Is distilled water bad for you?

OverVolt

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Sounds about right. Drinking water is named that way for a reason. I drink water all the time and i HATE flouride in water, it is sick. But yea anyway i always remember distilled water being bad to drink on a regular basis.
 

Looney

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Personally i think it's bunk. Unless your diet is so fvcked that you're getting only trace minerals, i can't see this happening. I've been drinking distilled water for years now and i'm still alive. If you're concern, take a multivitamin.
 

StageLeft

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You shouldn't drink distilled water yourself. Why would you? I don't konw about absorbing crap from your body, but it's definitely not supplying it with any minerals.
 

FoBoT

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how much? a little once in a while won't matter

who would drink distilled water all the time? do you live on a island in the middle of the ocean?
 

cjchaps

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I have a reverse osmosis system in my house, and it basically makes distilled water... Our tap water tastes funny by itself.

Originally posted by: FoBoT
how much? a little once in a while won't matter

who would drink distilled water all the time? do you live on a island in the middle of the ocean?

 
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Distilled water is not the best to drink in larger quantities. Drinking way to much water of any kind is also bad for you.
 

FoBoT

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if you drink a "normal" amount of soda and milk and juice, i doubt it will matter that you drink RO water
 

StevenYoo

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once in a while, distilled is ok.

but in large amounts, u dilute ur body of electrolytes.

and that's bad.
 

yoda291

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distilled water is fine for you. You have to realize that, in your diet, it's 99% likely you have too much salt and crap in your system anyways. So unless you're drinking a fairly obscene amount of it, or are on a very odd eating regimen, I think you'll be ok.