My research journey, although not over, has produced 3 books. Now, I finally know what my products do and how they do it. So I rebuilt Aurmina’s entire website, just in time for our Labor Day Sale.
Question: I read an article today that indicated that Berkey water filters were taken to court for fraudulent claims that the Berkey filter removed many particulates which turned out to be fraudulent. I use Aurmina in my tap water and then filter with a Berkey filter. My question is what is a better filtering system that I can use to filter tap containing Armena?Thanks.
I must admit to being confused now. I have several sources of water - river water not far below a big dam which is sometimes diluted by rain water after I pump it from the river, rain water collected off my tin roof and the same rain water run through a carbon filter. I have tested my water for Total Dissolved Solids. The results this week are: diluted river water TDS = 74; rain water TDS = 8; filtered rain water TDS = 6. Then I tested my Aurmina water made by adding Aurmina to filtered rain water (not filtered after the Aurmina is added because I figure there’s nothing to filter out). The TDS was 80, so from 6 to 80 with just adding Aurmina, and all done in glass except the plastic syringe used to measure the 1.3ml to be added to 1L water. Contact with the plastic would be just a few seconds. If Aurmina doesn’t add anything, where did the extra TDS come from?
Oh, I didn’t mean my post to sound like I don’t like the result. Clearly my water is too pure (like RO), so I’m pleased the Aurmina has improved it, the question is “how”? And what can I do to improve the amount of minerals?
Wow! That was some head spinning read. I'm still trying to digest it. So what are you trying to tell us, that the Aurmina that we purchased months ago is no good?
I have been looking for lead free glass containers for the counter set up. I am mostly finding 2 or five gallon. Is there a reason you use one gallon? Would two or five gallon take more time than you are referring to on your one gallon system? Obviously, the two gallon would double the amount of aurimna used, 5 gallon more so. The sediment in your photos mostly seems to be below the spigot on your container? Are you pouring your water out the top into the filter system, or are you able to use the spigot?
I have thoroughly read your latest article twice. Very enlightening and very informative. My complete understanding of this process I’m sure will be forthcoming. So a simple question: what should I do? I have well water at my Northern Michigan home in the woods. My bottle of Aurmina not yet started as I didn’t really know how to start. My Brita pitcher is in the frig. Our present drinking water is from the unsoftened tap thru the Brita filter. Just a simple “Do This”….
is what I really need to know at this point. I’m happy to purchase the Korea ceramic filter if that is my best option. Many thanks Dr Kory…I’ve followed you since your first presentation to the pickle brains in Congress. My how far we’ve come❤️
I had a PTRO AQUA whole house water filter system with a softener I add salt to and a light to kill parasites installed. I then run this through a Reverse Osmosis then add a 1/4 teaspoon Aurmina to a half gallon of water. Have I been doing it wrong? I'm confused as to what exactly to do to achieve the best water possible. Do I use half of the filtered water with half RO water? Then how long should it stand before drinking? Do I need to filter it? Do I add minerals back in? What kind of minerals? Before using Aurmina I was adding AquaTru perfect minerals but I thought Aurmina was minerals so I quit the AquaTru minerals. I've been experiencing neuropathy in my feet and legs. Could the water I'm drinking cause that? I will look forward to your article on good minerals to add and please tell us exactly how to add them to the water with the Aurmena.
Dr Kory, Thank you for writing this synopsis! Really glad to know about reverse osmosis not being the best choice, and Aurmina not providing minerals. (I don’t use RO. Just been purifying the water from my fridge filter which creates slightly less bottom gunk than tap. But I may just skip that step and use tap. It’s easier and I’ll save on fridge filters.)
I’ve been using Aurmina water since January. It took me months to get up to 1 teaspoon/gallon. I had a herx response at first and needed to go really slow. (Btw, my husband quickly got up to 1 teaspoon/gln like it was nothing.) Then I proceeded to try dosing at 1/8 tsp, but got really tired. I will try again even lower, like a drop, and go from there.
Do you still recommend Aurmina at full strength for a dosing period of up to 3 months?
And wondering why it is slower and harder for some us to tolerate the water purified by Aurmina as well as the full strength dosing?
Also, I went away for two weeks, (and drank blue bottle Saratoga water and Gerolsteiner, and when I returned, and began the Aurmina purified water again, I was tired/weaker for 2-3 days, but then was fine.
The section headed "The Price of Purity" contains a block of editorial feedback that was pasted in by mistake — "You're right, and the reason is the frame you set up in your own first line…" That's an AI editor's critique of your draft ordering, left in the published post above the paragraphs it's critiquing. Given that you devote several paragraphs to how AI generated five successively collapsing theories that each felt airtight, it's an unintentionally apt artifact.
So: why buy it?
