One of my pet sitting clients boils the water she gives her cats, to
make it easier on their kidneys. I forgot to ask her what, exactly,
this is supposed to achieve, kidney-wise. Any ideas? It seems to me
that filtering it--which she does *not* do--would be more helpful than
boiling, because it would remove some of the heavy metals and minerals.

(And presumably, it's not onna counta pathogens, as the humans drink
their water unboiled.)

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On Dec 30, 4:12*pm, "Shelly" wrote:
One of my pet sitting clients boils the water she gives her cats, to
make it easier on their kidneys. *I forgot to ask her what, exactly,
this is supposed to achieve, kidney-wise. *Any ideas? *It seems to me
that filtering it--which she does *not* do--would be more helpful than
boiling, because it would remove some of the heavy metals and minerals.

(And presumably, it's not onna counta pathogens, as the humans drink
their water unboiled.)

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wouldn't distilled water be the right choice to be mineral free?

"Nessa" wrote in message
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wouldn't distilled water be the right choice to be mineral free?

Yes, I would think so!

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Shelly wrote:

"Nessa" wrote in message
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wouldn't distilled water be the right choice to be mineral free?


Yes, I would think so!

But, if the water supply in her town is basically safe, wouldn't leaving
the minerals in actually be healthier than taking them out?

On Dec 30, 4:34*pm, Robin Nuttall wrote:
Shelly wrote:
"Nessa" wrote in message
....

wouldn't distilled water be the right choice to be mineral free?

Yes, I would think so!

But, if the water supply in her town is basically safe, wouldn't leaving
the minerals in actually be healthier than taking them out?

yeah. boiling water would kill bacteria not minerals...

I give my dogs bottled water but that's because we have so much of it
at home....

One of my pet sitting clients boils the water she gives her cats, to make
it easier on their kidneys. I forgot to ask her what, exactly, this is
supposed to achieve, kidney-wise. Any ideas? It seems to me that
filtering it--which she does *not* do--would be more helpful than boiling,
because it would remove some of the heavy metals and minerals.

That's interesting. If it's municipal water, perhaps it something to do with
chlorine content? Or is this well water?

Interesting.

Robin Nuttall wrote:

But, if the water supply in her town is basically safe, wouldn't leaving
the minerals in actually be healthier than taking them out?

Yes, their water is safe, and yes, I would think so.

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Sharon Too wrote:

That's interesting. If it's municipal water, perhaps it something to do with
chlorine content? Or is this well water?

City water. They *do* have filters on the shower heads, so chlorine
might be something they're concerned about. In that case, though, why
not filter the drinking water, too?

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Shelly wrote:

Robin Nuttall wrote:

But, if the water supply in her town is basically safe, wouldn't
leaving the minerals in actually be healthier than taking them out?


Yes, their water is safe, and yes, I would think so.

There have been several news stories this year showing that bottled
water is often actually dirtier than local water sources...I'm just sayin'

Robin Nuttall wrote:

There have been several news stories this year showing that bottled
water is often actually dirtier than local water sources...I'm just sayin'

Oh yeah. I don't drink bottled water. Aside from it being a pretty
much unregulated industry, I think the environmental impact is bad.

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