Could you drink distilled water with a mineral pill

Drinking pure H2O isn't good for you. As far as I know it could even be deadly. But what if you had a pill with all the minerals usually dissolved in water and washed it down with a nice big glass of distilled water? Would it be more or less the same as drinking tap water? Or would you need more time to dissolve the minerals? What if you threw the pill into the H2O and stirred?

Or am I missing something entirely? I think someone on Lemmy even explained to me the other day what is so bad about distilled water. But I'm stupid today and forgot.

GrayBackgroundMusic ,

Yes. Home brewers do this all the time with beer.

lps ,

As I understand your neighbour wants to remove fluoride, can he get an under tap filter that only removes those types of chemicals? If not, why not simply buy mineral/spring water. Where I live it's the same price.

Nikls94 ,

I think that there’s a line which makes destillier water bad. Like when you’re drinking 1250 ml destillied water it’s definitely healthy, but 2500 ml, over a long time, will surely cause some side effects

xmunk ,

Everything is poisonous at some level. Distilled water has absolutely no minerals in it so in a very high quantity it will potentially cause cell death through osmosis - it's also the case that if you exclusively drink it your body will constantly flush minerals you get from water in your pee while not replacing them. Do shit in moderation and enjoy the occasional glass of tap water.

meanmon13 ,

Been drinking distilled water all my life... I even have a countertop water distiller to ensure I always have it available. I prefer the taste of distilled water over RO water

willya ,
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I use to make my own and add the electrolytes back. You’re essentially doing the same thing. It’s been awhile and this may be a rebrand but I think this is what I used https://a.co/d/hKbbL23

This is how all the top producers make their water really. Like Essentia and smartwater.

bjoern_tantau OP ,
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Oof, honestly I didn't want to really do it. Sounds unnecessary and stupid to me.

willya ,
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Which part is stupid? Dying from flushing all your minerals out?

bjoern_tantau OP ,
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Pulling minerals out of the water to put them back in.

willya ,
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The purpose is to get rid of everything in your tap water. All the nasty shit as well. Not just the minerals. Unfortunately to get rid of the disgusting things as well the minerals have to go to.

If you’re buying water none of this even matters. You buy distilled for its use case and drinking water for that use case.

bjoern_tantau OP ,
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Ah, ok. I don't have that problem with my tap water.

fixmycode ,
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I asked a distilled water seller once, they say you can basically drink it because it's made from tap water, but they get to sell it with a margin because they don't have to be food grade certified, so they have to put a warning on the bottle. there could be a lot of nasty things in the distill process.

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