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I thought distilled water was bad for humans to consume as it leeches nutrients from you?
That'd be deionized water, I think...
Nope, distilled water has nothing, no minerals or anything else, including ions. Deionized water is also not the best for consumption.
But distilled is perfectly safe to drink… it just tastes weird from the lack of minerals and other stuff.
For once, yes. But exclusively? It'll extract minerals from your body, causing health issues.
I've been exclusively drinking distilled water for half a decade.
It's fine. Turns out food is also full of minerals and shit.
Especially shit.
Source?
Osmosis
Pretty sure that’s not how it works. Water is mixed with a soup of stuff the moment it goes in your body, and our digestive system/diet is not as simple as osmotic pressure pushing water into cells (and somehow pushing other substances out?) if that’s what you’re getting at.
It doesn’t strip minerals, it just doesn’t replace them, eat enough salty foods and it’s a non issue. Distilled isn’t stripping stuff, it just doesn’t replenish it.
So your source is what…? Some smart ass comment that you don’t even comprehend yourself? Provide an actual source if you think that’s what is the issue.
Source for the salty foods? Salt in food is normally sodium chloride, not the calcium or magnesium which you need to replenish.
You don’t drink milk or take a multivitamin, veggies, fruits? There’s lots of sources, it doesn’t strip, so you don’t need to eat extra.
You're right, drinking distilled water is perfectly fine, just take a multivitamin to compensate for the lack of minerals.
You don’t NEED a multivitamin, most doctors recommend it because people’s diets are shit.
Distilled water isn’t a factor here dude. Jesus. If you aren’t getting enough minerals from your food, regular water isn’t gonna make a difference either.
Why are you STILL arguing this silly opinion? You’ve provided nothing to support that water will deplete your bodies minerals, let along distilled being a factor in it.
Yeah I'm done here. And hurt, I even said you're right!
Can't find it right now, lots of articles online about electrolyte imbalance causing issues, but none linked to an actual source.
Yeah there’s a reason for that… distilled doesn’t strip, so there won’t be any source that corroborates that statement.
It does, for the simple reason that urine (as well as sweat) necessarily contains electrolytes, so you lose those.
The misconception lies in thinking that tap or mineral water somehow don't do this. They contain some electrolytes, but not really a significant amount, as you primarily get them from food.
… you realize that no matter WHAT you drink you sweat and pee regardless? The issue people are saying is that distilled water makes it worse. That’s just wrong.
Yes that's what I said. But one of the likely reasons the myth stays around is that all of the following is true:
What the myth ignores is that:
But saying it doesn't strip you of anything isn't entirely true, and I'm not a fan of misinfo even if it's more of a nitpick. More than that I don't think it's going to help when from my first 4 bullet points you could easily come to the incorrect conclusion that drinking distilled water will quickly lead to hyponatremia.
It's probably also where the osmosis thing further up comes from, since that's involved in causing the neurological symptoms, it's just unrelated to what fluid you consume, since it happens with your blood, not the fluid itself.
You don't fight misconceptions with half-truths.
Edit: when i say fluid i mean something water based ofc, if you drink something else for some reason you'll probably have all sorts of different issues anyway.
That is a lot of words to say distilled water doesn’t affect your body in any significant way.
It also doesn’t strip you of minerals, that’s not how the body works, please provide a source lmfao. Distilled water doesn’t pull minerals out of your body, that’s just plain false. Argue whatever adjacent point you want, but this is just plain fucking false. You’re using incorrect information that’s been debunked. God fucking lmfao.
Yes exactly glad you get it. Some people want to actually understand why something isn't true instead of believing the first source that says so.
And what a shocker, no sources.
…. You still don’t get it do you.
Provide a source that says distilled water strips you body of minerals, that’s outdated and incorrect information that’s been debunked. The body doesn’t work that way.
So please provide a source, I need another laugh this morning. You’re the fifth person now who’s arguing and won’t be able to provide a source.
You will get water poisoning much faster with distilled water. Some is fine. A lot at once will kill you.
Only if you’re doing EXCESSIVE exercising, and if you are not having electrolyte replacements that’s just negligence.
A lot of tap water will kill you too, your article doesn’t say the difference in the amount.
That's reverse osmosis water. It's not dangerous but itself but if you only drink it you may be hydrated but missing essential minerals that you usually get dissolved in water.
I remember hearing the reason DI water may not necessarily be potable js it's only free of salts/ion and may still have microorganisms or other biologically dangerous contaminates.
There's a difference between potable and healthy over a long term.
Also, what an excellent example of "community" knowledge basically being a superstition telephone game this thread is.
Dl water?
Like water that I download?
Capital d capital i, its deionised
Tap water doesn't exactly have loads of electrolytes. I think though the normal advice is to give small children boiled water to protect them from water borne illnesses
It's probably more important in places with less safe water
Yeah, it's to protect them from disease. In almost all circumstances a place with tap water from a municipal source is fine.
Premature infants might be advised to only get sterile water for a bit as an extra precaution, and people might also hold off a little longer on well water.
But brawndo had electrolytes. It’s for what plants crave.
I thought that it was deionized water, not distilled water that strips your body from minerals
Both. But distilled is at best ion poor. It's not recommended use either exclusively for your source of water.
A good filter on tap is enough for the vast majority of houses. If that's not your case, mineral water or regular bottled water (which is just filtered tap water from a reliable source) are your best bet.
And it's cheaper too! Not common that you choose both healthy and cheap.
Source? Everyone keeps saying something similar, and when asked for a source, suddenly there isn’t anything.
No one is going to recommend against drinking distilled water solely, because you naturally get minerals and electrolytes elsewhere.
Normally I would go fetch, but there are so many search results. Just search it yourself and choose a source you cash trust. It's a very well established topic.
I have, and every result says it’s safe. I would love to see an actual source that says otherwise. It’s not going fetch, it’s providing sources for your wild claim that multiple people have been debunking.
Never said it was unsafe, just not recommended. WebMD has links to scientific articles that sorry support that. But you may counter that you don't trust those sources. I'm not about to play whack a mole. If you want to exclusively drink demineralized water, go ahead, you won't die for it. But you'll increase your chances of developing certain diseases. Maybe that's an acceptable tradeoff for you - I'd certainly think so if you live in Flint.
Then provide those links to webmd, you have them handy. Why would they not recommend it if it wasn’t safe? And support your own wild claim then. Which doctors and sources are not recommending it. Your specific point doesn’t change anything. It’s either safe and recommended or not safe and not recommended these are mutually exclusive terms here.
You can’t provide what doesn’t exist, there’s no need to lie that Google has it, or webmd has lots of results. If there was, you would provide them, since you must have recently looked at them to be THIS confident in a discussion. If no, accept you’re wrong, and quit perpetuating bullshit that’s been proving wrong.
OK buddy
Neither do that. It's a complete myth.
It's baffling you're getting down voted, you're 100% correct. It's nothing but a ridiculous myth that DI or RO water removes anything from your body, it absolutely does not.