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mmphoto412 t1_j9l9er7 wrote

Reply to comment by SteamDome in Where do yinz buy your bulk drinking water? by illcallyourightback

Are you talking about a reverse osmosis system?

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SteamDome t1_j9lgeue wrote

No a water distiller boils the water and condenses it leaving basically everything behind besides the distiller.

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Ok-Recording2620 t1_j9n90es wrote

Sorry if this is a dumb question but is it safe to drink a lot of distilled water? I heard that you can drink “too much” of it, not sure what that means lol

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SteamDome t1_j9o7c5g wrote

So If you distill your own water or buy certain types of distilled water like just “steam distilled” the end product is very pure water. (Some brands add stuff back in after the process usually branded as re-mineralized) So it has no minerals in it. Drinking large quantities of pure distilled water without adding some sort of electrolytes back will in theory pull those healthy minerals out of your body. Think of it as a magnet for all the stuff that got pulled out of it when it was distilled.

It’s not unsafe per say you just need to be aware of it and if you choose to do it yourself or buy it without minerals I would recommend buying some sort of electrolytes to add to it. I personally use LMNT flavored salt packets most days, or Keto Chow (not flavored) off Amazon

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SamPost t1_j9nc3rz wrote

That is simply silly. Besides the many people like myself that have a still, there are countless others that buy jugs of distilled to drink because that don't trust the source of "spring" water.

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