The way water should taste
Nantucket Nibi are 2 words from the Wampanoags Indian language spoken by Nantucket’s first settlers, The Wampanoags, or the People of the First Light. The words translate to Water from a Far Away Land.
Nantucket Nibi comes from a vast underground lake formed by the retreating glaciers between 14,600 and 11,900 years ago.
Nibi has a Ph of 7.4, it is moderately hard and is rich in life sustaining minerals. Best of all it is pure and untouched- completely untreated.
We bring Nantucket Nibi to you as true refreshment and body replenishment.
Nantucket Nibi means Water from a Far Away Land
Around 23,000 years ago the Laurentide Ice Sheet extended to where Nantucket lies today. By 21,000 years ago the ice sheet retreated north to extend just south of Cape Cod. Because so much water was locked up in the massive ice sheet extending across North America, sea levels were 300 feet below current levels making Nantucket and Marthas Vineyard part of the mainland.
The weight of the glacier depressed ice into the sandy soil creating ‘kettles’ These kettles later filled with the pure water that ran off from the melting glacier. Around 12,000 years ago the glacier once again advanced and then retreated depositing clay over the top of a large lake that had formed under Nantucket and extending north into Nantucket Sound, permanently encapsulating the underground lake.
In 2000 geologists dug down though the clay under Nantucket’s shallow aquifer and discovered 2 pristine reservoirs of fresh water. To prove their finding of this confined aquifer of ancient water the geologists radiocarbon dated the water and found the underground lake was formed at the end of the Pleistocene Era 12,000 years ago. This is where Nantucket Nibi comes from. Pure untouched fresh water.
What's in your Water?
In 2003 the World Health Organization convened a group of experts from Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Moldava, Singapore, Sweden the United kingdom and the United States. The experts represented the fields of nutrition, medicine and science.
The researchers wanted to understand which substances are found in drinking water that can contribute significantly to health and well-being?
WHO Recommends what Nantucket Nibi contains:
• Calcium – important in bone health and possibly cardiovascular health
• Magnesium – important in bone and cardiovascular health
• Sodium – an important extracellular electrolyte, lost under conditions of excess sweat
• Copper – important in antioxidant function, iron utilization and cardiovascular health
• Selenium – important in general antioxidant function and in the immune system
• Potassium is important for a variety of biochemical effects but it is usually not found in natural drinking waters at significant levels.