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Dr Honda was really good. It was the first time I was hearing of her and of any of these tips, including the suggestion that we should be drinking, sterilized, water or boiling shower heads etc.
Does anybody have any tips on how they sterilize their drinking water? Do you fill up water bottles and use the baby bottle sterilizer? I purchased one last night, but it doesn’t seem big enough.. I would appreciate anybody’s practical tips. Thank you!

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@nanaa85co I don’t sterilize but I have a shower head filter (handheld) so I fill my pitcher with that.

@nanaa85co this topic has been covered extensively in prior posts. Do a topic search and I am confident you will find plenty of discussion. One thing I will say from personal experience, a baby bottle sterilizer was life changing for me (my brand has been discontinued, but again lots of prior discussions on subject). I also got point of use filters for my kitchen sink, bathroom sink and shower. Took me a while, they are not cheap, but once I got them I thought “wow, I should have done this day one!” Good luck!

@nanaa85co How (or whether) to sterilize drinking water is an individual decision.
I choose to use a 0.2 micron filter water setup at my kitchen tap in place of boiling; I carry that water with me around home and in my car, and use bottled spring water other times. BUT, I do not have any evidence of GERD, so am not fanatical about it. I drink brewed tea/coffee/mixed beverages away from home - it has worked for me for over 8 years with no reinfection.

I do use my filtered water for washing/rinsing equipment, fruit, vegetables, etc. I use distilled water to boil my equipment to sterilize it (it doesn't leave mineral deposits on stuff.) Here is a description of the filter system we customized, and have used for years:
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/possible-new-diagnosis/
If you choose to boil water for
washing equipment and drinking, bring it to a roiling boil in a pot or kettle, boil 5 minutes, then pour it into sanitized containers and cap them. Water remains safe for at least 2 weeks based on Dr Honda's tests that were reported yesterday at the conference.

You do NOT need to preboil the water that will be used to sterilize your equipment in a steamer, baby bottle sterilizer, or pan - the process will kill any bacteria.

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I use a rectangular egg cooker that easily fits my neb and Aerobika. Best, jessed