Drinking H20 (water) and its effects...

[theopenworld]

Someone recently said to me that if I were to drink totally pure water without any impurities I would die! I disagreed. Is it true or am I right?

[sft42]

Rubbish....you'd be fine but the water would taste funny...before anyone says water doesn't have a taste then yes it does....Impurities are minerals and trace metals which get in the water from flowing throught the land before it reaches the tap (or bottle) but our bodies extract all the minerals they need from our food not water.

[j2buttonsw]

Rubbish? Or is it? http://www.mercola.com/article/Diet/water/distille
d_water.htm

[Squirrel]

I found that article, and in fact the whole site, to be nothing more than a lengthy, confusing way of scaring people into buying their useless products. The words used are stupidly confusing and written so as to give no accurate information whatsoever, and yet sound intelligent. All the articles are littered with nonsense like:

'There is a correlation between the consumption of soft water (distilled water is extremely soft) and the incidence of cardiovascular disease.'

They can't say that drinking distilled water will give you cardiovascular disease, or even that it will increase your chances of getting it, because they obviously either have no idea, or they have done the research but they found that the truth clashed with their argument. Whenever they do find a tiny fact to support their claims, they shout about it excessively to draw it to your attention. To be honest, I wouldn't believe a single thing that they say on that web site; - just look at the 'Recommended Products' link, written in huge underlined letters. It leads to a page that tries to sell you bottles of magic cures, and foods that will turn you into some sort of God. In short, if that site says it's true then it probably isn't.

[jellybaby22]

For some glowing references on the benefits of drinking distilled water have a look at this site;
http://www.health-n-energy.com/water.htm

[3s_a_crowd]

Here's a link to a site where someone has asked a similar question. The site has links to other sites giving information on the topic.
http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadv
iew&id=210005
It seems to me that there are unlikely to be any negative effects unless you drink distilled water to the exclusion of everything else.

[Hamish]

I have friends who work in a laboratory in Moldova. The tap water in their country is not safe and some of the bottled water is suspect too. They drink the distilled water from the laboratory. They were all fine last time I spoke to them and one of them is over seventy.