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Anyone Drink Distilled Water?

jasonD2

By jasonD2
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jasonD2
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i recently purchased a home distiller since i want to stop buying bottled water all the time but am hearing mixed reports on the safety of distilled water. Since it is devoid of minerals and has a tendency to form a low pH I decided to add trace mineral drops, some sea salt and bicarbonate. i even tested the pH to make sure it was neutral/alkaline.

Anyway, since I have been drinking the water i have been experiencing tingling in my legs and call me crazy but i feel like im shedding a lot more hair. i have been experimenting with more foods lately, so not sure if there is a connection between the symptoms and the water, with the foods or if its just a fluke.

Can anyone shed some light on this?

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Dada2hapas Rookie
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Distilled or deionized water isn't dangerous or acidic like some folks think. It is completely neutral, lacking any buffering by salts or solutes. For this reason, taking a pH measurement of this water means nothing, as pH of pure water is not relevant! Would be happy If others with science background can pitch in. I'm a biochemist. Many bottled water brands are zero TDS (or close to that), means 'total dissolved solids' in mg/kg or ppm.

Lisa Mentor
Lisa
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Maybe not too relevant to the topic....but since people have stopped drinking tap water, cavities are on the increase, due to the lack of fluoride being consumed by bottle drinkers (which is added to most community water).

That's the end of my scientificness! B)

jasonD2 Experienced
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fluoride taken internally is not safe- i still use filtered tap for brushing my teeth

WheatChef Apprentice
WheatChef
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If you want your teeth to be strong and free of cavities, brush your teeth. There's nothing special about fluoride that makes it necessary to ingest the stuff. The favorable chemical reaction occurs locally meaning that even with fluoridated water the only time it's benefiting your teeth is while the water is still in your mouth, touching your teeth, before you swallow.

As far as deionized water goes, I don't think there's any clear scientific consensus about negative effects associated with it. I know I lived in a house for 2 years that had a deionized filtration system hooked up for our drinking water and suffered no ill effects.

motif Contributor
motif
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Distilled or deionized water isn't dangerous or acidic like some folks think. It is comepletely neutral, lacking any buffering by salts or solutes. For this reason, taking a pH measurment of this water means nothing!!! The pH of pure water is not relevant. Would be happy If others with science background can pitch in. I'm a biochemist. Many bottled water brands are zero TDS (or close to that). That means total dissolved solids in mg/kg or ppm.

exactly right - I have my own home distiller for drinking and for making colloidal silver. Distillation is one of the best method to completely clean the water and one of the two only methods I heard to remove poisonous fluorine or fluoride from it, so go figure. De mineralization is not a big problem because firstly the amounts are minimal (main source of minerals for humans is food) and secondly you can easily add some minerals after distillation - these ones you really need.

sandsurfgirl Collaborator
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fluoride taken internally is not safe- i still use filtered tap for brushing my teeth

I'm with you on that one. I've done a lot of reading about how bad it is that our water is flouridated now. I just filter my tap water. I don't have the energy to distill it.

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Tina B Apprentice
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i recently purchased a home distiller since i want to stop buying bottled water all the time but am hearing mixed reports on the safety of distilled water. Since it is devoid of minerals and has a tendency to form a low pH I decided to add trace mineral drops, some sea salt and bicarbonate. i even tested the pH to make sure it was neutral/alkaline.

Anyway, since I have been drinking the water i have been experiencing tingling in my legs and call me crazy but i feel like im shedding a lot more hair. i have been experimenting with more foods lately, so not sure if there is a connection between the symptoms and the water, with the foods or if its just a fluke.

Can anyone shed some light on this?

Why not just get a Britta pitcher?

motif Contributor
motif
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Why not just get a Britta pitcher?

oh gush...

Dada2hapas Rookie
Dada2hapas
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The favorable chemical reaction occurs locally meaning that even with fluoridated water the only time it's benefiting your teeth is while the water is still in your mouth, touching your teeth, before you swallow.

Definately! Research (NIH, ADA) indicates the benefit from flouride is only from topical application. Use a good flouridated toothpaste and mouthwash. We don't need to be swallowing it. :)

sickchick Community Regular
sickchick
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I have a Brita as well :)

jasonD2 Experienced
jasonD2
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doesnt take everything out..just lead, chlorine and sediment

jasonD2 Experienced
jasonD2
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Brita only takes out Chlorine, lead and sediment...maybe some of the drugs in the water supply but all the toxins stay in the watrer

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stev3gomez Newbie
stev3gomez
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I know this is an old post but the information might help someone with similar issues.

Not sure about health effects of prolonged consumption of distilled water. However, de-ionized water, which is very similar to distilled water is found to be unsafe to drink in large quantities.

Here are some reasons I found on another forum thread.

  1. A study found consumption of deionized water directly damaged the intestinal mucosae.
  2. DI water is less likely to quench thirst.
  3. DI water may cause faucets/pipes/fittings to leach metals and cause metal toxicity.

Hope this helps.

  • 2 years later...
NayeliElyan Newbie
NayeliElyan
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This is an old thread, but I’ve been using distilled water only for drinking and cooking for the past 4 years. I don’t add minerals to it as they are basically ionized rock salts and may as well have bought a Brita pitcher instead of a distilled.  I get all my minerals from fruits/legumes/vegetables. 
I found this topic because I was wondering if distilled water had any *power in removing gluten from say ... like almonds that are not certified gluten free. Distilled water is a powerful cleaning agent.  Anyway, I am going to try it and see if I have any reactions 

NayeliElyan Newbie
NayeliElyan
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On 6/27/2018 at 6:05 PM, stev3gomez said:

I know this is an old post but the information might help someone with similar issues.

Not sure about health effects of prolonged consumption of distilled water. However, de-ionized water, which is very similar to distilled water is found to be unsafe to drink in large quantities.

Here are some reasons I found on another forum thread.

  1. A study found consumption of deionized water directly damaged the intestinal mucosae.
  2. DI water is less likely to quench thirst.
  3. DI water may cause faucets/pipes/fittings to leach metals and cause metal toxicity.

Hope this helps.

My Distiller is metal and it’s still running just fine. I’ve ran it daily.
No leaking coils. After 4 years of drinking only distilled water — I’ve suffered no ill health effects. Metals— are in rocks already. You consume more metals from mineral water/tap water. 

Scott Adams Grand Master
Scott Adams
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It seems like you could get mineral deficiencies from drinking only distilled water, as many minerals are in tap water.

  • 3 weeks later...
NayeliElyan Newbie
NayeliElyan
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The human body cannot utilize rock minerals. Just like plant life which begins from seeds cannot synthesize  dirt minerals and instead uses up all the nutrients in its seed first until it sprouts leaves and can begin processing the minerals from the soil. 
People and animals get the minerals their body can actually use from plants (or other animals they eat). Rock minerals that come from their water is either excreted or stored in various places in their bodies causing harm in the form of diseases such as arthritis, kidney stones, plaque in arteries from the calcium etc. Vitamin supplements are basically rock minerals. 
I’ve had more energy and less aches and pains since going on a plant based- distilled water/ gluten-free diet. 

Scott Adams Grand Master
Scott Adams
Posted

I've not heard this before, do you have any scientific studies on your claim that you can't absorb minerals from water? I doubt your body knows the difference between minerals in water, and minerals in food, and can absorb either.

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