No More Salt!
The advantages of not using salt to condition your water are enormous and can impact all areas of your life. Because EasyWater does not use any salt to condition hard water, it is much more beneficial to both your health and the environment than a traditional water softener.
Better for Your Health
According to the Centers for Disease Control, high salt or sodium in the diet causes
raised blood pressure level, which is a leading source of disease and failure of
both the heart and kidneys.
www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/risk_factors.htm
All water softeners use the same operating principle: They trade the calcium and
magnesium for something else, usually sodium. This process is called ion exchange.
During this process, each calcium or magnesium ion is replaced by TWO sodium ions.
The ion exchange softening adds about 8mg/L of sodium to the water for each grain
per gallon of hardness removed. So a person who drinks two liters (2L) of extremely hard water (assume 20 gpg) which has been salt softened, will consume about 320mg more sodium than if the water is not softened. (2L x 20gpg x .8mg/L/gpg = 320mg)
Sodium
in Drinking Water: Full Report
Water softener: How much salt does it add?
| Initial water hardness(grains per gallon) | Sodium added to water by softening(milligrams per liter) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 5 | 40 |
| 10 | 80 |
| 20 | 160 |
| 40 | 320 |
Both calcium and magnesium are essential to human health. Drinking water can be a beneficial source of those minerals when they are allowed to remain in the water.
Liz Lipski, PhD, CCN, co-founder, director of InnovativeHealing.com and author of Digestive Wellnesss says, “While any good, clean water will keep your body and your skin hydrated, hard water, the kind high in minerals, is especially good. Using water softeners to de-mineralize drinking water may reduce some of the potentially helpful effects. A water softener may help your plumbing, but it's hard water that is better for your health." (From WebMD article: The ABCs of a Healthy Skin Diet)
In excerpts from a World Health Organization meeting, “Experts on the Possible Protective
Effect of Hard Water against Cardiovascular Disease”, researchers say in regard
to point of entry and point of use devices “users of these devices should be made
aware of the changes in mineral composition that arise and the possible consequences
for total nutrient intake and human health. For example, those who sell or install
these devices may be encouraged to bring to the attention of the users of these
devices the possibility of reduced mineral intake and alternative means for their
replacement.”
Protective Effect of HardWater: Full Report
Better for the Environment
Imagine taking a 40 pound bag of salt and dumping it straight into your local river, lake or aquifer. That is what happens when you use salt to condition your water. Salt discharged by softeners is not removed by wastewater treatment plants and so flows right back into the water sources. That is why salt type water softeners have recently had restrictive bans placed on them in states such as Texas, California, Michigan, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.
Better for Your Wallet
EasyWater can save you hundreds each year by simply not having to purchase bags of salt each month.
