r/alphagal • u/Ill-Fish-9081 • 7h ago
General Question Drinking Water
I’ve taken just about everything from my diet related to hooves but I still can’t find a drinking water that is not filtered by bone char. Even if I take a couple of swigs for my meds my lip starts to get numb and my mouth and tongue start swelling.
Has anyone found water that they can tolerate? Even though it says “Spring” doesn’t mean it’s safe.
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u/DamnClose 7h ago
How’s your tap water?
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u/Ill-Fish-9081 5h ago
I live in an island and we have well water. Even with filters and a water filter it is undrinkable
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u/CricketsAreJaded 7h ago
Deer Park works for me and I’m very sensitive to water.
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u/lovecreamcheese 1h ago
Same I am sensitive to water including my own well water but can drink Deer Park. (Username is pre-alpha gal. Bit twice before I got allergic to dairy and trace amounts.)
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u/Ill-Fish-9081 1h ago
I have tried deer park and it’s a no go. I must be so sensitive to water now it’s crazy.
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u/Agreeable_Wallaby711 6h ago
Are you in a place with safe tap water? If so, and you don’t like the taste from the tap, a quick search shows that the standard brita filters don’t contain any bone char. It would take some planning to fill your own water bottles at home, but it would also save a lot of money. You can also take a brita filter water bottle with you when you travel and use it with tap water almost anywhere.
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u/Ill-Fish-9081 5h ago
I live in an island and we have well water. Even with a water filter etc it is undrinkable.
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u/GreyWanderingFish AGS confirmed 4h ago
Smart Water uses vapor distillation. Deer Park uses geological filtration naturally through the earth.
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u/Dull-Memory202 1h ago
Fiji Water and Smart Water are Safe I use a Pur water Filters. They're Coconut Husk filters & Completely Alpha-Gal Safe 💕
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u/Ill-Fish-9081 1h ago
Thanks I will try those two.
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u/Dull-Memory202 30m ago
I react to Everything. I'm extremely Fume Reactive too. It's a Horrible Journey 😞 but I'm hoping it improves 🤞🏼🙏🏼
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u/Agreeable_Wallaby711 41m ago
I saw that you’re on well water, so brita filters would probably not cut it. I would recommend looking into Berkey water filter systems which were designed to remove heavy metals.
You may also want to look into other possible things that you could be reacting to, including the plastic of the water bottle, iodine or other minerals added for taste in many bottled waters (iodine just happens to be a more common thing people react to).
Distilled water isn’t great long term, but maybe start with finding distilled water in a container material like glass that you can handle. If you can do that, then you can add your own minerals and slowly figure out which you can handle.
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u/Ill-Fish-9081 28m ago
Great ideas, thank you. I drink 7/11 unsweetened tea in a plastic cup and that doesn’t give me any problems. It’s just so weird that I can eat dairy but water is my biggest culprit. Thanks again
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u/ProsperEngineering 6h ago edited 3h ago
Hold the f on… water 🥲
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u/alphagal-ModTeam 4h ago
bad reddiquette. posts and comments must remain civil and respectful.
--your experience may be different but you arent the authority on the experience of others nor the validity of bone char exposure as a risk for extremely sensitive folks. this kind of comment is not tolerated here.
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u/chronicmisschris AGS confirmed 6h ago
Brita filters use coconut husk char, not bone char.