"cybercat" > wrote in message
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> "DK" > wrote in message
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>> In article >, "cybercat" >
>> wrote:
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>>>"-L." > wrote
>>>>
>>>> IIRC the biggest concern is osteoporosis, which you wouldn't know about
>>>> unless you get a bone scan.
>>>
>>>I did a quick search and a number of physicians say that this is a myth.
>>>Here is what one has to say. (Andrew Weil has an MD degree from Harvard,
>>>but
>>>his undergrad degree
>>>was botany. I want to see what biochemists have to say, too ...)
>>>
>>>Is drinking distilled water dangerous? I've read that it's harmful
>>>because
>>>distilled water easily becomes acidic and supposedly robs the body of
>>>important minerals. True?
>>
>> No, not true at all. Assuming anywhere close to balanced nutrition/diet,
>> there is absolutely no harm in drinking distilled or demineralized water.
>> It only becomes a factor for high endurance athletes - say, marathon
>> runners, who must drink electolyte-balanced water or they run a risk of
>> collapsing.
>>
>> Having said that, I can't understand why anyone would ever drink
>> disgusting tasteless demineralized water...
>>
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> It's a matter of taste. I *like* it. Bet there's more than one thing you
> like
> that I find disgusting.
>

You can't even remember the name of the distilled water you drink. I'll bet
it's not distilled.