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Could you drink distilled water with a mineral pill (swg-empire.de)

submitted 7 months ago by bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[–] weeeeum@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Why do people drink distilled water? I get that there's some taste from the minerals, but I live in a place with hard water and it tastes fine. I've had fancy bottled water and that tastes the exact same if not worse, I drank distilled water and that basically tastes the same too.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

I've only heard of people drinking it when they're on a life raft in the middle of the ocean. Is there a new trend I'm unaware of?

[–] Farvana@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 7 months ago

Most bottled water comes from a municipal water system somewhere, i.e., is tap water.

Some water supplies have issues with sulfur or algae, so that can be unpleasant if your sense of smell is particularly sensitive. My sense of smell is pretty weak so I drink the tap water most places, while my spouse had an RO system installed in our house due to their sensitivity.