Comments on: Hypothyroid and Chlorine – Is Your Tap Water Killing Your Thyroid?

By: Cindy

Cindy — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:18:11 +0000

Helen,

This is a great question.

The amazing thing about a woman’s body is that it automatically makes necessary adjustments to your hormone levels in order to support the creation of a new life. (According to what I was told by my Dr. when I was pregnant with my daughter) Any test results that you get from your Dr. should be accurate for the time period when the test was conducted. When a woman with hypothyroidism is pregnant the doctor should be testing those thyroid levels every month during your prenatal appointments because they can change depending on your illness. After you deliver and get through the postpartum stage your thyroid levels along with all other hormone levels will probably then go back to where before you got pregnant but even that’s hard to tell too. The main thing is that what ever those test results are should be where your levels currently are unless they make a mistake in the lab. Always keep contact with your doctor if you have questions they should answer those questions for you.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:22:01 +0000

Helen,

I use a PUR filter on my tap as well. Not sure if it’s a stage 2 or 3 if they have one. I just know that the water tastes so much better and is clearer. Who really knows what runs through pipes that have been underground for long periods of time?

By: Helen

Helen — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:15:03 +0000

We use a PUR 2 stage filter, and it seems I recall this filtering out fluoride, too. I am going to some more research on the perchlorate, because I live in southern California, and we have the worse water in the country, I think. I cannot drink it, it tastes so bad.

By: Ted

Ted — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 21:44:07 +0000

from this point on i sugjest that you ether filter your water,or gather it from fruits by boiling it out or just eating it

By: Cindy

Cindy — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:02:52 +0000

Thank you for the information on drinking water treatment Andrew.

By: Denise

Denise — Fri, 28 May 2010 00:49:17 +0000

I don’t think the Brita filters Flouride. It does filter Chlorine. I have looked into this because I have hypothyroidism. I also believe in drinking free tap water so this is a struggle for me trying to decide whether to switch to something else……

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 26 May 2010 00:09:27 +0000

NO! Boiling will not remove them at all unless you are talking about collecting the steam (distilling). The only way to remove all contaminants from tap water is to distill and filter it. There are filtration systems which do both available.

By: andrew

andrew — Mon, 24 May 2010 17:19:19 +0000

Hi, I have worked in third world drinking water treatment for 7 years. If you have the time and patience and money, reverse osmosis will likely remove many of the problem chemicals (fluoride and chlorine especially).

Check out household systems, or if too expensive, counter top mini systems by Nimbus water (California) can help.

Boiling wont really solve the problem. It needs to be treated physically and by adsorption (both happen in a reverse osmosis system).

If you can afford it this is the best option. Although you need to set thefilter up to make water for a few hours as it produces more waste water than clean water.

Hope this helps
Andrew

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:25:40 +0000

Hi, I have the same question as Dianne and Cindy. Does simply boiling the water take away the effects of these three additives?

By: Cindy

Cindy — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:50:08 +0000

That’s a very good question. I filter my drinking water through a Britta.

At this point I don’t know whether or not there have been any scientific studies done on boiling goitrogens out of your water but I do know that you can cook a good amount of them out of your vegitables.