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Most faucets have aerators. Flat water has a distinctly different texture that aerated. For instance, if you're really thirsty, you can chug distilled water (wh

Most faucets have aerators. Flat water has a distinctly different texture that aerated. For instance, if you're really thirsty, you can chug distilled water (which seems to have much less dissolved gases) rapidly, but spring water will not go down as smoothly.

ac29 11y ago
Scientist note: Do not drink distilled water, at least not as a significant portion of your water intake. Water contains clinically relevant amounts of minerals that are important for health [1]. Fortunately, most "distilled water" sold as drinking water actually has these minerals added back in. On a related note, really dont drink deionized water (you can think of it as ultra distilled, also the process does not necessarily involve distillation). Aside from tasting extremely nasty (dont ask), sufficient quantities are extremely dangerous. Fortunately it is expensive and generally only available in labs. [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1495189/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1495189/
- mrob 11y ago
  Water can contain clinically relevant quantities of minerals, but as the article you linked states it is secondary to food. Some regions have naturally very soft waters (famously Pilsen, Czech Republic, where it is an important part of Pilsener beer). Those waters don't have clinically relevant mineral content, but people there don't have mineral deficiencies unless their diet is also mineral deficient. I've heard your claim that drinking ultra-pure water is dangerous many times before, but I've never seen any citation from a reputable journal. It seems highly implausible to me, as the ultra-pure water will cease to be ultra-pure immediately as it hits your stomach. In general it's very difficult to keep ultra-pure water pure.
- rahimnathwani 11y ago
  You say that most 'distilled water' sold as drinking water has minerals added back in. Where do you get this information? I live in China, where tap water is not considered safe to drink, and bottled (or boiled) water is the norm. In my experience, most brands of drinking water do not contain minerals. One of the premium brands (Watson's) actually has a separate 'with minerals' version, with a blue label instead of their normal green label. Oh, and I've tested several brands of water with a portable TDS meter, and all registered between 0% to 5% of the values yielded from tap water at my home and my office.
  - Abraln 11y ago
    The problem is with "pure" H2O. Water is REALLY good at dissolving things, which it does better if nothing is already dissolved in it. The warnings I have received Are the drinking completely pure water will leach minerals out of your stomach/intestines. There is a big difference then the "public" version of pure and the laboratory grade version of pure water. No water found in nature would be considered the latter.

ac29 11y ago

Scientist note: Do not drink distilled water, at least not as a significant portion of your water intake. Water contains clinically relevant amounts of minerals that are important for health [1]. Fortunately, most "distilled water" sold as drinking water actually has these minerals added back in. On a related note, really dont drink deionized water (you can think of it as ultra distilled, also the process does not necessarily involve distillation). Aside from tasting extremely nasty (dont ask), sufficient quantities are extremely dangerous. Fortunately it is expensive and generally only available in labs. [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1495189/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1495189/

mrob 11y ago
Water can contain clinically relevant quantities of minerals, but as the article you linked states it is secondary to food. Some regions have naturally very soft waters (famously Pilsen, Czech Republic, where it is an important part of Pilsener beer). Those waters don't have clinically relevant mineral content, but people there don't have mineral deficiencies unless their diet is also mineral deficient. I've heard your claim that drinking ultra-pure water is dangerous many times before, but I've never seen any citation from a reputable journal. It seems highly implausible to me, as the ultra-pure water will cease to be ultra-pure immediately as it hits your stomach. In general it's very difficult to keep ultra-pure water pure.
rahimnathwani 11y ago
You say that most 'distilled water' sold as drinking water has minerals added back in. Where do you get this information? I live in China, where tap water is not considered safe to drink, and bottled (or boiled) water is the norm. In my experience, most brands of drinking water do not contain minerals. One of the premium brands (Watson's) actually has a separate 'with minerals' version, with a blue label instead of their normal green label. Oh, and I've tested several brands of water with a portable TDS meter, and all registered between 0% to 5% of the values yielded from tap water at my home and my office.
- Abraln 11y ago
  The problem is with "pure" H2O. Water is REALLY good at dissolving things, which it does better if nothing is already dissolved in it. The warnings I have received Are the drinking completely pure water will leach minerals out of your stomach/intestines. There is a big difference then the "public" version of pure and the laboratory grade version of pure water. No water found in nature would be considered the latter.