[K.B.]

My Dr. has always been telling me to drink more water, so a while back I put in a 5 gal water dispenser in the kitchen. Part of my weight loss "diet" was to drink a big glass of water before each meal. I also try to drink the 8 glasses a day. I lost about 30 lbs and my Blood pressure went down and I got off my BP medication.

I recently talked to a relative who always lifted weights/ worked out at his girlfriends house and drank a lot of water there. His BP was a little high. His Doc asked him if he ever drank water that went thru a "softner". The only place was at the gf's house. He stopped drinking the water there and BP went down. Gf's parents were high BP's too. They stopped drinking the water. Their BP went down. That must be why mine went down too.

"Softners" add salt to the water. Salt raises BP.

The moral of the story is *****Don't drink water that goes thru a water softner!*****

I used to have a Water Boss softner. I went more conventional and wish I had stayed with the Water Boss. They sell them at Home Depot or Lowes or Menards.

If you don't like the bottled water thing you can get a reverse osmosis system for about $150 at Sams Club or Home depot type places.