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How To Remineralize Water From RO Systems The Easy Way

June 22, 2020 by Nick LoPresti Leave a Comment

Reverse osmosis filters do a great job at removing impurities from your water. Unfortunately, they do too good of a job.

What I mean by that is that they also remove the good minerals in water that we need. The water is too pure, in essence.

For water to taste right, we need those minerals. Not to mention that they are also healthy. Which means that we need to find a way to remineralize the water.

Adding minerals back into your tap water is easy and there are quite a few ways to go about this. 

In this article, I will go over several remineralization methods to make your water healthy and delicious again after using a RO filter.

In this article:

  • Do you need to remineralize water from an RO system?
  • Remineralization filters
  • Alkaline water pitchers
  • Mineral drops for distilled and RO water
  • Himalayan pink salt
  • What minerals does reverse osmosis remove?
  • Is Remineralized water good for you?
  • Does RO water leach minerals from the body?
  • How do I test my reverse osmosis water?
  • Remineralized water vs alkaline water
  • FAQ About Remineralizing Water
  • Bottom Line

Do you need to remineralize water from an RO system?

No, you really don’t need to remineralize your water. Remineralizing is a good idea even though it isn’t strictly necessary.

The thinking is that reverse osmosis water is unhealthy to drink. The reality is that many people in industrialized countries get more than enough necessary minerals from their diet.

Even though the minerals in water that RO filters remove are necessary, you generally are going to get them from other sources and not suffer any health issues.

One thing to note, however is that when you boil food in RO water, much of the calcium and magnesium present will leach out so if you don’t consume the cooking liquid, then you will lose some of the minerals from the food when you eat it.

Taste is another matter altogether, however. Many people with reverse osmosis filters report their water not tasting right. This is because minerals like calcium and magnesium give water the flavor we are used to. When they are removed it just tastes flat.

Making coffee and tea with reverse osmosis filtered water is also a disappointment. Usually, it turns the coffee bitter and not very pleasant to drink. This alone is a reason for me to want to remineralize the water!

Remineralization filters

The best way to go when it comes to adding minerals back to your water is to start out with a reverse osmosis filter that has a post filter which remineralizes the water.

Many new filters are already set up with one so if you are in the beginning stages of your search for the best RO filter, then this is an essential feature which should sway your decision.

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TAM3 filter solves inherited issues of conventional RO systems. Traditional RO filters removes essential minerals from water and the filtered water is slightly acidic. PD600 under counter filter uses alkaline remineralization filter, which restores healthy minerals and produces weakly alkaline RO water. It gives the water a more natural taste!
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If you already have a RO filter then you can add a remineralization filter to it to add those minerals back after the water has been purified. These are almost always easy to install and will fit with most systems.

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Alkaline water pitchers

Alkaline water pitchers will add the necessary minerals back to the water and adjust the pH level. Reverse osmosis water is slightly acidic and using an alkaline filter will change the pH by raising it slightly to a more neutral level. Water that hasn’t been purified is between 6 to 6.5 pH. An alkaline filter will usually bring the level up to 6.5 to 7 which is a big improvement to the acidic RO water.

There is nothing to set up. They take up very little counter space and the filter lasts longer than a post filter that remineralizes all the water coming through the filter even if you don’t plan to drink it.

The downside is that you are limiting how much water you have access to at any one time. If you are already used to using a water pitcher filter, then this shouldn’t be an issue for you.

Many of these filters work to remove many contaminants which may eliminate the need to even have a reverse osmosis filter, depending on your contaminants. 

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Mineral drops for distilled and RO water

The fastest way to remineralize your water is by adding race mineral drops. They are full of electrolytes so they add a ton of benefits. Besides calcium and magnesium, you’ll also be adding sodium, potassium and lithium. It is like having some Gatorade but without the sugar and excess salt so much better for you.

These drops also aid in hydrating the body better by improving your gut health. If you are using a water distiller machine, then these drops are essential as the distilled water is far too pure to be healthy to drink. Distilled water is not meant to be consumed.

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Himalayan pink salt

Himalayan pink salt contains 84 trace elements so it can make your water better even if you aren’t using a reverse osmosis filter or distillation machine. This is a very efficient way to remineralize your water.

One thing to note is that it is a sea salt from a deposit from hundreds of millions of years ago. So, any sea salt will work here. If you don’t want to spend so much then try a cheaper, unrefined sea salt that is within your budget and you will get the same benefits.

About a quarter teaspoon per gallon of water should be enough to get those minerals into your water without leaving it taste too salty. You can adjust the levels yourself according to your taste. One thing to remember is that it is recommended to not go over 2,500 grams of salt per day from all of your sources. Best to keep the dosage low when remineralizing with sea salts.

