Re: Keeping Hydrated

 How does one go about saturating their water properly?

I personally use food grade diatomaceous earth, which is primarily silica.  I add a spoonful to a gallon of water then allow the DE to settle out.  The water dissolves some of the DE forming orthosilicic acid, which is what your body uses to form collagen, elastin and chondroitin in particular.  This is what also what helps give bones most of its strength and is responsible for the mineralization of bone.  Lack of silica in the body can lead to osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, diverticulitis, arteriosclerosis, emphysema, brittle bones and hair, wrinkles, etc.  Anyway, after the water settles out the DE "mud" is left on the bottom of the container.  Drink the water off the top. As the water level goes down add more water and let it settle out again.  Just leave the DE in there and keep repeating the adding water and letting it settle out.  The spoonful of DE will last around a couple of years, but I just dump it out after 6 months or so and start over.  The DE is only about $0.40 an ounce and an ounce will last you probably around 10 years at that rate.  The easiest way to tell that you are absorbing and utilizing the silica in the DE is the fingernails get really hard after about a week.

The other options are to get some trace mineral drops to add to your water, or add a little trace element salt to your water, which is what most of the trace mineral drops contain.

You rock, btw! I fully intend on stalking as many of your posts as humanly possible. :)

Thanks.  Nice to hear someone say something nice once in a while.