Re:Food-safety expert warns Silicon Valley $60 ‘raw water’ t...
by zxd1098 on Saturday January 06, 2018 @12:24PM
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Err, isn’t distilled water bad to the point of being toxic? I think you mean purified.
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Re:Food-safety expert warns Silicon Valley $60 ‘raw water’ t...
by ghaff on Saturday January 06, 2018 @12:33PM
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Not toxic although it does lack minerals which could potentially be an issue over time.
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by kurthr on Saturday January 06, 2018 @12:41PM
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This is a common misconception. It's been debunked many times. It stays around because it sounds interesting.
https://www.finishing.com/156/65.shtml
What is rain water? It is water distilled by the sun. Are there electrolytes in your spring water that you can't get by eating food... no.
Can you get enough electrolytes just from normal water (e.g. Total Dissolved Solids of 200ppm, not Gatorade) without food that will prevent you from dying of an electrolyte imbalance... no. Eventually, only drinking water will kill you for a variety of reasons (starvation), but you have so much salt already in your body that it will take weeks to kill you.
Re:Food-safety expert warns Silicon Valley $60 ‘raw water’ t...
by JonnyNova on Saturday January 06, 2018 @12:51PM
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Distilled water increases the rate at which the body loses essential minerals. You can negate that by ensuring your mineral intake is enough. It's much easier to just water that has minerals in it though.
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by djrogers on Saturday January 06, 2018 @12:36PM
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Err, no. Distilled water is perfectly safe to drink.