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.

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.

federalreverse ,

This is almost literally the process Coca-Cola uses for its Smartwater brand. People outside Coca-Cola have described the process of removing everything then adding it back as dumb though. I wonder why

anon6789 ,
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I found a short paper in the NIH library since most sources seem to be from water companies.

Other than the water will taste like it's missing something, because it is, there doesn't seem to be any conclusive proof of harm. Calcium and magnesium seemed to be the 2 main things people in even industrialized nations may be short on in their diet that they could benefit from having in their water.

The one thing I did find of interest from the paper was this:

This processed water has no residual chlorine and stored or dispensed in PVC can/bottles provides no protection against probable microbial contamination due to handling which is taken care of in conventional system of water supply having free residual chlorine.

So when you dispense it after distillation, it is more prone to some forms of contamination that treated water.

I'm not sure the purpose of removing minerals to just add them back in. You would have to figure out the "blend" you prefer, and the supplement industry is not free from controversy, so being positive what you're reintroducing to the water is now a question. With tap water, you should be able to get a report of it's composition from your water company.

lud ,

Distilled water shouldn't be bad at all.

It shouldn't be your only source of water though.

xmunk ,

Distilled water isn't bad for you - it's just lacking in a lot of nutrients you'd usually get from "normie" water. It's still better for you than soda or juices.

Do you have an aversion to tap water? Britas and Berkeys are options if you're concerned about taste or chemicals respectively.

federalreverse ,

Since you pee out electrolytes along with water, drinking too much distilled water has the effect of washing out electrolytes from your body.

bjoern_tantau OP , (edited )
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Do you have an aversion to tap water? Britas and Berkeys are options if you're concerned about taste or chemicals respectively.

Nah, I don't want to really do this. Seems pretty stupid to me. I was just wondering while I poured some distilled water into my CPAP device.

Now seeing all the answers I've got to experience what it tastes like.

Edit: Just tried it, tasted like regular water.

tja ,
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RIP

Vendetta9076 ,
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There is nothing wrong with drinking distilled water except it'll taste bad.

SzethFriendOfNimi ,

Yeah. Distilled water isn’t the same as lab grade deionized water.

HikingVet ,

Distilled water shouldn't have a taste.

bjoern_tantau OP ,
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I just tried it. It tasted just like regular water to me.

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