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[–] 80 points 1 year ago (2 children)
  • [–] 83 points 1 year ago (69 children)

    My brother had a kid and I always feel like some out of touch old man when we talk about it. Once he told me todlers can only have distilled water and I had to stop myself from going "Back in my day, my parents gave me tap water and I turned out fine!"

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  • [–] 113 points 1 year ago (44 children)

    I thought distilled water was bad for humans to consume as it leeches nutrients from you?

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (31 children)

    That'd be deionized water, I think...

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  • [–] 68 points 1 year ago (25 children)

    Nope, distilled water has nothing, no minerals or anything else, including ions. Deionized water is also not the best for consumption.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (24 children)

    But distilled is perfectly safe to drink… it just tastes weird from the lack of minerals and other stuff.

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  • [–] 33 points 1 year ago (21 children)

    For once, yes. But exclusively? It'll extract minerals from your body, causing health issues.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (19 children)
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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago*

    Pretty sure that’s not how it works. Water is mixed with a soup of stuff the moment it goes in your body, and our digestive system/diet is not as simple as osmotic pressure pushing water into cells (and somehow pushing other substances out?) if that’s what you’re getting at.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

    It doesn’t strip minerals, it just doesn’t replace them, eat enough salty foods and it’s a non issue. Distilled isn’t stripping stuff, it just doesn’t replenish it.

    So your source is what…? Some smart ass comment that you don’t even comprehend yourself? Provide an actual source if you think that’s what is the issue.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Source for the salty foods? Salt in food is normally sodium chloride, not the calcium or magnesium which you need to replenish.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    You don’t drink milk or take a multivitamin, veggies, fruits? There’s lots of sources, it doesn’t strip, so you don’t need to eat extra.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    You're right, drinking distilled water is perfectly fine, just take a multivitamin to compensate for the lack of minerals.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    You don’t NEED a multivitamin, most doctors recommend it because people’s diets are shit.

    Distilled water isn’t a factor here dude. Jesus. If you aren’t getting enough minerals from your food, regular water isn’t gonna make a difference either.

    Why are you STILL arguing this silly opinion? You’ve provided nothing to support that water will deplete your bodies minerals, let along distilled being a factor in it.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    Can't find it right now, lots of articles online about electrolyte imbalance causing issues, but none linked to an actual source.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (9 children)

    Yeah there’s a reason for that… distilled doesn’t strip, so there won’t be any source that corroborates that statement.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    It does, for the simple reason that urine (as well as sweat) necessarily contains electrolytes, so you lose those.

    The misconception lies in thinking that tap or mineral water somehow don't do this. They contain some electrolytes, but not really a significant amount, as you primarily get them from food.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    … you realize that no matter WHAT you drink you sweat and pee regardless? The issue people are saying is that distilled water makes it worse. That’s just wrong.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

    Yes that's what I said. But one of the likely reasons the myth stays around is that all of the following is true:

    • Excreting water requires electrolytes
    • Excreting water will remove those electrolytes from your body
    • Drinking significantly more water than you excrete will lead to hyponatremia
    • Distilled water has no electrolytes while tap/mineral water does

    What the myth ignores is that:

    • The amount of electrolytes in water is negligible anyway, so distilled water isn't really worse in that regard and consumption of any normal amounts of distilled water is completely fine
    • You can't just drink infinite fluids because you consume infinite electrolytes because your body is more complex than that, so regardless drinking too much of anything will kill you

    But saying it doesn't strip you of anything isn't entirely true, and I'm not a fan of misinfo even if it's more of a nitpick. More than that I don't think it's going to help when from my first 4 bullet points you could easily come to the incorrect conclusion that drinking distilled water will quickly lead to hyponatremia.

    It's probably also where the osmosis thing further up comes from, since that's involved in causing the neurological symptoms, it's just unrelated to what fluid you consume, since it happens with your blood, not the fluid itself.

    You don't fight misconceptions with half-truths.

    Edit: when i say fluid i mean something water based ofc, if you drink something else for some reason you'll probably have all sorts of different issues anyway.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (5 children)

    That is a lot of words to say distilled water doesn’t affect your body in any significant way.

    It also doesn’t strip you of minerals, that’s not how the body works, please provide a source lmfao. Distilled water doesn’t pull minerals out of your body, that’s just plain false. Argue whatever adjacent point you want, but this is just plain fucking false. You’re using incorrect information that’s been debunked. God fucking lmfao.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Yes exactly glad you get it. Some people want to actually understand why something isn't true instead of believing the first source that says so.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    …. You still don’t get it do you.

    Provide a source that says distilled water strips you body of minerals, that’s outdated and incorrect information that’s been debunked. The body doesn’t work that way.

    So please provide a source, I need another laugh this morning. You’re the fifth person now who’s arguing and won’t be able to provide a source.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Urine contains salt, always, even when in a state of hyponatremia: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/sodium-excretion (scroll down to the kidney disease paper, it wont show any of the text on the direct link, insert obligatory hate on academic publishers)

    I hope you don't need a source for distilled water not containing salt or water needing to be excreted or for sweat (the other way water leaves your body) containing salt, I already spent way too much time on this because sourcing on mobile is a pain.

    And yes, <10mmol/l isn't a lot. That's <500mg (and how low it can go precisely idk, couldn't find that, but likely much lower, given that the <10mmol figure is a threshold for diagnosis of kidney issues) You replenish that through food, easily (esp these days where sodium intake is, if anything, very high). That's the whole point. Barring very extreme situations, healthy kidneys will regulate your sodium levels just fine.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Urine contains salt, always,

    You are arguing with the wrong person then mate, that’s what I’ve said lmfao.

