I had mentioned in an earlier blog on Dr Greger’s site suggesting phytate for chelating lead and other toxic metals in water. Phytates are naturally present in whole grains, hence should naturally bind toxic metals in cereals. Tap water can be freed of lead, iron and residual aluminum (added as a flocculating agent during water processing), by adding a small amount or about 50 mg IP-6 powder per quart of tap water.
Fluoride in water (and in tea ) can be complexed as less toxic fluoroborate by simultaneously adding about 10 mg boric acid powder ( still sold in some drugstores; non toxic boric acid also restores arthritic joints) per quart, then boiling the water in a glass or porcelain pot to expel volatile organics, chlorine, halocarbons, etc.
Also adding a teaspoon of prerinsed granular fish tank charcoal ( preboiled and decanted to wash out fine charcoal) before boiling further destroys microbes and viruses and also removes non volatile organics like most drugs and metabolites, estrogens and mimics, pesticides, plasticisers etc.
After cooling and decanting you have quadruple purified drinking water cleaner than most so called Spring waters, actually transported Maine river or tap water or most costly cartridge purified waters. The charcoal can be left in the pot and reused about 10 times.
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