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      Nope, distilled water has nothing, no minerals or anything else, including ions. Deionized water is also not the best for consumption.

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        But distilled is perfectly safe to drink… it just tastes weird from the lack of minerals and other stuff.

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          For once, yes. But exclusively? It’ll extract minerals from your body, causing health issues.

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            I’ve been exclusively drinking distilled water for half a decade.

            It’s fine. Turns out food is also full of minerals and shit.

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                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.

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                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.

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                  Source for the salty foods? Salt in food is normally sodium chloride, not the calcium or magnesium which you need to replenish.

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                    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.

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              Can’t find it right now, lots of articles online about electrolyte imbalance causing issues, but none linked to an actual source.

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                Yeah there’s a reason for that… distilled doesn’t strip, so there won’t be any source that corroborates that statement.

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                  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.

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                    … 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.

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            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.

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      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.

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        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.