Some initial thoughts:
Before jumping into what minerals should be in our drinking water we need to establish a few baseline understandings first.
1. Water isn’t like a supplement. You don’t consider it your mineral recommended daily amount calculations or think of it like taking a multivitamin.
2. Minerals in drinking water are there to aid in hydration and the various biological processes the body uses, again, not a supplement.
3. Mineral concentrations in drinking water will not be very high. Unless you are using a powder or liquid drop, the water doesn’t have enough time with the minerals to dissolve them to high levels. In most cases, the mineral forms the water encounters are going to be fairly hard and granular, which also break down slowly. Just enough to help with hydration and taste.
What should we use as a guideline?
Ok, now that those are out of the way, what minerals do we want in our drinking water? When we began considering this problem, we zoomed out and changed the question.
“If we lived in a wild and unpolluted location, what would the water source be like and where would it come from?”
There will be variations to this depending on location, but in general you are going to have rain falling onto soil, rocks, sand, etc. It could be on top of a mountain via snow and run down a river or stream. Or in flatlands it could be rain that seeps through layers of the ground and collects into ponds and lakes.
The layers it flows through are going to determine the mineral makeup of the water.
But again, in general, what are you going to find in the rocks and soil? A simple search will provide a list of some odd names like Feldspars, Amphiboles and Smectite. But when you drill further, you’ll find the minerals found in those things. Minerals like the following (in no particular order): Calcium, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, Magnesium, Sulphur, Zinc, Iron, Manganese, Copper, Boron, Silicon, Aluminum, Molybdenum and Chlorine.
There are more, but you get the idea.
Now some of them, like Iron, Copper and Aluminum can be toxic at high levels, we just need very trace amounts of them. so. But others, like Calcium and Magnesium can be consumed at fairly high quantities.
So, when you are looking for a way to add minerals back into your drinking water, use that same idea during your research.
Find one that offers a blend of minerals and recreates, at least as close as possible, to what a fresh natural source of water would be like.
Our Recommendation...because we created it.
If you are a Reverse Osmosis user, we recommend the Vitev REMIN. Keep the super clean water and add a blend of Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium and natural Sodium + a bunch of other trace elements.
If you want the higher pH and antioxidants, chose the pH version. If you want a lower pH then the Ca version is the way to go. Simple installation, good mineral quality and a noticeable difference in how the water tastes and feels.
If you have a whole house filter, or general filter at your kitchen sink, or no filter at all, then the Vitev PLUS is the best fit. You'll already have a good amount of minerals in your tap water and the PLUS will leave most of them while it removes the toxins. The final mineral step will balance the blend and add the pH and antioxidant benefits.
Either way, you know longer have to worry about what's supposed to be in your water. You got rid of the bad and have added the good.
