Drinking pure H2O isn’t good for you. As far as I know it could even be deadly. But what if you had a pill with all the minerals usually dissolved in water and washed it down with a nice big glass of distilled water? Would it be more or less the same as drinking tap water? Or would you need more time to dissolve the minerals? What if you threw the pill into the H2O and stirred?

Or am I missing something entirely? I think someone on Lemmy even explained to me the other day what is so bad about distilled water. But I’m stupid today and forgot.

  • anon6789@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I found a short paper in the NIH library since most sources seem to be from water companies.

    Other than the water will taste like it’s missing something, because it is, there doesn’t seem to be any conclusive proof of harm. Calcium and magnesium seemed to be the 2 main things people in even industrialized nations may be short on in their diet that they could benefit from having in their water.

    The one thing I did find of interest from the paper was this:

    This processed water has no residual chlorine and stored or dispensed in PVC can/bottles provides no protection against probable microbial contamination due to handling which is taken care of in conventional system of water supply having free residual chlorine.

    So when you dispense it after distillation, it is more prone to some forms of contamination that treated water.

    I’m not sure the purpose of removing minerals to just add them back in. You would have to figure out the “blend” you prefer, and the supplement industry is not free from controversy, so being positive what you’re reintroducing to the water is now a question. With tap water, you should be able to get a report of it’s composition from your water company.