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Posted 3/12/2012 1:48 PM (GMT 0)
I know this is a very obvious subject but I didnt want to assume everyone knows that we or anyone for that matter should never drink or cook with unfiltered tap water. Along with alot of minerals and flouride there is alot of chlorine in it. Yes! Chlorine the stuff we use in our pools to kill what you ask? Bacteria. Yes it also will kill all the good bacteria in you if you drink it. Please only cook or drink with well filtered tap water or drink good bottled water.

I hope this helps.

Steve

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Male 46 DX'd Mild Lower left UC 4cm section Feb 2 2012
1st month after DX Asacol 800 HD 2 pills 2 times a day.

Currently taking Asacol 800 HD 1 pill 2 times a day.
Natren brand probiotics
Psyllium seed powder ( started 3/8/12)
Prayer
One months worth of saccharomyces bouldarii but will start taking it again soon with the psyllium seed powed and Natren probiotics.

No blood in stools now and have normal bowel movement at most 2 times a day. Most of the time once in the am. Asacol seems to work but for how long.

Diet consists of mostly an organic Paleo with some good organic natural cheese, Milk, eggs and yogurt. Rice and small amounts of pasta also.
Alot of potatoes but never chips or french fries and most importantly never consume unfiltered tap water but instead good bottled electrolyte water.
I cook with filtered tap water and add real sea salt for magnesium.

Thoeries:
I releive beleive the issue is a inbalance of good/bad bacteria for whatever reason in our guts allowing this to happen.
I also beleive this Fecal transplant thing has has alot of validity to it.

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Posted 3/12/2012 1:51 PM (GMT 0)
I drink tap water and I've been in remission for almost three years now.
Posted 3/12/2012 2:27 PM (GMT 0)
I cook with tap water but don't drink it because I don't like the taste of it.
Posted 3/12/2012 2:35 PM (GMT 0)
I drink tap water but make coffee with filtered tap water. Tap water has never been an issue for me.

Sue
Posted 3/12/2012 2:42 PM (GMT 0)
I cook with tap water and drink spring water. I started with gallons of spring water years ago (Florida spring water is dee-licious) because my colon was hyper-sensitive to chlorine in tap water, no matter where I lived. Now I just enjoy the taste and can tell the difference immediately.

I hate lugging the gallons home from WalMart but it's really a pleasure to drink so I cannot complain.

P.S. My public water supply has been voted #1 in blind taste testing for many years in my region. The Water Management people do comparison tests every year. That's good because our water bill is too high IMO.
Posted 3/12/2012 2:42 PM (GMT 0)

I have well water.  We have lived in this house with well water since 2006.  I started flaring in 2008 and have not stopped.

I have a filter now for my tap, which makes the water taste better

Prior to 2006 i drank tap water, sometimes with a filter and only had 3  flares iin 15 years, each flare resolved in about 3 months.

this bad lingering 3 year fglare is now occuring in a house where i drink well water.

what does this all mean? who knows?  I do agree that hose filter things you stick on your faucets are good to have.

Posted 3/12/2012 2:46 PM (GMT 0)
i didn't have UC at the time i asked but i told my family doctor i drink bottle water because i think it taste better. But he said tap water is better then bottle... Just because bottle water some just toss in the so called "added" minerals... But who knows i really think it all matters were you live...obviously some people live in citys witch that nasty tasting city water some people live in small towns ect.. City water smells like pool water lol and some people who live in the country get there water from there pound in the back yard witch is filtered in you're basement ...
Posted 3/12/2012 2:55 PM (GMT 0)
It really is the chlorine in it I was trying to make everyone aware of which kill good bacteria in our guts. Whether you have an issue at this time or not it is simply a fact. Choose what you all think is best for you. As far as well water is concerned it may have alot more minerals in it than the regular city supplied water. Just mentioning some of the things I have learned.

Steve
Posted 3/12/2012 6:03 PM (GMT 0)
I remember way back when I first got DX and my GI (at that time) asked me a list of questions, the first ones were "do you/have you drank well water", the second was "if you chew gum is it sugarless or sugared"....apparently well water can be a doozy on the guts for obvious reasons.

I drink filtered tap water as well as bottled water.

