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Originally Posted by naesco
How about a leading manufacturer of the ro/di systems, Spectapure telling you not to do it and why!
""""""IS DRINKING DI WATER OK?
When it comes to drinking DI water, there are many different thoughts on it. First thing you should understand is that DI water has all minerals removed. If ALL you were drinking was DI water and you did not eat anything, it would be harmful. Cells in the body need electrolytes (salts) to stay active and produce more cells. So, if you are not replenishing the electrolytes, the cells could not survive. To better illustrate this: Imagine that you have two batteries. One batter is connected to a glass container filled with tap water, the other is filled with DI water. Tap water is able to conduct the electricity through it because of the minerals. DI water cannot because the lack of minerals. It is only when you add salt to the DI water, that you would be able to conduct electricity.
DI water does not necessarily harm your health unless it is the only thing that you are putting into your body. We would not recommend drinking it because of its flat taste and because DI resins are not made of food grade approved material.
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Did you even read this thing. Firstly spectrapure is a company thats all. Pretty sure they are not scientists or doctors. Second they don't even make a clear statement, basically they are saying if you eat or drink anything other than RO/DI water than drinking some RO/DI water is should be fine. And thats my stance....so I guess we are in agreement.
As for the lack of salts....well we all take care of that by eating and drinking other things. Most people arent lacking salt....but if you are really concerned you can add a pinch of salt (sodium chloride) and/or epsom (magnesium sulfate)