• brap@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    It’s lacking all sorts of minerals, electrolytes etc that the body needs. I doubt a glass of the stuff wouldn’t cause problems but if you only drink pure water then you’re going to start having problems pretty fast.

      • happydoors@lemm.ee
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        47 minutes ago

        You could certainly make up the electrolytes and minerals in other ways (drinking distilled water may even increase appetites for those types of foods). Still, drinking a liquid that leeches minerals out of the tissue around it isn’t healthy

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        6 hours ago

        Your body must regulate ion levels - sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, etc. Drinking pure water in excess will force you to produce urine, and when you take a piss, you’ll lose some of those ions with it. Big, big problem. That’s why you need salt in your diet.

      • Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.socialOP
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        6 hours ago

        Yea I think you’re fine drinking like a litre of distilled water. Too much of anything will kill you, even regular water.