"DK" > wrote in message
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> In article >, "cybercat" >
> wrote:
>>
>>"-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...
>

It's a matter of taste. I *like* it. Bet there's more than one thing you
like
that I find disgusting.