Drinking DI Water

[SpectraPure]

Nice thread. Look at the papers at the world health organization, regarding DI consumption, and another thread here http://www.finishing.com/156/65.shtml
for more discussion possibly of use.

bh

 

[tstone]

I like this quote form your link.

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As for the relative potability of the pure waters, the difference in waters is very small. There is no adverse health affect from drinking distilled or deionized water. Deionized water tastes kind of bland & somewhat insipid, and distilled water has no taste at all. Some people get used to these qualities & drink them all the time. In either case, the taste is improved by aeration--if you shake the pure waters up with some air, the taste improves. The taste of any given water is largely imparted by the various mineral components; many of the drinking waters on the market today are, in fact, purified tap water to which minerals have been added (Avalon, etc). By law, drinking waters can not have more than 1000 parts per million of dissolved solids, so when you get down to the analysis of most available waters, there really isn't much difference between tap water, mineral water, or purified waters (no nutritional difference -->at all<-- between any of them!) As far as the health issue is concerned, it is true, water is hypotonic to cells & will destroy them. However, tap water is also hypotonic to cells. Your skin & stomach & intestinal linings are perfectly suited for thriving in and processing water. If you were to inject water into your blood, cells would die. If you cut your skin & wash the wound, the exposed cells do die. Fortunately, the fats that lyse out of the exposed wound quickly makes the wound less susceptable to water damage. Any ultrapure water you drink will quickly dissolve some saliva from your mouth--as soon as it has dissolved few parts per million of any substance, it is no longer ultrapure anyway. If it is a concern & all you have to drink is ultrapure water, you can stir the water with a metal stainless spoon or your finger first & it will magically transform itself from ultrapure water to just water.
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I drink it and my fish swim in it.

I guess I am a time bomb waiting for my cells to implode. I also have lost 30 lbs on the Atkins diet and have been at 175lbs for over 3 years.
When will I die from that.

Oh well I'll just have to keep on keepin on and see when i kick it.

Later

 

[RobbyG]

Have fun

 

[HowardW]

<<< Try cleaning something with DI water, put some metal in DI water. It's ability to dissolve things is pretty impressive. >>>

Not nearly as impressive as Diet Coke.



<<< Drinking DI water when no long term studies have been done, Makes it risky and a total crap shoot. >>>

Faulty logic, because no controlled long term scientific studies exist does not necessarily make something risky nor dangerous.




<<< My point being, who knows what DI water is doing to your body, it could be harmless or you could find out in 30 years that it destroys the cells of your body. >>>


Well then add some chloramines, some heavy metals, a few VOCs, and a pinch of old fashioned sediment......and make it safe )

 

[RobbyG]

I think you should go ahead, and replace all your drinking water with DI water, and please let us know how it's working out for you. Somebody's got to do a long term study, why not you.

 

[tstone]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9801508#post9801508 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by RobbyG
I think you should go ahead, and replace all your drinking water with DI water, and please let us know how it's working out for you. Somebody's got to do a long term study, why not you.

I already did and its working out just fine thank you.

Long term for about 3 years now. Seems like i am healthy as a horse.

Cholesterol is down from 220 to 175 and as i stated I am at 175lbs. That is due to the Atkins not the water.

Dr. says i am in fine condition. DI water and all.

 

[RobbyG]

I would not expect anything to show up for 15 - 20 years.
That's about the time that most slowly detrimental things take to show signs in the human body. eg. exposure to asbestos, cigarette smoking, coal dust, drinking polluted water, exposure to pesticides etc. But I admit nothing may happen to you and you may be more healthy than the rest of us. I just don't want to be the one to test out the theory.

 

[Greg Hiller]

Man this DI not for drinking water debate just never seems to die. It is a ridiculous debate, mostly propagated due to a lack of understanding about chemistry or biology.

Marvin, glad to hear you've lost some weight, good for you!

 

[tstone]

Yea this thread has been around for quite a while.

Thanks Greg I think I may be up your way soon. I'll give ya a shout if I do.

See ya