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FWIW, they aren't talking about distilled water, they are talking about DI water (deionized), which is different and more reactive / corrosive. Yeah, a sip isn'

FWIW, they aren't talking about distilled water, they are talking about DI water (deionized), which is different and more reactive / corrosive. Yeah, a sip isn't going kill you, but I wouldn't make a habit of it either. http://chemistry.about.com/od/waterchemistry/ss/Distilled-Versus-Deionized-Water.htm http://chemistry.about.com/od/waterchemistry/ss/Distilled-Ve...

CamperBob2 10y ago
Sorry, there is absolutely no difference from a physiological point of view. I've had this argument on here before and am not interested in revisiting it. Suffice it to say that you will be able to find plenty of sources for various old wives' tales along the lines of "Don't drink distilled/DI water, it'll kill you/rot your teeth/give you an itchy rash." None of them will include respected medical texts, legitimate peer-reviewed journals, or even blog posts written by people who remember what their fifth grade Health textbook had to say about the operation of the human kidney. It's worth objecting to this kind of mythology because some people may assume that the converse implication in the Bloomberg article is also true, and that drinking arbitrarily-large amounts of "normal" water is harmless. The truth is that you will die if you force yourself to drink too much DI or distilled water, and you will die just as quickly if you drink the same amount of tap water.
- TFortunato 10y ago
  Fair enough, and I'm not defending the "it will kill you" line, I was just pointing out that they were likely referring to DI water, not distilled as mentioned in the comment, since others may not have heard of / known the difference. Sorry if I didn't make that clear. I'm not arguing it will kill you, even in more than a sip amounts, and my "don't make a habit of it", was more on the lines of "it's likely not great for your teeth and mouth", since its a bit more reactive, not "OMG THE SPECIAL WATER WILL KILL YOU. ALSO WHAT DID MY 5TH GRADE TEXTBOOK SAY?" Again, sorry if I wasn't clear in my first post! Quick edit: I don't know if you edited your response or I just missed it the last paragraph (probably the latter) but I whole-heartedly agree on the point of addressing this kind of thing! Totally wasn't trying to argue for accuracy of that statement, just being very nit-picky about it being DI vs distilled...for really no reason what-so-ever, haha.
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CamperBob2 10y ago

Sorry, there is absolutely no difference from a physiological point of view. I've had this argument on here before and am not interested in revisiting it. Suffice it to say that you will be able to find plenty of sources for various old wives' tales along the lines of "Don't drink distilled/DI water, it'll kill you/rot your teeth/give you an itchy rash." None of them will include respected medical texts, legitimate peer-reviewed journals, or even blog posts written by people who remember what their fifth grade Health textbook had to say about the operation of the human kidney. It's worth objecting to this kind of mythology because some people may assume that the converse implication in the Bloomberg article is also true, and that drinking arbitrarily-large amounts of "normal" water is harmless. The truth is that you will die if you force yourself to drink too much DI or distilled water, and you will die just as quickly if you drink the same amount of tap water.

TFortunato 10y ago
Fair enough, and I'm not defending the "it will kill you" line, I was just pointing out that they were likely referring to DI water, not distilled as mentioned in the comment, since others may not have heard of / known the difference. Sorry if I didn't make that clear. I'm not arguing it will kill you, even in more than a sip amounts, and my "don't make a habit of it", was more on the lines of "it's likely not great for your teeth and mouth", since its a bit more reactive, not "OMG THE SPECIAL WATER WILL KILL YOU. ALSO WHAT DID MY 5TH GRADE TEXTBOOK SAY?" Again, sorry if I wasn't clear in my first post! Quick edit: I don't know if you edited your response or I just missed it the last paragraph (probably the latter) but I whole-heartedly agree on the point of addressing this kind of thing! Totally wasn't trying to argue for accuracy of that statement, just being very nit-picky about it being DI vs distilled...for really no reason what-so-ever, haha.
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