    Urine always contains salt, so distilled water isn’t a factor. Yeesh buddy. Your body will get minerals and electrolytes from the food and other stuff you ingest.

    Sure if you negligently put yourself in a situation and don’t eat any food, even tap water won’t be enough. So how is distilled water a factor…? Please provide a source for THIS, because your other crap is pedantism, and incorrectly too I hope you notice now with these additional data points you seem to not know about… somehow….

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    You will get water poisoning much faster with distilled water. Some is fine. A lot at once will kill you.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    Only if you’re doing EXCESSIVE exercising, and if you are not having electrolyte replacements that’s just negligence.

    A lot of tap water will kill you too, your article doesn’t say the difference in the amount.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    That's reverse osmosis water. It's not dangerous but itself but if you only drink it you may be hydrated but missing essential minerals that you usually get dissolved in water.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    I remember hearing the reason DI water may not necessarily be potable js it's only free of salts/ion and may still have microorganisms or other biologically dangerous contaminates.

    ETA: https://peerj.com/preprints/181.pdf

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Tap water doesn't exactly have loads of electrolytes. I think though the normal advice is to give small children boiled water to protect them from water borne illnesses

    It's probably more important in places with less safe water

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Yeah, it's to protect them from disease. In almost all circumstances a place with tap water from a municipal source is fine.

    Premature infants might be advised to only get sterile water for a bit as an extra precaution, and people might also hold off a little longer on well water.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    I thought that it was deionized water, not distilled water that strips your body from minerals

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Both. But distilled is at best ion poor. It's not recommended use either exclusively for your source of water.

    A good filter on tap is enough for the vast majority of houses. If that's not your case, mineral water or regular bottled water (which is just filtered tap water from a reliable source) are your best bet.

    And it's cheaper too! Not common that you choose both healthy and cheap.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Source? Everyone keeps saying something similar, and when asked for a source, suddenly there isn’t anything.

    No one is going to recommend against drinking distilled water solely, because you naturally get minerals and electrolytes elsewhere.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Normally I would go fetch, but there are so many search results. Just search it yourself and choose a source you cash trust. It's a very well established topic.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    I have, and every result says it’s safe. I would love to see an actual source that says otherwise. It’s not going fetch, it’s providing sources for your wild claim that multiple people have been debunking.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Never said it was unsafe, just not recommended. WebMD has links to scientific articles that sorry support that. But you may counter that you don't trust those sources. I'm not about to play whack a mole. If you want to exclusively drink demineralized water, go ahead, you won't die for it. But you'll increase your chances of developing certain diseases. Maybe that's an acceptable tradeoff for you - I'd certainly think so if you live in Flint.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Then provide those links to webmd, you have them handy. Why would they not recommend it if it wasn’t safe? And support your own wild claim then. Which doctors and sources are not recommending it. Your specific point doesn’t change anything. It’s either safe and recommended or not safe and not recommended these are mutually exclusive terms here.

    You can’t provide what doesn’t exist, there’s no need to lie that Google has it, or webmd has lots of results. If there was, you would provide them, since you must have recently looked at them to be THIS confident in a discussion. If no, accept you’re wrong, and quit perpetuating bullshit that’s been proving wrong.

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  • [–] 50 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    What. That can't be true. Maybe there's some advantage, like less fluoride etc. But it's not true they can't drink rap water...

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  • [–] 40 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Maybe they live in Flint Michigan 🤷‍♂️

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Well, sure, not all tap water is potable for adults either. But giving special water to toddlers sounds like overzealous parenting. I rather give tap water, which is totally safe here, than water from a plastic bottle.

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  • [–] 39 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    Babies, babies can't have tap water.

    ~6 months you start with cooled boiled water.

    ~12 months you can move onto tap water.

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  • [–] 38 points 1 year ago

    That also depends on where you live and on the quality of the tap water. Doctor here now recommend you to use tap water also for formula - without boiling it first.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    wait, how did babies back in the day (~1000s years ago) survive?

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    You have 10 or 15 kids and three or four of them will tough it out enough to grow up. There's a reason the population exponentially exploded around the time antibiotics and vaccines were invented.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Across Europe there's different recommendations in every country, and no evidence of different illness/mortality rates related to the recommendation.

    France says tap water is safe for all ages.

    If you're in the US, I totally get why you might want to keep boiling your water, but remember that boiling doesn't remove lead.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    The US has a water system effectively comparable to the ones across Europe, FYI. That includes lead levels, since it wasn't just the US that used lead pipes.

    In most circumstances lead pipes are safe to replace with different materials as part of routine maintenance. It's only very notable incidents where things go wrong that have driven a push for greater haste, since it highlighted the consequences of things going wrong.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    todlers can only have distilled water

    I’m pretty sure that’s unhealthy (lack of minerals)

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  • [+] -16 points 1 year ago

    you don't get your minerals from water, you get them from what you eat.

    You can drink distilled water if you compensate for the possible demineralization.
    If you think that by drinking distilled water, you're missing out on all the forever chemicals and pesticides; you can still go lick a car tire and be done with it.

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  • [–] 85 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    Thank you, @otter@lemmy.ca, for showing a perfect example of what a post should look like.

    • The title has the name of this particular comic strip and the name of the comic/author.
    • The post has the original image for full quality.
    • The description includes a link to the specific page of the author's website for this strip.

    I award you with the highest medal I can bestow:

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago (5 children)
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    I read the cat mommy's voice in Princess Caroline's voice.

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