For those that do drink chlorinated water, with the fact that it can kill off good bacteria in your guts, all the better reason to take a good quality probiotic daily and indefinitely in order to keep the balance in the gut flora.
Posted 3/12/2012 6:19 PM (GMT 0)
I have always had well water my entire life, and its all I can stand to drink. City water not only has chlorine, but other horrible things also! The town near us released their water findings, traces of shampoo, nail polish remover, detergent and cocaine! Sounds safe to me,lol. Bottled water basically comes from a city tap somewhere or a river or spring. Same thing I drink from my well, only free and without added junk, water shouldn't have ingredients! And nothing tastes better than water straight from the ground! I don't use a filter, noone around here does, and other than me everyone is healthy,lol. Well water, esp from an underground lake, is filtered for years through rocks and worms and other small bacteria, that take out the bad stuff!
Anyway, unless you are drinking straight from a stagnant lake or the hudson river (which is where some bttled waters come from) most of it probably won't hurt you. It just comes down to whether you want added chemicals to the water.
Posted 3/12/2012 6:59 PM (GMT 0)
I have well water at home but at my gym the water is very chlorinated, it's gross. But, as some others have pointed out, bottled water very often has chlorine in it too. The standards are not very high for bottled water, no higher than any municipality.
By the way, if you take chlorinated water and leave it out (uncovered obviously) overnight, it will naturally de-chlorinate by morning.
Posted 3/12/2012 7:51 PM (GMT 0)
I drink both.
Posted 3/12/2012 8:51 PM (GMT 0)
Tap all the way.

Every year the world spends an estimated $100 billion on extracting, altering, packaging, shipping and consuming bottled water.
Nine out of ten plastic water bottles end up as garbage or litter - not recycled!
Posted 3/12/2012 8:57 PM (GMT 0)
Tap water for me too,unless theres problems with your water supply i would never buy bottled water. its such a scam and so tough on the enviroment too.
Marty
Posted 3/12/2012 8:57 PM (GMT 0)
Tap water for me too,unless theres problems with your water supply i would never buy bottled water. its such a scam and so tough on the enviroment too.
Marty
Posted 3/12/2012 11:01 PM (GMT 0)
I wouldn't be too worried about chlorine chemicals in tap water. After all, the gastric acid in your stomach is hydrochloric acid.
Posted 3/12/2012 11:45 PM (GMT 0)
Nope. We have and have always had an under the counter reverse osmosis fllter. It is excellent (we're using one by a company called Nikken home which produces quite a few interesting "home health" products). You can clearly taste the difference between the filtered and the tap water. Tap water has a strong chlorine taste and my kids refuse to drink it because they're not used to it. I just don't trust it but having said that I live in a 130 year old house and though we don't have lead pipe service you just never know... It's a pricey investment but it's pretty much a one off and it's well worth it.
Posted 3/12/2012 11:57 PM (GMT 0)

It's not only the chlorine that I'm concerned about but also fluoride that is still added to drinking water in some areas like mine.

I use an under the sink filter system and shower filters.

Posted 3/13/2012 12:20 AM (GMT 0)
we have filtered water throughout our home including reverse osmosis.
Posted 3/13/2012 1:43 AM (GMT 0)
Brita pitcher all the way in my household, cooking as well as drinking.
Posted 3/13/2012 2:06 AM (GMT 0)
Same here Brita water or bottled spring water

There is a major difference between bottled water and spring water. The bottled water is any water (basically tap water) that has been electrified and treated. So the bottled water I do drink is like Poland Spring or Fiji ...
Posted 3/13/2012 2:12 AM (GMT 0)
Bleh, I had the on-site manager of my complex explain to me the sewage contamination with water here where I live. Gross. I just buy a ginormous jug of carbon filtered spring water. If i drink water, no biggie, but fluoride is definitely not 'good' for you in the amount that all of us are exposed to it these days.
Posted 3/13/2012 1:23 PM (GMT 0)
Bottled water for me....i don't know if it's a conincidence but i got out of other mini flares i had before my diagnosis (didn't know they were UC or what UC was really) by switching to bottled water. I tried then to drink tap water and i got another mini flare. Continued with bottled water until i gave birth and while in hospital i thought heck let's try tap water again and bam i flared. I don't know if it's the cause or a conincidence.

There is so much bad stuff in tap water: chloride, flouride, lead, pesticide residues, chemical residues etc. I don't need this additional junk in my system. Besides: i just buy the big bottle (15 L) and use it. And about plastic waste: seriously i don;t drink juice or use little custard/yoggurt tubs so i probably use alot less plastic than other people.
Posted 3/13/2012 4:41 PM (GMT 0)
Bottled water is such a waste of money. I only buy it when I'm out and about since I don't like soda/juice/bottled drinks aside from the occasional iced tea.

I do use a brita filter, though, since the taste of city water here is pretty gross.
Posted 3/13/2012 5:11 PM (GMT 0)
I drink well water. After my colitis diag., I got my well tested. The test showed some coliform bacteria and fungi. Had the well disinfected and it cleared up. Also replaced my well cap that was letting stuff in. I plan on retesting the well every year. If you have a well, suggest you get it tested. MAP, E-Coli, and some bacteria can cause GI problems.
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