes it a free radical in relation to the cells of the body. Osmosis further increases oxygen fusion-radical properties of water. The damaging effects of free radicals are currently associated with the occurrence and development of more than 20 diseases - among them diabetes, atherosclerosis, hypertension, cancer.
Reverse osmosis makes water slightly mineralized , very slightly mineralized. And double osmosis makes the water completely distilled.
What does low-mineralized water mean? This means that its mineralization (depending on the filter system) is in the range of 3-100 mg/l. In most reverse osmosis filters, water mineralization is in the range of 30-50 mg/l. For comparison: for distilled water this figure is 10 mg/l, and the WHO recommended level of mineralization for drinking water is 1000 mg/l.
This means that after purification by osmosis the whole family drinks water containing very little minerals (and minerals are the main components of bone, muscle, nervous tissue, they are part of almost all organs - the liver, thyroid gland, heart, spleen), play a vital role in the functioning of the heart, gastrointestinal tract, blood formation, immune system.< /span>
The main argument of the osmosis manufacturer is that the minerals in water are inorganic salts and are absorbed by the body person by only 10-20%. The rest of the salts will remain insoluble and will be deposited in organs and tissues.
And this is really not an advertising statement by the manufacturer. The West has long understood the low value of inorganic mineral salts for humans. Doctor med. Antonius M. Schmid writes in his article “Mineral water: benefit or harm:
“ It’s surprising that doctors don’t understand what a big difference there is between inorganic and organic minerals. Inorganic mineral salts are not only useless for our body, they are even harmful. They attach to cholesterol crystals and form solid insoluble compounds with the walls of blood vessels, which narrow the walls of blood vessels.
They are deposited on the walls of the renal glomeruli and c over time lead to restriction of kidney activity. These form kidney stones. You can compare what happens to the vessels and glomeruli of the kidneys in your body with what happens to the water supply pipes, on which you clearly see calcium deposits - so the vessels are calcified and covered with a hard coating that narrows their lumen.”
Minerals in the form inorganic salts, according to modern Western ideas, do not bring the real benefit that we expect.
But completely without minerals - even without these 10-20%, which are still absorbed the body also turned out to be bad. Doctors and researchers write a lot about this, and the manufacturer himself realized his mistake and is now adding minerals to the new generation of osmosis systems. But it takes about 36, and adds 2 - sodium and calcium, sometimes 4 - sodium, calcium, magnesium, potassium. And again in the form of inorganic salts.
In my profession, which is related to both health and water, more often than other doctors I encounter problems with osmosis.
This is what I observed during my practices:
1. Diseases of mineral deficiency - osteoporosis and periodontal disease
2. Almost always, problems with the spine and joints worsen - disc protrusion, bone tissue resorption, chondrosis, arthrosis.
3. Worsening vision problems - progression of cataracts, myopia in children. Glaucoma is probably improving - but I can’t say for sure.
4. Adverse effects on the activity of the thyroid gland. If you already had hypo or hyperthyroidism, the condition worsens.
5. Viral, herpes infections. Very often the virus Epstein-Bar. It has nothing to do with water contamination; most likely, demineralized water changes absorption processes in the intestines and thus changes the intestinal microflora, which creates a favorable environment for the development of viral and herpes infections.
6. Direct effect on the intestinal mucosa, as a sign - increased gas formation.
7. Allergic reactions in children. Obviously due to oxidation of the body.
So:
Osmosis is a good water purification system with several large shortcomings
1. Acidic pH
2. Increased redox potential (oxidation-reduction potential) of water
3. Lack of minerals in the water.
The third point is quite difficult to solve. Simply adding minerals in the form of inorganic salts will not solve the problem - as you already understand, they are ineffectively broken down in the human body - i.e. have poor digestibility.
Well digestible two variants of minerals: ionized form and form organic salts (since the body itself can convert them into an ionized form).
As for organic salts of minerals, let’s leave them to the pharmaceutical industry. She is already understood this problem well and is making millions from it - produces minerals in the form of organic salts (mainly chelates), the so-called. "living minerals" Mineral ions, located in the amino acid shell, are easily broken down by the body. Moreover, not only the mineral ion is involved, but also the amino acid itself. But the cost! - chelated minerals are expensive and it doesn’t make sense to buy an osmosis system first and then buy chelated minerals later.
Is it possible to eliminate these disadvantages of osmosis effectively and inexpensively?
My company has been working on this issue for several years and has created a mineralizer, a water ionizer after osmosis, “Flask.”
Ashbach flask filled :
- mineral granulate, which releases calcium, potassium, magnesium, silicon, zinc minerals into the water , fluorine, iron, manganese, selenium, sodium, etc.
- tourmaline, which ionizes water and gives it a negative redox potential</span
- alka-mineralizing minerals that give the water an alkaline pH.</ li>
Thus, with the help of the Aschbach flask, all shortcomings are eliminated osmosis systems. A person receives pure water, saturated with minerals in an ionized, digestible form; the negative redox potential of the water gives it antioxidant and immunocorrective properties; the alkaline pH of the water resists oxidation of the body.
Supply set:
- Filter-ionizer housing, transparent, dismountable, with one o-ring - 1 pc.
- Filler - mineral granules. Connecting radimensions - 14", standard size 10",
- Holding clips for attaching the filter ionizer to various household water filters - 2 pcs.
- fittings type JG thread 14" - 2 pcs
- tube 14" - 4 pcs - 2 pcs
Technical parameters:
- hole entrance diameter - 1/4 inch
- hole outlet diameter - 1/4 inch
- size and weight: 6x30 cm, 500 grams
- amount of mineral granules in the flask - 250 grams
- Operating water pressure - from 0.05 to 0.6 MPa (from 0.5 to 6 atm)