I made the switch and also sprung for fluoride/arsenic filters from Berkey.
Unfortunately, it'll probably take a long time to get noticeable benefits, but I also need to get a chlorine/fluoride filter for the tap for showers. I can say for certain that the flavor is INCREDIBLY different after the fluoride filtration, compared to non-fluoride filtration products.
Another aspect that oft gets passed up is competitive inhibition. A lot of halogens (fluorine, bromine, chlorine, iodine) will compete with each other and disrupt a lot of biological processes.
Careful with Berkey. I have one that I don’t use anymore. The water was constantly cloudy after installing the fluoride filters (properly, with lots of rinsing). Turns out that the fluoride filter uses aluminum to filter out fluoride and aluminum was seeping into the water making it cloudy.
I would not trust it. I don’t think they changed their design and I saw others complaining about similar issues. One reviewer even started to have health issues from the high quantities of aluminum he was ingesting.
I read that about Berkey filters. It has a sort of trade off, you get some aluminum contamination but if filters out the fluoride. Aluminum is not something you really want to be drinking either. I never read about making the water cloudy though.
I made the switch and also sprung for fluoride/arsenic filters from Berkey.
Unfortunately, it'll probably take a long time to get noticeable benefits, but I also need to get a chlorine/fluoride filter for the tap for showers. I can say for certain that the flavor is INCREDIBLY different after the fluoride filtration, compared to non-fluoride filtration products.
Another aspect that oft gets passed up is competitive inhibition. A lot of halogens (fluorine, bromine, chlorine, iodine) will compete with each other and disrupt a lot of biological processes.
Careful with Berkey. I have one that I don’t use anymore. The water was constantly cloudy after installing the fluoride filters (properly, with lots of rinsing). Turns out that the fluoride filter uses aluminum to filter out fluoride and aluminum was seeping into the water making it cloudy.
I would not trust it. I don’t think they changed their design and I saw others complaining about similar issues. One reviewer even started to have health issues from the high quantities of aluminum he was ingesting.
I read that about Berkey filters. It has a sort of trade off, you get some aluminum contamination but if filters out the fluoride. Aluminum is not something you really want to be drinking either. I never read about making the water cloudy though.
The cloudiness was why I suspected something was amiss. Then I checked reviews.