| What does reverse osmosis do that's potentially so | | | | osmosis do. |
| bad for you and your family? Reverse osmosis used | | | | There are better ways to filter your water. Although |
| to be a very common water filtration technology--still | | | | you might have heard about it for quite a while, I |
| is. But reverse osmosis has a problem. It can actually | | | | mean what is reverse osmosis in the first place? |
| create water that's bad for your health over the long | | | | Reverse osmosis accomplishes nothing that other |
| run. Let's discuss why. | | | | water filtration methods can't accomplish. |
| To understand why water filtered by this method | | | | Some other water filtration technologies include |
| might be bad for you, let's talk about what is reverse | | | | ultraviolet light (UV), distillation, and carbon and |
| osmosis in the first place. It's a method of separating | | | | ceramic filtration. UV works great for ridding your |
| water from its impurities by pressing the water | | | | water of living impurities. If you're not worried about |
| through a porous membrane. The pure water | | | | things like industrial pollutants, then UV would be a |
| molecules are small enough to go through the | | | | good choice. |
| membrane. The impurities are larger and get caught | | | | Distillation has it's own set of problems. If you're |
| by the membrane. | | | | distilling chlorinated water, you can actually be |
| Here's the problem. The best water for you to drink | | | | creating carcinogens in the water you drink. |
| is not just two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen | | | | Carbon and ceramic filters work very well, especially |
| (H2O). There's a little more to it. Specifically, there | | | | along with other technologies. Actually, these "two |
| are several trace minerals that are naturally found in | | | | step" water filtration systems are usually the best. |
| pure water. These trace minerals are essential to our | | | | They can filter out the bad, while leaving in the |
| health! | | | | minerals. |
| Calcium and potassium are two minerals that are | | | | So to sum up: What does reverse osmosis do? Well, |
| commonly found in pure water in its natural state. | | | | it filters out trace minerals that are central to your |
| Calcium is central to many of the most important | | | | ongoing health. And, by the way, it makes the water |
| chemical processes in our bodies. So much so, that if | | | | taste flat. You hear about it quite a lot. So, what is |
| your body doesn't have enough calcium, it will take | | | | reverse osmosis actually used for? It's mainly used |
| the necessary calcium from your bones! I think we're | | | | for industrial and commercial applications like car |
| all aware of the problems we can have with bone | | | | washes and soft drinks. Places where taste doesn't |
| density and osteoporosis as we get older. That's one | | | | matter and health is not an issue. |
| answer to the question of what does reverse | | | | |