If the removal data holds up and the aluminum residual is low, it's a cheap, no-wastewater, no-electricity filtration approach — that's a real value proposition, and you're honest that it's the only one you'll defend. I'm evaluating it, and my questions are:
1) What's the residual aluminum?
2) How does Aurmina compare to a carbon block on the same contaminant list?
3) What happens if you don't filter the floc out perfectly?
I think those questions need to be addressed. All the framing around how this is "not a health product" may be laudable, may be CYA.... But those three questions matter.
1) An independent evaluation of "Purinize," an identical product to Aurmina, was done by one of the world's top experts in water safety, Dr. Paul Rosenfeld. His 276-page report is available on OSF: https://osf.io/3u78p/files/9cxqk. His findings were that in 2 of the three tested samples, aluminum was undetectable in the 1st, below the minimum reference in the 2nd, and in the 3rd it was .3mg/dl, just above the aesthetic (not toxicologic) standard. His conclusion on Purinize was "One of the best defenses against the harmful effects of water contamination — superior to distillation and reverse osmosis, because it allows the natural minerals to remain in the water. 2) Carbon is very good at organics and largely useless for dissolved ionic species (fluoride, arsenic, lead, etc). We do the half it can't. The ceramic gravity filter system we use has a 2nd-in-line carbon filter, which would produce the optimal result, but all our testing was solely with a 0.2-0.5 micron ceramic gravity filter and still had excellent performance over a wide range of contaminants. 3) The floc would be harmless, as it is bound and complexed and thus not absorbable, and would pass through you, but the vast majority of people I have encountered (like my wife) prefer to have the water go through what we call a "polishing" phase where anything that did or did not settle is filtered out
FYI, I have been trying to reach your customer service to modify my auto-ship schedule, I am not seeing a way to do it on your website?
We are really liking the way our R/O drinking water tastes!
"Earthworms returning to treated fields." A mixed blessing. Earthworms destroyed the virgin rich topsoil of America the pre-European. See for one example: https://www.history.com/articles/earthworms-soil-colonization
Question: I read an article today that indicated that Berkey water filters were taken to court for fraudulent claims that the Berkey filter removed many particulates which turned out to be fraudulent. I use Aurmina in my tap water and then filter with a Berkey filter. My question is what is a better filtering system that I can use to filter tap containing Armena?Thanks.
I must admit to being confused now. I have several sources of water - river water not far below a big dam which is sometimes diluted by rain water after I pump it from the river, rain water collected off my tin roof and the same rain water run through a carbon filter. I have tested my water for Total Dissolved Solids. The results this week are: diluted river water TDS = 74; rain water TDS = 8; filtered rain water TDS = 6. Then I tested my Aurmina water made by adding Aurmina to filtered rain water (not filtered after the Aurmina is added because I figure there’s nothing to filter out). The TDS was 80, so from 6 to 80 with just adding Aurmina, and all done in glass except the plastic syringe used to measure the 1.3ml to be added to 1L water. Contact with the plastic would be just a few seconds. If Aurmina doesn’t add anything, where did the extra TDS come from?
Oh, I didn’t mean my post to sound like I don’t like the result. Clearly my water is too pure (like RO), so I’m pleased the Aurmina has improved it, the question is “how”? And what can I do to improve the amount of minerals?
Reading 'Silent Aquifer' RO vs Aurmina standard protocol.
Comment on RO's water waste vs no waste on std protocol.
I always assumed that semi-finished product is decanted, then filtered.
If we use 1-2 tsp per pretreat gallon, I'm assuming a 10-20% decant loss before filtering.
If you run filter on 100%, filter clogs, is slower and lifespan is reduced, as scrubbing away surface is traditionally how flow is restored.
Realistically, the Aurimina process is way more water efficient, though not necessarily 100% efficient. (Say ~80%)
Many efficient tabletop RO units have a 2:1 pure to drain ratio, so 1qt pure, 1qt drain. (~50% efficient)
I've been doing RO plus Aurmina, as I take a magnesium complex supplement & my blood calcium & potassium levels are towards the higher end.
I was just check out Dr Kory's garden re products on his Aurmina website. All look Wonderful! And they ship to CA!
Hello,
A company called iHerb sells the product I use. The brand is California Gold and there are several flavors.
Wow! That was some head spinning read. I'm still trying to digest it. So what are you trying to tell us, that the Aurmina that we purchased months ago is no good?
Trying to purchase ~ it says not available to ship to California??
I won't even ask why. 🙄 Just wondering if any workarounds possible .
I have been looking for lead free glass containers for the counter set up. I am mostly finding 2 or five gallon. Is there a reason you use one gallon? Would two or five gallon take more time than you are referring to on your one gallon system? Obviously, the two gallon would double the amount of aurimna used, 5 gallon more so. The sediment in your photos mostly seems to be below the spigot on your container? Are you pouring your water out the top into the filter system, or are you able to use the spigot?