Make sure to let the water sit and then stir or shake it frequently to make sure the salt is totally dissolved to get the full benefits. Fine sea salt works best for this.

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What minerals does reverse osmosis remove?

Since the list of what they remove is so long let’s go over what they don’t remove:

  • Pesticides
  • Herbicides
  • Some fungicides
  • Hydrogen sulfide
  • Chlorine (Some id removed but not all)

Reverse osmosis is the most effective type of water filter on the market. It works by forcing water through a series of increasingly finer filters to the point that the finest is almost like passing water through plastic film. Almost everything in the water is removed and pure water comes out the other side.

All the minerals in the water are removed. This is good since you don’t want things like lead, other heavy metals, bacteria, cysts, arsenic, fluoride, cadmium and cyanide among many others.

But the problem is that it also removes things like potassium, magnesium and calcium which our body needs. 

Though it should be noted that when you have hard water, those minerals can damage appliances and pipes. It makes sense to use a reverse osmosis filter if that is the case and then remineralize your water as a way to protect your washing machine, dishwasher and even your pots and pans.

Is Remineralized water good for you?

There is nothing unhealthy about drinking remineralized water with one word of caution, however. You can end up getting too much salt in your diet depending on how you remineralize your water. 

Drinking RO or distilled water is too pure and contains no minerals at all. There are 21 minerals that we need to survive so adding minerals back to your water is a natural and healthy thing to do. 

Since RO water will pull some of the minerals out of foods that you cook in it, it does make sense to add more minerals back to the water, so yes, the answer is that remineralized water is good for you.

If you are in any doubt about whether your diet will provide enough minerals when you drink RO water, then your best bet is to try to add more by any of the above means.

Does RO water leach minerals from the body?

There is no evidence that reverse osmosis water will end up leaching minerals out of your body when you drink it for long periods. 

What is apparent, however, is that food cooked in soft water in general will leach calcium and minerals out of it. If you are making soup and drinking the broth you will end up consuming those minerals.

If you are boiling vegetables to eat without the cooking liquid, then they will have fewer minerals and may result in a poor diet which will mean that you have to replace those minerals in your water.

How do I test my reverse osmosis water?

Testing your water both before and after your water has been filtered is easy and cheap. 

All you need is to use an at home test from Amazon that can tell you in a matter of minutes what may be lurking in your water. These tests can range from just a few contaminants to dozens that may be present in your water. Since you are looking specifically at what minerals there are present, I recommend a hardness test. What you are looking for is to check the TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) present in the water.

To get accurate results a TDS digital water test is the way to go. There are test strips, but you can’t get a good idea of how much of a contaminant there is when it tests positive.

It’s also a good idea to test the pH of your water in addition so you know if your water is too acidic after filtering with a reverse osmosis filter. You should also check the pH after remineralization to make sure that the water isn’t too alkaline, too. 

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Remineralized water vs alkaline water

Drinking alkaline water, or high pH, does not give you any health benefits on its own contrary to some claims. 

What is a benefit is that when you remineralize your water, primarily if you add calcite, then the pH will naturally rise and the water will be less acidic. Acidic water is not bad or good for you unless it is very acidic. RO water is not so acidic to be a problem in most cases.

Alternatively, water with too high a pH could be bad for you so you have to be careful about how much you alter the pH by adding minerals back.

FAQ About Remineralizing Water

Is RO water bad to drink?

The only time it is explicitly unhealthy to drink reverse osmosis water is if you live in a country or area with limited access to healthy foods. If your diet is poor in calcium and magnesium and you drink RO water then you will have health problems.
People living in industrialized countries with a wide variety of fruits, vegetables and meats in their diet won’t have any health problems due to drinking it.

Can you make coffee with distilled water?

Coffee brewed with distilled or even RO water will be bitter and taste really bad. If you plan to make coffee with purified water, make sure to remineralize it first.

What is not removed by reverse osmosis?

Your water may still have traces of pesticides, herbicides and fungicides. There may even be some chlorine left depending on how high the concentration was before it was filtered.

Bottom Line

There is a lot to be written about reverse osmosis that could fill a book. It is not as simple as is it good or bad. There are varying levels of complication that depend highly on several factors.

I think that for most people it is not 100% necessary to remineralize water from a health perspective. I do also think, however, that it pays to hedge your bets and remineralize just in case.

The other issue is the taste of the water. RO water tastes insipid and flat. Remineralized water simply tastes better.

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