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>Your questions are too over-specialized, too vague or too complex to be answered in a few lines. I am obviously uninformed on the topic, so belittling my ques

>Your questions are too over-specialized, too vague or too complex to be answered in a few lines. I am obviously uninformed on the topic, so belittling my questions seems like a way to sidestep answering the spirit of the questions. Edit: >Cells are burst by that water. Is a simplification, but is a "mechanical damage" From a quick google search, this seems to only happen when the cells are actually removed from the body and submerged in distilled water. Do you believe that drinking distilled water causes blood cells to burst in our veins?

pvaldes 9y ago
> this seems to only happen when the cells are actually removed Not, this is false. All alive tissues are subject to osmotic regulation. Is a basic mechanism to protect the cell integrity. > drinking distilled water causes blood cells to burst in our veins? Not in your veins, in your gut. Is well known that drinking big amounts of distilled water causes diarrhea. A glass of water will not have much effect on you. All depends on the dose. (Injecting distilled water directly in your veins could cause blood cells to burst, on the other hand).
- RobertRoberts 9y ago
  >All alive tissues are subject to osmotic regulation. Is a basic mechanism to protect the cell integrity. >Not in your veins, in your gut. >...drinking big amounts of distilled water causes diarrhea. Stating that distilled water caused cells to explode in your stomach and give you diarrhoea are some extraordinary claims that I have never come across before, and I think they require some sources to back up. Edit: Some googling and I am mostly finding support for distilled water, and nothing as dramatic as what you are claiming about exploding cells in your stomach. Even the doctors that seem to oppose distilled water support its use for detoxing. I think the idea of distilled water being bad is an old myth that is still hanging around. Edit2: I just found out that all the navy ships and submarines provide distilled water as the only drinking source for their sailors. Considering that they are at sea for months at a time, I think this completely debunks the myth that distilled water "explodes cells" and causes diarrhoea.
  - pvaldes 9y ago
    Basic biology I guess that sailors eat something also in all those months, including a fair amount of salt in their diets.
    - RobertRoberts 9y ago
      I am going to assume you are now guessing since you haven't presented any sources to back up your arguments.
      - pvaldes 9y ago
        Is not my duty to compile and spoon-feed for you a list of curated texts on basic biology. You can easily obtain this list of sources with a little effort by your part. Just type "biology handbook" in google and you will have more than you need to satisfy your curiosity.
        RobertRoberts 9y ago
        I will entertain this thread with one more comment. Can you provide just one source that says distilled water explodes stomach cells and causes diarrhoea?
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        goldenkey 9y ago
        This isnt a debate for someone who doesn't even know basic biology. Half your requests asking for specific details show that you are unable to even string two facts together to learn a consequence. No one is going to give you the minutia you are looking for - asking "how does that work?" in a nested fashion is what kids do...and its a never ending game that adults try not to play. Distilled water is both acidic and osmotically poor due to its low levels of dissolved solids. Like was mentioned 10 comments ago, drinking distilled water will sap your body of electrolytes and other minerals. This can include bone loss due to resorption. However it isn't the worst thing if you consume a good diet of solid food containing minerals - which most people do. But you decided to consume distilled water...on a fast...without taking vitamins or minerals. It takes a real philistine to believe in the benefits of something that is actually killing them - because they read it from some dieting blog. Googling distilled water comes up with many medical and health journal papers. But we dont even need that because basic cell membrane physiology which is a standard pre-med class, deals with all this stuff. I wont continue the debate.

pvaldes 9y ago

> this seems to only happen when the cells are actually removed Not, this is false. All alive tissues are subject to osmotic regulation. Is a basic mechanism to protect the cell integrity. > drinking distilled water causes blood cells to burst in our veins? Not in your veins, in your gut. Is well known that drinking big amounts of distilled water causes diarrhea. A glass of water will not have much effect on you. All depends on the dose. (Injecting distilled water directly in your veins could cause blood cells to burst, on the other hand).

RobertRoberts 9y ago
>All alive tissues are subject to osmotic regulation. Is a basic mechanism to protect the cell integrity. >Not in your veins, in your gut. >...drinking big amounts of distilled water causes diarrhea. Stating that distilled water caused cells to explode in your stomach and give you diarrhoea are some extraordinary claims that I have never come across before, and I think they require some sources to back up. Edit: Some googling and I am mostly finding support for distilled water, and nothing as dramatic as what you are claiming about exploding cells in your stomach. Even the doctors that seem to oppose distilled water support its use for detoxing. I think the idea of distilled water being bad is an old myth that is still hanging around. Edit2: I just found out that all the navy ships and submarines provide distilled water as the only drinking source for their sailors. Considering that they are at sea for months at a time, I think this completely debunks the myth that distilled water "explodes cells" and causes diarrhoea.
- pvaldes 9y ago
  Basic biology I guess that sailors eat something also in all those months, including a fair amount of salt in their diets.
  - RobertRoberts 9y ago
    I am going to assume you are now guessing since you haven't presented any sources to back up your arguments.
    - pvaldes 9y ago
      Is not my duty to compile and spoon-feed for you a list of curated texts on basic biology. You can easily obtain this list of sources with a little effort by your part. Just type "biology handbook" in google and you will have more than you need to satisfy your curiosity.
      - RobertRoberts 9y ago
        I will entertain this thread with one more comment. Can you provide just one source that says distilled water explodes stomach cells and causes diarrhoea?
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        goldenkey 9y ago
        This isnt a debate for someone who doesn't even know basic biology. Half your requests asking for specific details show that you are unable to even string two facts together to learn a consequence. No one is going to give you the minutia you are looking for - asking "how does that work?" in a nested fashion is what kids do...and its a never ending game that adults try not to play. Distilled water is both acidic and osmotically poor due to its low levels of dissolved solids. Like was mentioned 10 comments ago, drinking distilled water will sap your body of electrolytes and other minerals. This can include bone loss due to resorption. However it isn't the worst thing if you consume a good diet of solid food containing minerals - which most people do. But you decided to consume distilled water...on a fast...without taking vitamins or minerals. It takes a real philistine to believe in the benefits of something that is actually killing them - because they read it from some dieting blog. Googling distilled water comes up with many medical and health journal papers. But we dont even need that because basic cell membrane physiology which is a standard pre-med class, deals with all this stuff. I wont continue the debate.