Is Distilled water safe to drink?

Question

I accidently bought distilled water instead of my usual drinking water and Im pregnant. I wasent sure if it was safe to drink or not.

Answer 1

It's safe to drink, it's just processed differently.

Answer 2

Generally, there is no harm in drinking distilled water. There may be some theoretical substance to the article about the 'dangers' of drinking distilled water, but this would only happen if you drank pints of the stuff on a daily basis.

Any 'harm' may be more likely to be due to the fact that distilled water may lack some materials that are health-giving (flouride, for example, but that is a debatable point in itself). Possibly, if you drank distilled water and nothing else, there could be a long term effect, but for the most part, it would do you no harm at all; certainly not in the quantities you are concerned about.

However, as some contributors have noted, distilled water is tasteless, and 'flat'; not just because it hasn't got any dissolved minerals, but also because it hasn't got any dissolved air, which is what gives clean bubbling water in a mountain stream its 'sweet' taste.

Answer 3

No, it may not be safe as described below : Distillation is employed in purification or separation of substances from mixtures;. Water obtained by condensing the vapour is known as distilled water. Distilled water is practically free from any impurities. It is odourless and tasteless. It does not contain pathogenic bacteria also. Hence consuming distilled water is not harmful. Our normal drinking water is obtained from either river or well. It contains lot of minerals depending upon the nature of the soil. These minerals are essential for any organism, because they are the sons of the soil, a mixture of minerals. Mineral water from natural springs commonly has a high content of calcium carbonate, magnesium sulphate, potassium, and sodium sulphate. It may also be impregnated with such gases as carbon dioxide or hydrogen sulfide. In the meantime, it should be noted that all the mineral water need not be biologically safe. Now-a-days mineral waters are artificially made by mixing enough minerals to distilled water. The mineral conent of both natural and artificial mineral water varies greatly. Organisms have to maintain an internal balance between water and dissolved materials (known as osmoregulation) regardless of environmental conditions. In many marine organisms osmosis (the passage of solvent through a semi permeable membrane) occurs without any need for regulatory mechanisms because the cells have the same osmotic pressure as the sea. Other organisms, however, must actively take on, conserve, or excrete water or salts in order to maintain their internal water-mineral content. In theory it should be pure (of at least all chemicals, minerals etc.) but I'm not sure about the hygiene levels during its production and bottling. After all, the only 2 uses I've ever used it for is topping up car batteries and in the early steam irons that recommended not to use tap water. The starting level of bacteria is rather unknown and having said this it is likely to 'go off' without a chlorine content or possibly some sort of preservative.

Answer 4

Yes

Distilled water is water that has virtually all of its impurities removed through distillation. Distillation involves boiling the water and re-condensing the steam into a clean container, leaving most contaminants behind.

awwwdree She didn't say as a regular diet, only that she bought it by mistake and we are letting her know it won't hurt her.

Answer 5

Absolutely. Distillation is simply a process of removing impurities from the water.

Answer 6

I had three healthy, beautiful, happy, and smart children and drank distilled water with all of them. Distilation is the method we use to purify our water and it hasn't hurt any of us. The kids may need fluride tablets, however, if they are drinking it also.

Answer 7

Distilled water is used in medicine for IVs ???
Medically they use triple distilled water.

Answer 8

Yes, it is the ultimate safe water. It is just water that has been boiled in to steam under pressure, then condesned back into liquid water. That's all.

Answer 9

It just lacks minerals, but it is OK to drink

Answer 10

Absolutely safe....No impurities..no chemicals....go for it