Comments on: Hypothyroidism Diet Info – Is Your Tap Water Killing Your Thyroid?

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.

By: Dianne

Dianne — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 06:00:41 +0000

Hi, I find your site very helpful, Does it make any difference if the water is boiled first?