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Dear Prof. L.,
Since these TDS questions keep coming up, I looked into them again.
The question is purely quantitative, as I have already explained with regard to water quality, the measurement does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about it.
It affects conductivity. This is quite high in our body, expressed in TDS ppm.
Here are a few examples for comparison.
approx. conductivity TDS ppm | |
Human organ system | 10.400,00 |
Distilled water | 1,00 |
reverse osmosis | 10,00 |
Graduate | 15,00 |
Vienna Hochquell 1 | 211,00 |
Vienna Hochquell 2 | 134,00 |
Munich | 315,00 |
Berlin WW Alexanderplatz | 562,00 |
Graz Andritz waterworks | 376,00 |
Würzburg waterworks Galgenberg | 818,00 |
Higher electrical resistance (lower TDS ppm) requires increased electrical energy expenditure for nervous system communication and therefore increased stress with lower conductivity. Since we have to consume around 3,4% of our body mass in water every day, its conductivity has a significant influence on that of our organ system, especially if we continuously consume water with low conductivity (= high electrical resistance). Since the mobile water content of our body is between 50 and 60 percent, we replace half our body mass through water changes within about 2 weeks.
When we change the water, we primarily separate ourselves from acid-indicating H+ ions. Therefore, urine and sweat, but also the expiratory aerosols when exhaling, are only in the alkaline range when we are sick. Because we constantly produce acidic ions through food metabolism. We get the energy we need to live from the hydrogen produced by the combustion of hydrocarbons (carbohydrates). We breathe out the carbon (CO2) separated from food in an amount of around 1kg every day.
For all of these metabolic processes we primarily need minerals such as calcium and magnesium. If we don't consume some of these through water (with a high TDS), we have to eat them, i.e. ingest them in addition to calorie-containing food. This means that we then have to eat more than we actually need to for the energy we need. Water low in minerals makes you fat! Have you ever seen a reverse osmosis salesman who is slim?
With kind regards/with kind regards
Karl Heinz Asenbaum