Can you drink distilled water? What is the difference between regular water?

Answer 1

Distilled water is water that has had virtually all of its impurities as well as electrolytes removed through distillation (that is, boiling the water and re-condensing the steam into a clean container, thus leaving contaminants behind). It is widely used in chemical and biological laboratories.

Many people drink distilled water for its purity and for its improved taste. Municipal water supplies may have trace contaminants at levels which are scientifically believed to be safe, but some people feel safer drinking distilled water. It also has no minerals, which may make it taste better.

The drinking of distilled water has been both advocated and discouraged for health reasons. The purported effect of drinking water in its pure form is a 'more powerful solvent' that helps cleanse toxins from the body.

Detractors argue that it robs the body of essential minerals in this way and also deprives it of minerals normally acquired from drinking water. While there is no evidence to suggest that drinking distilled water is harmful or leaches minerals from the body, the World Health Organization has assembled considerable research which shows a relationship between drinking water containing naturally-occurring minerals and lower rates of certain diseases.

Many people use distilled water in their irons for pressing clothes to reduce mineral build-up and make the iron last longer. However, many iron manufacturers say that distilled water is no longer necessary in their irons.

Some people use distilled water for household aquariums because it lacks the chemicals found in tap water supplies.

It is important to supplement distilled water when using it for fishkeeping; it is too pure to sustain proper chemistry to support an aquarium ecosystem.

Despite the perceived benefits, the cost of distilling water (about 0.04 to 0.10 Euro or USD per liter in 2005) prohibits its use by most households worldwide.

Answer 2

Drinking distilled water is not a good idea. Click on the link and read the article please.

Distilled water is water that has had virtually all of its impurities as well as electrolytes removed through distillation (that is, boiling the water and re-condensing the steam into a clean container, thus leaving contaminants behind). It is widely used in chemical and biological laboratories.

Water that is pulled out of a dehumidifer has been distilled.

Answer 3

You can drink distilled water.

Distilled water is pure water. It is produced by a chemical process called distillation. Distillation heats the water to the boiling point and condenses the steam, thus leaving all the impurities at the bottom.

Regular (tap) water has contaminants, such as chlorine (sanitation), flourine (for tooth health), and iron (for blood health).

Answer 4

distilled is sometimes prescribed by a physician .
It is pure H2O without minerals bacteria or impurities . It has no taste as some like with spring water or filtered tap water .the helpful bacteria in spring water are a bonus to some especially for the digestive tract

Answer 5

Yes, you can drink distilled water. It is only water that has been boiled and filtered to get as much of the impurities out.

Answer 6

I do not remeber why but my dad told not to drink distilled water, but that was 1958, things may change my now

Answer 7

distilling removes all foreign matter from water. all the microbes minerals etc. it tastes terrible.

Answer 8

My mother-in-law drinks it