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I take it the idea is to drink the distilled water?
Not a great idea long term, water likes to be full of minerals and will just absorb them from your body if it isn't already full of them.
Why do want to do this, what benefit do you hope gain from this?
ETA The impurites are the minerals.
Not a great idea long term, water likes to be full of minerals and will just absorb them from your body if it isn't already full of them.
Why do want to do this, what benefit do you hope gain from this?
ETA The impurites are the minerals.
Edited by Smart roadster on Wednesday 13th October 13:13
google said:
Drinking distilled water has both pros and cons for your health. Short term, it can be a life saver. It has been known to quickly drive any harmful chemicals and toxins from the body, and many people have literally had their lives saved by drinking distilled water.
Because Distilled Water is boiled, and therefore is free from dissolved minerals, it contains the special ability to be able to eliminate harmful waste from the body. Time and time again, distilled water has proven effective at removing harmful wastes and cleansing the system of any impurities.
Those opposed to drinking distilled water point to the fact that all the natural minerals, as well as harmful chemicals, are removed from the water. While removing the chemicals is obviously beneficial to your health, many are leery of drinking water that is devoid of all the natural minerals your body needs in order to operate efficiently. Most people don't realize this, but you actually receive the vast majority of vitamins and minerals you need through your food.
When compared to your drinking water, the minerals and vitamins you receive from water is miniscule compared to your food. Therefore, while you won't receive the health benefits these vitamins and minerals in regular drinking water will provide you, you also will not be subject to the harmful effects that the chemicals that seep through will do to your body.
However, on the con side, drinking distilled water can have adverse effects on your body. Here they are:
The more distilled water you consume in your body, the more the body absorbs carbon dioxide. A regular intake of distilled water, in the long term, can also cause a fast loss of electrolytes in your body, which include sodium, potassium, chloride, etc.
This also includes minerals such as magnesium. In all, deficiencies in these areas can lead to an irregular heart beat and high blood pressure.
No matter what side of thinking you prescribe to on drinking distilled water, no one can deny that this method is definitely the most effective and thorough at removing the harmful chemicals and toxins that often seep through into your tap water. Obviously, removing all the harmful chemical has the negative effect of also eliminating the minerals your body needs.
However, as mentioned above, you receive most of those through the food you eat anyway. The bottom line is this: there are experts on both sides of the fence when it comes to drinking distilled water. You need to do your own research, weigh the pros and cons, and make your own decisions about whether or not drinking distilled water is right for you.
Because Distilled Water is boiled, and therefore is free from dissolved minerals, it contains the special ability to be able to eliminate harmful waste from the body. Time and time again, distilled water has proven effective at removing harmful wastes and cleansing the system of any impurities.
Those opposed to drinking distilled water point to the fact that all the natural minerals, as well as harmful chemicals, are removed from the water. While removing the chemicals is obviously beneficial to your health, many are leery of drinking water that is devoid of all the natural minerals your body needs in order to operate efficiently. Most people don't realize this, but you actually receive the vast majority of vitamins and minerals you need through your food.
When compared to your drinking water, the minerals and vitamins you receive from water is miniscule compared to your food. Therefore, while you won't receive the health benefits these vitamins and minerals in regular drinking water will provide you, you also will not be subject to the harmful effects that the chemicals that seep through will do to your body.
However, on the con side, drinking distilled water can have adverse effects on your body. Here they are:
The more distilled water you consume in your body, the more the body absorbs carbon dioxide. A regular intake of distilled water, in the long term, can also cause a fast loss of electrolytes in your body, which include sodium, potassium, chloride, etc.
This also includes minerals such as magnesium. In all, deficiencies in these areas can lead to an irregular heart beat and high blood pressure.
No matter what side of thinking you prescribe to on drinking distilled water, no one can deny that this method is definitely the most effective and thorough at removing the harmful chemicals and toxins that often seep through into your tap water. Obviously, removing all the harmful chemical has the negative effect of also eliminating the minerals your body needs.
However, as mentioned above, you receive most of those through the food you eat anyway. The bottom line is this: there are experts on both sides of the fence when it comes to drinking distilled water. You need to do your own research, weigh the pros and cons, and make your own decisions about whether or not drinking distilled water is right for you.
GilbertGrape said:
To remove contaminants from drinking water, making it healthier to drink. While that sounds good enough, if distilling water is also removing minerals, I'm wondering how beneficial it would actually be.
I was thinking of buying one tomorrow..
It would be highly beneficial to the vendors bank account.I was thinking of buying one tomorrow..
Buy a brita filter jug, or get an under sink filter. What impurities in water are you concerned about?
A still will if you live in a hrd water area be a maintenance nightmare as it will scale up almost daily, burn electricity like it is going out of fashion and generally be a pain. I used to service a couple at work useless bits of kit.
