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Re:MIT invents $4 solar desalination device by Johnythree on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @08:59PM (#32338201)
Yes, you are correct. If you consume only distilled water, you will get sick. This of course means not eating or drinking anything else.

But it should be obvious that your mineralisation is not on a knife-edge. The tiny amount of minerals lost by drinking distilled water is massively made up in the other stuff you eat and drink.

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Re:MIT invents $4 solar desalination device by p1esk on Thursday August 04, 2022 @03:59PM (#32347566)
Yes, you are correct. If you consume only distilled water, you will get sick.

No, this is not proven. To prove this, we must demonstrate that a person who only drinks distilled water would get sick sooner than the same person who only drinks tap water - in exactly the same conditions.

Clearly this experiment would be very hard to perform. But if someone did perform it, I'd love to hear about it.

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