Can anyone recommend which filter system is the best?

If you want to remove fluorides, then you need to know that the so-called reverse osmosis filters DO NOT do it (contrary to the claims by those who sell it).
Have a look at www.deadWater.info/filter.htm
there is a description of various filtering systems
hth: Oleg

I figured it out! Just get top quality distilled water and add mineral to it your self. It will taste better and heal you. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Does distillation remove fluorides?

STEAM distillation removes everything. At least according to the book "Water the shocking truth that can save your life". By Paul c. Bragg and Patricia Bragg. Bragg enjoyed superior health all through out his life until he accidently died by the water wave I think. Through out his carrier he wrote many books on health. His main thing however was distilled water. He praised it and claimed that it is the only type of water that is pure and free of concerns. But things have changed quite a bit. A lot of companies now make distilled water, but can we trust them? Anyhow, this latetest book above was about the types of safe water. I've read it till the end and then and only then did Bragg finally said and apologized for keeping the reader waiting that STEAM distilled water is better than any, including Reverse Osmosis. However, Bragg never mentioned that distilled water is dead water. Because it is dead it is unutual for human consumption. I guess due to its lack of minerals it actually takes minerals out of one's body. So, the solution I found is to add your own minerals to the dead water to make come alive. I trust the minerals I add to the STEAM distilled water I drink. But for the water I am not sure. Even though it claims that it's pure, only the company really knows that. I get mine from health store. So, true distillation removes everything, but whether it was done properly is up in the air.

Here is the Comparison of Water Treatment Methods in that book on page 156.

Steam distillation removes the following:
Alluminum
Arsenic
Bacteria
Benzene
Bromide
Cadmium
Calcium
Chlorides
Chlorine
Chromium
Cryptosporidium
Detergens
FLUORIDES
Herbicides
Lead
Magnesium
MERCURY
MTBE
Nitrate
Organics
Pesticides
Phosphates
Radon
Sediment
Sodium
Sulfates
Sulfide
TDS
TTHM
Viruses

Reverse Osmosis removes the above except for:
all of Arsenic
all of Bacteria
all of Nitrate
Viruses

The question whether it removes Fluorides is debated right now.

For comparison sediment filter does not remove anything but

Sediments

And Carbon filter only removes

Chlorides
Chlrorine
some Chromium
some Detergents
Herbicides
MTBE
Organics
Pesticides
some Sediment
some Sulfates
some Sulfide

Also as for the shower filter
Mine only remove chlorine
So I take only cold showers really briefly.
I wash my face and hair, brush my teeth in STEAM distilled water with added minerals to it.
I wash dishes only with the gloves on.

Very good. Thanks for the information.

Maybe we should have just not polluted the planet so much. Then, perhaps, water filtration would have been a moot point.

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