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"But, you have to continuously drink and eat only heavy water for several days to see an effect. Replacing 20% of regular water in cells with heavy water is sur
by ortusdux 6y ago
"But, you have to continuously drink and eat only heavy water for several days to see an effect. Replacing 20% of regular water in cells with heavy water is survivable for humans and other mammals (although not recommended). Swapping 25% of water with heavy water causes (sometimes irreversible) sterilization. Replacing 50% of water with heavy water is lethal. It’s not a pretty death, either. Heavy water poisoning resembles radiation poisoning or cytotoxic poisoning from chemotherapy."
https://sciencenotes.org/can-you-drink-heavy-water-is-it-safe/ https://sciencenotes.org/can-you-drink-heavy-water-is-it-saf...
- aaroninsf 6y agoOK, so heavy water has a molecular weight ~11% greater than plain old water. If you replace 20% of your cellular water with heavy, you gain about 1.7% of your weight maybe (water being ~80% of you). I see an angle here for a boxing thriller. "Joe, this taste I dunno, sweet to you? No? Huh."
- Imnimo 6y agoI like to imagine this is the Jimmy Neutron origin story.
- tomjakubowski 6y agoAlcohol makes us lose balance, but heavy water has the opposite effect. Could a 'heavy' gin and tonic get us drunk but keep us upright? https://www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/the-last-retort/3005571.article https://www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/the-last-retort/30055...
- kergonath 6y agoI would try that. For science, of course.