I have thoroughly read your latest article twice. Very enlightening and very informative. My complete understanding of this process I’m sure will be forthcoming. So a simple question: what should I do? I have well water at my Northern Michigan home in the woods. My bottle of Aurmina not yet started as I didn’t really know how to start. My Brita pitcher is in the frig. Our present drinking water is from the unsoftened tap thru the Brita filter. Just a simple “Do This”….
is what I really need to know at this point. I’m happy to purchase the Korea ceramic filter if that is my best option. Many thanks Dr Kory…I’ve followed you since your first presentation to the pickle brains in Congress. My how far we’ve come❤️
Thanks for the post, can you please share any Soviet era studies with concentrated Themarox?
I had a PTRO AQUA whole house water filter system with a softener I add salt to and a light to kill parasites installed. I then run this through a Reverse Osmosis then add a 1/4 teaspoon Aurmina to a half gallon of water. Have I been doing it wrong? I'm confused as to what exactly to do to achieve the best water possible. Do I use half of the filtered water with half RO water? Then how long should it stand before drinking? Do I need to filter it? Do I add minerals back in? What kind of minerals? Before using Aurmina I was adding AquaTru perfect minerals but I thought Aurmina was minerals so I quit the AquaTru minerals. I've been experiencing neuropathy in my feet and legs. Could the water I'm drinking cause that? I will look forward to your article on good minerals to add and please tell us exactly how to add them to the water with the Aurmena.
Dr Kory, Thank you for writing this synopsis! Really glad to know about reverse osmosis not being the best choice, and Aurmina not providing minerals. (I don’t use RO. Just been purifying the water from my fridge filter which creates slightly less bottom gunk than tap. But I may just skip that step and use tap. It’s easier and I’ll save on fridge filters.)
I’ve been using Aurmina water since January. It took me months to get up to 1 teaspoon/gallon. I had a herx response at first and needed to go really slow. (Btw, my husband quickly got up to 1 teaspoon/gln like it was nothing.) Then I proceeded to try dosing at 1/8 tsp, but got really tired. I will try again even lower, like a drop, and go from there.
Do you still recommend Aurmina at full strength for a dosing period of up to 3 months?
And wondering why it is slower and harder for some us to tolerate the water purified by Aurmina as well as the full strength dosing?
Also, I went away for two weeks, (and drank blue bottle Saratoga water and Gerolsteiner, and when I returned, and began the Aurmina purified water again, I was tired/weaker for 2-3 days, but then was fine.
We have heard similar by a small but unique cohort; your insights and approach are correct
The section headed "The Price of Purity" contains a block of editorial feedback that was pasted in by mistake — "You're right, and the reason is the frame you set up in your own first line…" That's an AI editor's critique of your draft ordering, left in the published post above the paragraphs it's critiquing. Given that you devote several paragraphs to how AI generated five successively collapsing theories that each felt airtight, it's an unintentionally apt artifact.
So: why buy it?
If the removal data holds up and the aluminum residual is low, it's a cheap, no-wastewater, no-electricity filtration approach — that's a real value proposition, and you're honest that it's the only one you'll defend. I'm evaluating it, and my questions are:
1) What's the residual aluminum?
2) How does Aurmina compare to a carbon block on the same contaminant list?
3) What happens if you don't filter the floc out perfectly?
I think those questions need to be addressed. All the framing around how this is "not a health product" may be laudable, may be CYA.... But those three questions matter.
1) An independent evaluation of "Purinize," an identical product to Aurmina, was done by one of the world's top experts in water safety, Dr. Paul Rosenfeld. His 276-page report is available on OSF: https://osf.io/3u78p/files/9cxqk. His findings were that in 2 of the three tested samples, aluminum was undetectable in the 1st, below the minimum reference in the 2nd, and in the 3rd it was .3mg/dl, just above the aesthetic (not toxicologic) standard. His conclusion on Purinize was "One of the best defenses against the harmful effects of water contamination — superior to distillation and reverse osmosis, because it allows the natural minerals to remain in the water. 2) Carbon is very good at organics and largely useless for dissolved ionic species (fluoride, arsenic, lead, etc). We do the half it can't. The ceramic gravity filter system we use has a 2nd-in-line carbon filter, which would produce the optimal result, but all our testing was solely with a 0.2-0.5 micron ceramic gravity filter and still had excellent performance over a wide range of contaminants. 3) The floc would be harmless, as it is bound and complexed and thus not absorbable, and would pass through you, but the vast majority of people I have encountered (like my wife) prefer to have the water go through what we call a "polishing" phase where anything that did or did not settle is filtered out
It almost sounds as though it would actually be better to start from tap water with Aurmina added, then filtered, than to start from RO water?
I pretty much agree. Another approach is to blend RO with tap 50/50, or some other blend, but either way, treatment time and filtering is required