Water Distillation vs Reverse Osmosis
Why I Only Drink Distilled Water
What distillation actually does
Distillation is water purification that's been demonized without much education around what it actually is. Here's the process, step by step — it's the same one water follows in nature.
Boil
Water heats in a sealed tank until it turns to vapor. Chlorine, fluoride, heavy metals, and most contaminants get left behind.
Condense
The vapor rises and cools back into liquid — the same way clouds form rain. Distilled water is basically rainwater, minus whatever it picks up in the air.
Collect
What's left is water stripped of the bad stuff — including a lot that reverse osmosis systems just don't catch.
Remineralize
Distillation removes the good with the bad. That's where minerals get added back in on purpose, before you drink it — more on that below.
What it removes
Putting the good stuff back
Once the bad is gone, so is the good — including minerals your body actually needs. I add different minerals and salt back into my water, and I keep it moving to structure it.
Distillation vs Reverse Osmosis
Run the math out and the distiller pays for itself in about 18 months. After that, it's free.
Cheaper options exist
There are less expensive water distillers on Amazon. I haven't personally used them. It is worth looking into if you want to try a cheaper option.
Distillation plus remineralization. That's it.
It's the simplest way I've found to control exactly what's in my water — remove everything, then choose what goes back in.
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