![]() Drinking 100% pure salt free water is actually unhealthy because it requires your body to lose salt to have it match the salt concentration of your body and over the long run has negative health effects. So both remove metals, but Zero water also removes salts, which is bad. Zero water also uses a carbon filter but also an ion exchange resin so they remove both metals and salts from the water. Brita uses an activated carbon filter and it removes most heavy metals and poisonous stuff from water very effectively, but it does not remove salts like sodium and chloride (the stuff that gives water taste). I would not recommend using zero water over Brita. I understand they want to say their water has a lower ppm (parts per million) value than Brita but lower ppm value does not equal safer. I noticed they used the phrase 'dissolved solids' which is an oxymoron like 'Wet dry paper.' Something cannot be both dissolved (in solution) and solid (not in solution) at the same time. "As for the zero water, it looks sketchy to me. I asked my brother, who has a PhD in Organic Chemistry from UCLA, what he thought. I read your piece and I was interested in Zerowater filters. ![]() What I'm about to write is to let you know comes from a good place I'm not trying "to come at you". She said: "At least 25 per cent of every single day is spent prepping - at least 2 hours a day.Hi Doomberg, I started reading and enjoying your work after the Grant Williams appearance. Kerrina quit her job in the corporate world to focus full-time on homesteading and prepping as well as home-schooling her children, whilst her husband Jason still works remotely. Subscribe here for the latest news where you live There's something satisfying about growing something and eating it six to 18 months later." ![]() Prepping is the most liberating and satisfying thing as it allows me to teach my children to be self-reliant and have the experiences of growing their own food. "We also have earthquake kits which include everything we need to be prepared in case of an emergency. I store produce in jars for short-term storage, mylar bags for mid-term and mylar bags with an oxygen absorber in a food grade bucket for long term. "We now grow 80 per cent of the produce that we utilise. At end of the day, inflation is rising, and food is available but at what cost? ![]() "But when Covid happened it was an eye opener for the whole world, and we wanted to prep on a larger scale so we're not reliant on a grocery store. Kerrina, a homesteader and prepper, from Long Beach, California, US, said: "We've always had to make a little extra food as kids don't stop eating. The mum-of-three packages half their food for short-term storage - around four months - whilst the other half is split equally between mid and long-term storage - which are four to six months and 12 to 18 months. She estimates that their current produce could last them between eight and 12 months. Kerrina uses methods such as water-bath canning - a process using boiling water to heat sealed jars of acidic foods - as well as pressure canning, dehydrating, freeze-drying and vacuum sealing to "amplify" food preservation. They have a $200 shop-bought budget for items like milk, cheese, meats, rice, apples, bananas and cereal - down significantly from their monthly $600 budget before prepping and home-growing. They grow all of their fruit and vegetables, recording over 900lbs of produce last year - including 400lbs of tomatoes, 300 avocados, squash, pumpkin, onions, garlic, cauliflowers and Brussels sprouts. Kerrina spends her days harvesting and prepping the fruit and vegetables they grow for long-term storage as well as cleaning and preparing meals. She began prepping during lockdown after it "opened her eyes" to becoming less reliant on supermarkets. Kerrina Sanchez, 37, lives on a quarter acre of land with her husband, Jason, 34, and their three children - and they grow 80 per cent of the food they consume. Meet the emergency prepper who grows 900lbs of fruit and vegetables with enough in the cupboard to last a year - and even has earthquake survival kits.
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