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*Somewhere* around the house (where I am not right now) I have a content
analysis of Aberfoyle Springs water, the brand I buy at Wal-Mart. I called
the Canadian company several months ago (800#) and requested it. At the
time my main concern was the mag:cal ratio since American diets tend to be
heavy on the cal and deficient in the mag. As I recall, it's not heavy in
sodium, but I'll re-check. I suppose on a Paleo diet, we have less concern
about the ratios since we're not eating all those calcium-fortified foods
that skew a natural balance.
Water that is high in calcium has a naturally sweet taste. The well down at
our barn has very sweet water. Back in the 80's I bought 5 gal. bottles of
Mountain Valley water from Hot Springs, AR. The calcium content is very
high with very little magnesium. There is a lot of radon gas in the water
from the hot springs. I don't know how much of it dissipates into the
atmosphere from the holding tank before it is bottled. When I was pregnant
20+ ya, the only bathhouse open at that time was run by the state govt. and
they would not let me bathe because of unknown or dangerous effects of radon
gas on a fetus.
The Eades in LifePlan list several waters and the cal:mag ratio. Most are
not available where I live. Evian is a good one with a favorable ratio, but
very expensive, so I rarely ever splurge.
Theola
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