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In Israel, where a lot of drinking water is sourced by reverse osmosis, it appears that the lack of magnesium in drinking water may have increased heart disease
by philipkglass 4y ago
In Israel, where a lot of drinking water is sourced by reverse osmosis, it appears that the lack of magnesium in drinking water may have increased heart disease:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S001393511830358X https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00139...
There are of course many magnesium rich foods but the lack of magnesium in water could make a difference at the margins.
- cyberax 4y agoI have a RO system at home, and it has a remineralizing cartridge attached to it. It's pretty cheap and seems to do its job well, the water contains healthy levels of minerals (I tested it in a lab). Why isn't Israel doing it at a large scale? It should be pretty straightforward.
- webmobdev 4y agoI am still highly sceptical about this and feel it is more of a "fear mongering" advertising - that this "remineralizing water" thing only started so that the RO filter businesses could create another source of recurring revenue. I also remember reading some study that said vitamins and minerals are better metabolised by our body as chemical compounds, as found naturally in food, than as individual elements in tablet forms. And that is why pharmaceutical companies have now started offering such compounds too - like Calcium + Zinc + Magnesium etc. Which also suggests that we may be better of with such vitamin and mineral supplements, if really required, than "remineralizing cartridges" which release questionable dosages into the water.