Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site trwrba.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrba!suhre From: suhre@trwrba.UUCP (Maurice E. Suhre) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: Re: Is soft water harmful to drink? Message-ID: <1659@trwrba.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 14:24:07 EST Article-I.D.: trwrba.1659 Posted: Tue Nov 5 14:24:07 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Nov-85 02:44:28 EST References: <432@mot.UUCP> Reply-To: suhre@trwrba.UUCP (Maurice E. Suhre) Distribution: na Organization: TRW EDS, Redondo Beach, CA Lines: 19 In article <432@mot.UUCP> waycott@mot.UUCP (John Waycott) writes: > >2. An increase in sodium from a water softener has harmful effects. > > Second, the increase in sodium >intake from soft water seems negligible compared to the rest of an average >person's diet. > My father used to sell water softeners as a sideline. Anyway, the Calcium ions are replaced by Sodium ions during the softening process. Persons on a sodium restricted diet should probably not drink the softened water nor to use it for cooking purposes. I believe it is true that drinking the water is not significant for the average diet, but might be substantial if other sodium sources are restricted. Simply a percentage problem. Maurice {decvax,sdcrdcf,ihnp4,ucbvax}!trwrb!suhre