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No need to panic. I also use a Zerowater filter. I'd be worried about drinking distilled water after exercising or in high heat because it can lead to hyponatre
by zahma 3y ago
No need to panic. I also use a Zerowater filter. I'd be worried about drinking distilled water after exercising or in high heat because it can lead to hyponatremia -- low blood sodium levels (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exercise-associated_hyponatremia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exercise-associated_hyponatrem...). Because your body is sweating, you're losing a lot of salt that your body needs. Drinking distilled water will pull even more solute out of those cells as the solute chases water (i.e. the cells are hypertonic) until its in steady state, but of course it needs to replenish what has been
However, during normal daily activity and by eating, you're supplementing your body with enough salt (and other solutes) to compensate for what isn't in your distilled water.
Now it's a totally different question whether we're getting PFAs out of our water with the Zerowater filters. That should rightfully incite some panic.
- nebula8804 3y ago>Now it's a totally different question whether we're getting PFAs out of our water with the Zerowater filters. That should rightfully incite some panic. They recently sent me an email claiming that they remove 95% of PFOA and PFOS
- esafak 3y agohttps://zerowater.com/pages/results https://zerowater.com/pages/results
- JackMorgan 2y agoI am an avid athlete and spend a lot of time sweating outdoors. I already have to supplement regular tap water with additional sodium and potassium, so it's no change for me to supplement my distilled water with slightly more. An earlier comment I said I don't add anything, which is usually true, but I do add those minerals when I'm bringing water for exercise. I went with a still because I wanted to be sure it's "just water". I feel like even if it did filter out the microplastics there's some other things it won't, so the simplest thing was just to ensure it's only water. No lead, no plastics, no plastic filters, no mercury, etc.