RO Water usage and its impact on health in India!

Recent years India has seen an explosion of Reverse Osmosis (RO) Water Purifiers across various price levels. Many a bottled water too, proudly proclaim that the water is purified using RO process.

Hold your breath!

8 out of 10 persons in Urban India is deficient in Vitamin D (Recent reports of Delhi). 

Strongest possible cause of this is RO WATER!!! 

SHOCKED???

WHO has published a Report revealing facts in "Health Risks From Drinking Demineralised Water" by Frantisek Kozisek of National Institute of Public Health, Czech Republic.

The video clipping of Kalgidhar Trust www.barusahib.org received on WhatsApp, reveals the potential harm created by using RO water in India and elsewhere. 

WHO says "In search for clean drinking water, we remove many essential minerals from water" RO water actually causes health problems. WHO has also released report after analysing hundreds of scientific studies stating that RO water "has a definite adverse influence on humans."

Similar study was published in Medical Journal Armed Forces in India "Demineralization of drinking water: Is it prudent?" by Col. K C Verma and Lt Col. A.S. Kushwaha.

In Czech and Slovak Health Regulators were shocked when health complaints of acute Calcium (Vitamin D) and Magnesium deficiencies were reported within weeks after home taps were supplied with RO water, way back in the 2000. 

RO Water being naturally hungry and ever ready to bond, will start sucking available minerals like Calcium and Magnesium from wherever possible (mostly from our body salts and food) and unless replenished, will result in impacting our health by exposing our body to Osteoporosis, Arthritis, Cramps, Diabetes, Heart Diseases, Anxiety, Restlessness, etc.

Note particularly: Demineralising the water and supposedly remineralising the same; though with right minerals in exact proportions, shall not be the same that can be said of natural water.

Potability of tanker supplied water (which is supposedly  controlled by mafia), is always a suspect and hence the proliferation of various types of water filters across the country with tall claims.

Add this to the super marketing and pushing down the throats (literally), of bottled water; has taken away whatever immunity is left in us and has made us vulnerable to various diseases, at the drop of the hat!

Just a thought!!!

My two cents:

1. Various indigenous filters are available that purifies water to acceptable levels. Usage of these are far better than becoming slaves of RO water.
2. Those with RO Water Purifiers at their homes must check the TDS level of output water and adjust it to 300-400 TDS. Anything less than these levels are a health hazard.

Source: Video clipping of Kalgidhar Trust www.barusahib.org received on WhatsApp.