If you are really worried about impurities in the water you could get a multi filter set up from someone like fileder which will filter and deionise the water with out having to boil it.
For the chap who doesn't think distilled water is going to leach minerals out of you.
Water is the universal solvent. It likes to be "full" of minerals, most water is quite happy as as it tootles around it disolves enough stuff to be "full" and content. Howver if you distill it or demineralise it then it becomes hungry and will try and disolve what ever it can until it is "full" again, if the first thing it comes across that it can get minerals from is your gut, then guess what.
A still will if you live in a hrd water area be a maintenance nightmare as it will scale up almost daily, burn electricity like it is going out of fashion and generally be a pain. I used to service a couple at work useless bits of kit.
If you are really worried about impurities in the water you could get a multi filter set up from someone like fileder which will filter and deionise the water with out having to boil it.
For the chap who doesn't think distilled water is going to leach minerals out of you.
Water is the universal solvent. It likes to be "full" of minerals, most water is quite happy as as it tootles around it disolves enough stuff to be "full" and content. Howver if you distill it or demineralise it then it becomes hungry and will try and disolve what ever it can until it is "full" again, if the first thing it comes across that it can get minerals from is your gut, then guess what.
Chevykevv said:
google said:
The more distilled water you consume in your body, the more the body absorbs carbon dioxide. A regular intake of distilled water, in the long term, can also cause a fast loss of electrolytes in your body, which include sodium, potassium, chloride, etc.
Think about it, if you drink more your urine simply gets paler.
Smart roadster said:
Buy a brita filter jug, or get an under sink filter. What impurities in water are you concerned about?
A still will if you live in a hrd water area be a maintenance nightmare as it will scale up almost daily, burn electricity like it is going out of fashion and generally be a pain. I used to service a couple at work useless bits of kit.
If you are really worried about impurities in the water you could get a multi filter set up from someone like fileder which will filter and deionise the water with out having to boil it.
For the chap who doesn't think distilled water is going to leach minerals out of you.
Water is the universal solvent. It likes to be "full" of minerals, most water is quite happy as as it tootles around it disolves enough stuff to be "full" and content. Howver if you distill it or demineralise it then it becomes hungry and will try and disolve what ever it can until it is "full" again, if the first thing it comes across that it can get minerals from is your gut, then guess what.
I think drinking spring water might be the better option.A still will if you live in a hrd water area be a maintenance nightmare as it will scale up almost daily, burn electricity like it is going out of fashion and generally be a pain. I used to service a couple at work useless bits of kit.
If you are really worried about impurities in the water you could get a multi filter set up from someone like fileder which will filter and deionise the water with out having to boil it.
For the chap who doesn't think distilled water is going to leach minerals out of you.
Water is the universal solvent. It likes to be "full" of minerals, most water is quite happy as as it tootles around it disolves enough stuff to be "full" and content. Howver if you distill it or demineralise it then it becomes hungry and will try and disolve what ever it can until it is "full" again, if the first thing it comes across that it can get minerals from is your gut, then guess what.
Edited by GilbertGrape on Wednesday 13th October 13:34
Bill said:
Chevykevv said:
google said:
The more distilled water you consume in your body, the more the body absorbs carbon dioxide. A regular intake of distilled water, in the long term, can also cause a fast loss of electrolytes in your body, which include sodium, potassium, chloride, etc.
Think about it, if you drink more your urine simply gets paler.
Smart roadster said:
Howver if you distill it or demineralise it then it becomes hungry and will try and disolve what ever it can until it is "full" again, if the first thing it comes across that it can get minerals from is your gut, then guess what.
Spot on. Try living somewhere that only gets drinking water produced in reverse osmosis plants. It drains you over time, which is why most people take sea salt etc to try to get some minerals back in. Muscle cramps, especially in my calves are the first sign for me. Combine that with 50C and it's not pleasant. Edited by C997 on Wednesday 13th October 13:45
As a tedious water quality bore...
I used to use RO to make sure the water we drank was free from some fairly horrible stuff.
Nitrate, nitrite and aluminium, probably in the main.
However...
Unless you intend carrying your own water around with you, you are always going to end up drinking water with these things in.... particularly in that lovely bottle water!
So rather than lower the family's tolerance to the odd chemical, I did away with the RO.
It's always worth bearing in mind, incidentally, that the traditional Brita style filter is really only taking out chlorine with any success. They are a taste and odour filter primarily!
I used to use RO to make sure the water we drank was free from some fairly horrible stuff.
Nitrate, nitrite and aluminium, probably in the main.
However...
Unless you intend carrying your own water around with you, you are always going to end up drinking water with these things in.... particularly in that lovely bottle water!
So rather than lower the family's tolerance to the odd chemical, I did away with the RO.
It's always worth bearing in mind, incidentally, that the traditional Brita style filter is really only taking out chlorine with any success. They are a taste and odour filter primarily!
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