Ice Spikes: Strange things you can find in your freezer

Re:Ice Spikes: Strange things you can find in your freezer by lkozloff on Monday February 07, 2022 @06:30PM (#30253005)

So happy to have this small mystery solved. I lived in SE Asia for years where we avoided the local tap water, including for ice at home.

My kids and I observed these ice spikes every morning when I took out the trays to for iced coffees, and I always wondered why I'd never seen them anywhere else in the world.

It's almost a nice retroactive confirmation that the water delivery service we relied on was selling distilled water as advertised!

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Re:Ice Spikes: Strange things you can find in your freezer by Gigachad on Monday February 07, 2022 @10:07PM (#30254500)

You shouldn’t drink distilled water. It’s devoid of minerals so when you drink it, the distilled water sucks minerals from your body to equalise which can cause issues.

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Re:Ice Spikes: Strange things you can find in your freezer by TylerE on Monday February 07, 2022 @10:56PM (#30254758)

That's a myth. Distilled water is perfectly safe to drink, it just doesn't taste very good.

https://www.healthline.com/health/can-you-drink-distilled-wa...

The mineral content in even mineral water (never mind tap water) is miniscule.

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Re:Ice Spikes: Strange things you can find in your freezer by tokai on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @05:38AM (#30256892)

Your source confirms that exactly.

"Since distilled water doesn’t contain its own minerals, it has a tendency to pull them from whatever it touches to maintain a balance. So when you drink distilled water, it may pull small amounts of minerals from your body, including from your teeth."

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Re:Ice Spikes: Strange things you can find in your freezer by detaro on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @05:40AM (#30256904)

... and then explains that the effect is small enough to not be a problem, so no, it does not confirm that "you shouldn't drink distilled water".

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Re:Ice Spikes: Strange things you can find in your freezer by tokai on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @06:19AM (#30257153)

But that it could be a problem. So its not a myth, that it is demineralizing your body. Its a small effect - but its there, and it could have a negative effect on the body.

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Re:Ice Spikes: Strange things you can find in your freezer by dmd on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @10:21AM (#30259409)

"The gamma radiation from distant galaxies is not a myth. It's a small effect - but it's there, and it could have a negative effect on the body."

No - some things are small enough that they cannot.

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Re:Ice Spikes: Strange things you can find in your freezer by skykooler on Monday February 07, 2022 @10:22PM (#30254561)

It's better to drink distilled water than contaminated tap water, though.

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Re:Ice Spikes: Strange things you can find in your freezer by neurostimulant on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @09:56AM (#30259102)

I also live in SEA. While distilled water is pretty popular (gaining more popularity these days), spring waters are even more popular and widely available (also tastes better IMO).

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