Article in February 2007
Life Extension magazine:
Is Your Bottled
Water Killing You? This article addresses the
widespread lack of magnesium in bottled
waters.
(That's a large pdf file; If that's a problem, here is a
smaller, faster, lower quality file,
Is Your
Bottled Water Killing You?.)
Newsletter of the
Healthy Water Association
Membership Roster of the
Healthy Water Association
Science Advisory Panel of
the Healthy Water Association
Suit Against the Secretary of
Health and the FDA
Press Release--FDA Suit for 3
Million Deaths
Motion to Compel Joinder with
the U.S. Department of Justice
AFFILIATE: Arab Healthy Water
Association
News: Donald W.
Short, vice president of Coca-Cola, announced that Coke
is creating "The Beverage Institute for Health &
Wellness" to help Coca-Cola identify new functional
beverage ingredients and possible formulations that
address a particular health or nutritional need
worldwide. Location: Houston, Texas.[The most obvious and pressing need:
Mg!]
Magnesium Deficiency
Hard water can be an important source of magnesium.
Desert springs and wells are often rich in magnesium, but
modern water treatment plants use Reverse Osmosis or
other purification which removes magnesium from
water.
Most Mg-deficiency deaths are a result of heart disease, but asthma, migraine, cramps, and many other
illnesses can be caused by magnesium deficiency.
Adult males should get 420 mg of magnesium per day,
but are actually averaging only 327 mg/day, according to
an exhaustive literature
review.
Worldwide, there are 79 brands of bottled
water containing 110 mg/L magnesium or more.
Natural springs containing magnesium bicarbonate may
be found in geologic "ultra-mafic" rock formations
containing the rock called "serpentine."
There are three ways of putting magnesium into
purified drinking water without impacting flavor:
(a) magnesium lactate
(b) magnesium chloride
(c) magnesium bicarbonate (tastes good, but costs a
little more)
There may also be extra health benefits from the
bicarbonate.
To see the medical journal articles supporting these
statements, please see below.
The Arab Healthy Water Association petitions that your
Health Agency recommend that all bottled water and soft
drinks contain at least 100 mg/L magnesium. Such a
recommendation would encourage bottlers to improve the
healthfulness of their beverages, saving numerous
lives.
* Calculations of
American Deaths Caused by Magnesium Deficiency, As
Projected from International Data, by Paul Mason
A short list of medical journal articles about
magnesium in water:
A book about magnesium:
Some articles about magnesium:
Home Page of the Healthy Water
Associationhwa.shtml
The Healthy Water Web Site is maintained by:
Paul Mason
P.O. Box 1417
Patterson, CA 95363
TEL: (408) 897-3023
FAX: (408) 897-3028
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