If you boil water prior to drinking it, does it spoil the "goodness" in any way?

Answer 1

killes the bugs good & bad

Answer 2

Water is a compound made of hydrogen and oxygen.
If you boil it, that compound does not disappear (some evaporates of course)

What does happen is that bacteria and other things in the water are killed.
Boiling water does not tend to remove trace elements and certainly not the water part, which is the most important.
So no, it doesn't :)

Answer 3

I gusee you could say that boiling the water simply cooks the bacteria to make it edible. It doesn't change the taste of the water. However, warm water usually seems to taste different then cold water because of the temperature's affect on the taste buds.

Answer 4

no...this is absolutely a myth. water, by definition, is H2O (ie. made up of only hydrogen and oxygen molecules). no amount of boiling in the world will change the chemical structure...only the form will change from liquid to steam. boiling will also destroy harmful bacteria. but be careful about using kettles with rusty coils...then you may be drinking rust and other impurities

Answer 5

No. Boiling water will kill the "badness: out of it: bacterial, parasitic, and viral causes of diarrhea.

Boiling is the preferred way to disinfect "natural" water.

Answer 6

no, depending on which country in the world you live, boiling water can actually make it "better" water. Saver to drink.

Answer 7

I have never found that it spoils anything. I believe it tastes completely the same. Maybe it's just my water, but no.

Answer 8

it would actually remove some impurities. when camping an option to filtration and adding chemicals is to boil the water.

Answer 9

No, i don't think so. It's still good just drink it cold and not hot.The taste is more likely the distilled water the taste is flat.

Answer 10

destroys all the bacteria,so,good idea on a hike,but,if you have bad water where you live,also a good idea.