Yonder Willow Wellness

You probably hear almost daily that another one of your friends or co-workers is sick. The media is still pumping up the swine flu even though some medical authorities have said that it has already peaked and has not been the event that it was predicted to be. Personally, I’m tired of hearing about it.

I don’t believe that most people need to get sick, especially not with things like a cold or the flu. None of my immediate family has been sick in over a year, and it isn’t because we live in isolation. I have small kids who go to school every day and are around other sick kids, so they have been “exposed” to whatever is out there, as have my wife and I.

So why don’t we get sick? We do just a few things different than other people. The biggest is that we drink a lot of alkaline water instead of carbonated beverages or coffee.  Other things that we do include taking a good green barley grass supplement, a mushroom based immunity supplement, and make sure that our indoor air is filtered. My kids like taking these supplements too.

Naturally, I can’t guarantee that you will have the same results as we have. It is sure worth giving it a try. Find out more about the water filtration that we use and the  nutritional supplements that we take.

Wayne Woodworth
Nikken Wellness Consultant

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I have always heard that reverse osmosis water purification systems are wasteful, but I had no idea how wasteful they really were until today.

I work with a network marketing company that sells water filters among other things, so I decided to do some research to put together a free report about how to pick the right water filter for your home.  Of course, I’m hoping that when I’m done all of the evidence will say you should buy mine, but I’m trying to keep an open mind about what I find.

The report isn’t finished yet but I had to share what I found out about how wasteful reverse osmosis systems are.   And that is that household systems are only 5-15% efficient.  That means that up to 95% of the water going into the system goes straight down the drain.  If you get 5 gallons of water from a household reverse osmosis system, you may have flushed from 40 to 90 gallons of water down the drain.  I was absolutely astounded.

Fortunately, industrial systems, which have higher pressures,  are closer to 48% efficient, which is still terrible, but at least they get almost half of the water to use.

Wayne Woodworth
My filter is nearly 100% efficient. Sometimes I spill.

UPDATE: The water filtration report is finished and you can find it here.

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I have been taught over the past few years that alkaline water is better for the body than distilled water.  With all of the acid that is in the western diet it has become very important to get more alkaline substances into our bodies whenever possible, and alkaline water is a great way to do that.  The problem with distilled water is that is is completely neutral (7.0 pH) and will actually leech out nutrients from your body.

With that said, this past weekend I heard the best argument for distilled water I have ever heard.  Jeff, a qigong instructor, promotes drinking distilled water and backed up his belief with good reasons.  He acknowledged that distilled water will leech minerals out of your body but he also said that it will draw out toxins as well.  Jeff promotes a very nutritious diet full of fruits and vegetables and very little of the acidic foods that most of us eat.  In that context he believes that the benefits of drinking distilled water (removing toxins) outweighs the drawbacks (removing nutrients).

So, I have changed my stance on the alkaline water vs. distilled water issue.  For most people, alkaline water is still the best.  Most people eat a highly acidic diet full of empty calories.  They can’t afford to lose the nutrients that distilled water takes out and they need the pH balancing that alkaline water can give them.  Distilled water is a good choice for people who already eat a nutritious diet full of alkaline foods.  The distilled water will draw out the toxins that they don’t need and they are taking in so many nutrients that they won’t miss what the distilled water takes.

Wayne Woodworth
Still learning the best way to stay healthy

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