Do water filters filter out the needed minerals for our body?
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Depends on the filter. Most do not but some do. So read them before you buy them.\nMost only filter out the chlorine taste and other additives that may make your water taste bad.\nJust read over them carefully before you buy one.
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Excess water is not usually harmful at all.  The body has a very effective homeostatic method for handling unneeded water.  It gets eliminated as urine, usually within a few minutes.  The only possible harm would be loss of electrolytes and the water-soluble vitamins C and B-family.
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True. water is essential for the transport of nutrients within them, since it is the "universal solvent".
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"About 70% of the fat free mass of the human body is made of water. To function properly, the body requires between one and seven litres of water per day to avoid dehydration; the precise amount depends on the level of activity, temperature, humidity, and other factors."\n\nFrom Wikipedia:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water\n\n----\nMass of base elements for a 70 kg (154 lb) person:\n oxygen      43 kg   (61%, 2700 mol) \n   carbon      16 kg   (23%, 1300 mol) \n   hydrogen    7 kg    (10%, 6900 mol) \n   nitrogen    1.8 kg  (2.5%, 129 mol) \n   calcium     1.0 kg  (1.4%,  25 mol) \n   phosphorus  780 g   (1.1%,  25 mol) \n   potassium   140 g   (0.20%, 3.6 mol)  \n   sulfur      140 g   (0.20%, 4.4 mol) \n   sodium      100 g   (0.14%, 4.3 mol) \n   chlorine    95 g    (0.14%, 2.7 mol) \n   magnesium   19 g    (0.03%, 0.78 mol) \n   iron        4.2 g       \n   fluorine    2.6 g \n   zinc        2.3 g \n   silicon     1.0 g \n   rubidium    0.68 g \n   strontium   0.32 g \n   bromine     0.26 g \n   lead        0.12 g \n   copper      72 mg \n   aluminum    60 mg \n   cadmium     50 mg \n   cerium      40 mg \n   barium      22 mg \n\n   iodine      20 mg \n   tin         20 mg \n   titanium    20 mg \n   boron       18 mg \n   nickel      15 mg \n   selenium    15 mg \n   chromium    14 mg \n   manganese   12 mg \n   arsenic     7 mg \n   lithium     7 mg \n   cesium      6 mg \n   mercury     6 mg \n   germanium   5 mg \n   molybdenum  5 mg \n   cobalt      3 mg \n   antimony    2 mg \n   silver      2 mg \n   niobium     1.5 mg \n   zirconium   1 mg \n   lanthanum   0.8 mg \n   gallium     0.7 mg \n   tellurium   0.7 mg \n   yttrium     0.6 mg \n   bismuth     0.5 mg \n   thallium    0.5 mg \n   indium      0.4 mg \n   gold        0.2 mg\n   scandium    0.2 mg\n   tantalum    0.2 mg\n   vanadium    0.11 mg\n   thorium     0.1 mg\n   uranium     0.1 mg\n   samarium    50 µg\n   beryllium   36 µg\n   tungsten    20 µg\n[The raw data on which which this table is based is from Emsley, John, The Elements, 3rd ed., Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1998.]\n\nFrom http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1085817\n\nHope this helps!
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That is why I only trust on tap water from home with a system that would remove most or allchemicals and metals in the water. Others have bacteria and metals that make you become poisoned, damage your nerves or make you ill.
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The minerals and salts in the water dehydrates the body the more water you drink.
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Kind of. You can get kidney stones in some areas depending on the quality of the water.
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We get clear water mostly because conventional well bores include filters of comparably higher grain-size sand which allows any agitated mud to settle down before the water passes on into a cavity from which it is pumped up. Wells without the filter may produce turbid water when significant amounts of water are taken out.
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well without it their cells would shrivel up and die...\n\nwater is essential to dissolve most minerals and compounds in because it is a polar molecule and things are easily dissolved in it. the body takes advantage of these properties of water and our living system is based off of the properties of water and most of our bodies are actually made up of water.
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salt helps maintain water in the body
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Usually some kind of supplement or diet water.
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Charcoal filters are basically clean carbon with many more times surface area when compared to their mass.  The charcoal absorbs other carbon based impurities which are the main contributors to bad tastes and smells.  Things in clean air (nitrogen, oxygen, etc...) are not carbon based and therefore do not absorb onto the filter.  Water does not absorb due to the same reason.  Alcohol will absorb to the charcoal filter, depending on the effectiveness of  the filter as well as the flow rate not all the alcohol will be removed from the drink.  When looking at a complex mixture of compounds there is a competition for the absorbent.  Some things are more likely to absorb than others.
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Yes your body can filter out toxins..infact almost any toxin can be filtered through the body..usually through your liver first then your kidneys..if it's smokeing first the fine hairs in your esophogis then your lungs then your blood does a very small amount of filtering then your liver then your kindeys.....the amount in which your body can take varies from person to person genes to genes look at George Burns he died at like 101 and well it wasn't from cancer baby...so damage small amounts occur as soon as you do it..but the mind is an amasing thing, you can think yourself sick..so as far as real damage goes anything can be repaired over a period of time ANYTHING, BUT you have allow your self to heal this means not continuing the damage while trying to heal...oh and water HELPS the most whether you drink it soak in it or whatever you have to dilute what is being put in your body.  I would say the damage occurs right away..however if you drink water eat foods like blueberries Goji berries and various antioxidiants like golden seal and teas in genreal...one could repair the damage as if none was there to begin with...remember each person is also different though we are similar..it all depends on the age and how long the person has been smoking or adding toxins to them self..humans are some of the MOST adaptble creatures on the planet and the most resilent what can I say were are stubborn, hope this helps :) cheers may the P.L.U.R. be with you...always
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You have it right. Your body needs some water to help digest your food. For one thing, the food we eat has vitamins and minerals. Some of those are water soluable and need some watery substance to digest them properly. Especially if you are taking a multi vitamin with food.
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I suspect that the calcium in hard water becomes kidney stones. Buy a calciun suppliment if you need more.
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No, it will filter particulate but not bacteria.
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I am so glad you have educated yourself. Fluoride is poison! Most standard purifiers only remove the taste of fluoride, not actually the fluoride. If you really want to know that your water is safe check into reverse osmosis systems that you can install directly into your house, or have water delivered that is reverse osmosis. Most major metropolitan areas have options for home delivery water.