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Rock Chuck: I am a slightly skeptical person.
I am not compulsively skeptical though.
I have been under Doctors orders to drink 100 ounces of water (H20) a day - this is to combat production of Uric Acid induced Kidney Stones.
I am also a large person at 6' 3" in height - I still find it virtually impossible to drink that much water in a day!
The "victim" in this matter would need to drink 338 ounces of coke a day to reach her alleged "10 liters" per day "quota" - I do not believe that is humanly possible - especially for years on end!
Said woman could (in my opinion!) have overdosed on Coke after years of heavy use... BUT I contend it would be physically impossible to drink that much Coke, day after day, for years!
Its a shame this mother of 8 (eight) children is gone - what ever the cause.
Maybe the "liters" are smaller down in New Zealand (I doubt this) but take it from someone who is under Doctors orders to drink 100 ounces of water a day - I believe it would be humanly impossible to drink 338 ounces of ANY liquid, per day, for years.
I am old enough to remember when airline stewardesses were dropping dead whilst involved with eating nothing but bannanas for months on end, to maintain "airline inflicted" weight limits. Their young hearts simply gave out due to the over-consumption of this seemingly innocuous fruit?
Again, its a shame this mother is gone.
Moderation in everything is my motto (except for GUNS!).
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google "Natasha Harris coke" and you'll get dozens of hits from different newspapers all reporting it. I can't say just how much she drank because I wasn't there so all we have to go on is what they report.
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I have been under Doctors orders to drink 100 ounces of water (H20) a day - this is to combat production of Uric Acid induced Kidney Stones.
I am also a large person at 6' 3" in height - I still find it virtually impossible to drink that much water in a day!
You need to switch to beer. 100 ounces/day, no problem. 
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Rock Chuck: I am a slightly skeptical person.
I am not compulsively skeptical though.
I have been under Doctors orders to drink 100 ounces of water (H20) a day - this is to combat production of Uric Acid induced Kidney Stones.
I am also a large person at 6' 3" in height - I still find it virtually impossible to drink that much water in a day!
The "victim" in this matter would need to drink 338 ounces of coke a day to reach her alleged "10 liters" per day "quota" - I do not believe that is humanly possible - especially for years on end!
Said woman could (in my opinion!) have overdosed on Coke after years of heavy use... BUT I contend it would be physically impossible to drink that much Coke, day after day, for years!
Its a shame this mother of 8 (eight) children is gone - what ever the cause.
Maybe the "liters" are smaller down in New Zealand (I doubt this) but take it from someone who is under Doctors orders to drink 100 ounces of water a day - I believe it would be humanly impossible to drink 338 ounces of ANY liquid, per day, for years.
I am old enough to remember when airline stewardesses were dropping dead whilst involved with eating nothing but bannanas for months on end, to maintain "airline inflicted" weight limits. Their young hearts simply gave out due to the over-consumption of this seemingly innocuous fruit?
Again, its a shame this mother is gone.
Moderation in everything is my motto (except for GUNS!).
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy
I like to drink about a gallon to a gallon and a half of water a day. Here's how I do it, for what its worth- Get one of those big insulated 52 oz mugs, fill it with ice, and fill with some good water, purified, if you can get it. If I can't get the purified stuff, I squeeze half a small lime or lemon into the water, helps kill the 'city water' taste for me. Despite people talking about too much water, most people have the opposite problem:not getting *enough* water daily.
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By "city water" taste, do you mean chlorinated?
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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By "city water" taste, do you mean chlorinated?
Mike, Yes. Sorry, should have been more specific.
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New medical study reveals . . . . . . Breathing is a major cause of death, because every person who breathes, eventually dies.
"Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life." (Prov 4:23)
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That's what I thought, but wasn't sure if you meant Fe or other aesthetic components. My kids hate drinking "school" (muni) water for that reason. We are on a well at home.
Being in ChemE, I'm sure you know ways to remove the Cl.
Brita is an affordable method.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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That's what I thought, but wasn't sure if you meant Fe or other aesthetic components. My kids hate drinking "school" (muni) water for that reason. We are on a well at home.
Being in ChemE, I'm sure you know ways to remove the Cl.
Brita is an affordable method. Brita is one I have used in the past, when I lived in town-worked very nicely. Now, I live in the country and have a well. Much better. Activated Carbon is, at least in a household scale, the most common method of chlorine removal. Activated carbon is derived from charcoal, and has an incredibly high surface area,I'm talking like 3000 square feet per GRAM of carbon! The chlorine adsorbs on to the surface of the carbon. Not sure how(if) carbon works with multivalent ions,such as metals, but I do know that carbon is good for removing organic chemicals as well. Your Brita filter, I am pretty sure, uses activated carbon.
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Yup. The Brita has ion exchange beads and charcoal polisher.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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Yup. The Brita has ion exchange beads and charcoal polisher. Cool. For all those years I had Brita, I never did tear a filter apart to see how it was made. Can you believe it?  Now that I think about it, the Ion Exchange resin will remove many of the metal ions from the water stream. (I'd like to know what kind of resin the Brita uses, some of the resins I use in my lab((made by Dow or Rohm&Haas)) run 30-50 dollars a pound. 
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Brita removes a lot/most metals.
The RO system we had in one of my labs had an AC prefilter to remove the Cl. The membranes were $700 each, IIRC. Chlorine is a killer.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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Cool! I didn't know you worked in labs, Mike. I use RO at my place to get rid of the chlorine. I can't remember the concentration of Cl in my local water, but it is fairly high. Also a lot of limesalts presnt. Makes it fun trying to keep the boilers and heat exchangers free of scale. 
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Certified lab rat. 
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Certified lab rat. Me too.
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I know. We need to have a beer sometime!
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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Yeah. I would like that. Gimme an excuse to get up to Alaska. Never been up there. 
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No kiddin! Life starts to go by fast in your forties, I have noticed. 
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