Is distilled water really supposed to "clean out" the body?
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karenertl
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I saw this on Facebook. You can all rest assured that is the reason I am skeptical about it actually doing anything. I was just wondering if anyone has more information on this.
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I saw this on Facebook. You can all rest assured that is the reason I am skeptical about it actually doing anything. I was just wondering if anyone has more information on this.
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Thanks! That's what I figured.0
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All I know is it works for me!!!! VERY WELL! I have a list of foods that seem to help me lose weight faster and Distilled water is on that list.
ETA...NOTHING is absorbed the "same way" unless it is the SAME thing.0 -
All I know is it works for me!!!! VERY WELL! I have a list of foods that seem to help me lose weight faster and Distilled water is on that list.
ETA...NOTHING is absorbed the "same way" unless it is the SAME thing.
Tell me more about how much you know about physiology!0 -
Actually distilled water is stripped of minerals normally found in "natural" water. The body will "extract" these minerals from your body. Also, distilled water loses it's pH buffering capacity. Because of this, carbon dioxide can be readily sorbed into the water causing the pH to dip below 7 which if you drink enough distilled water can result in calcium leaching from your bones to make up for the difference. Finally, the WHO has reported an increase in childhood tooth decay because more kids are drinking bottled water rather than tap water where most major municipalities flouridate the water (usually concentrations less than 4ppm because higher concentrations would cause tooth mottling and this is the maximum allowable limit set forth by the EPA).
So to answer your questions - yes - distilled water cleans out the body... of essential minerals. If you want to drink distilled water, I would suggest 1 tsp of baking soda per gallon of distilled water. You can't even taste the baking soda.0 -
All I know is it works for me!!!! VERY WELL! I have a list of foods that seem to help me lose weight faster and Distilled water is on that list.
ETA...NOTHING is absorbed the "same way" unless it is the SAME thing.
Tell me more about how much you know about physiology!
I love the Human body,anyhow no matter what Physiology teaches,everyone should be their own guide,listen to their bodies,and observe how distilled water is working for themselves.0 -
Actually distilled water is stripped of minerals normally found in "natural" water. The body will "extract" these minerals from your body. Also, distilled water loses it's pH buffering capacity. Because of this, carbon dioxide can be readily sorbed into the water causing the pH to dip below 7 which if you drink enough distilled water can result in calcium leaching from your bones to make up for the difference. Finally, the WHO has reported an increase in childhood tooth decay because more kids are drinking bottled water rather than tap water where most major municipalities flouridate the water (usually concentrations less than 4ppm because higher concentrations would cause tooth mottling and this is the maximum allowable limit set forth by the EPA).
So to answer your questions - yes - distilled water cleans out the body... of essential minerals. If you want to drink distilled water, I would suggest 1 tsp of baking soda per gallon of distilled water. You can't even taste the baking soda.
You forgot the Good part.It REMOVES TOXINS and Excess Minerals from the body.0 -
well we'd better all get in a time machine and go teach all the Homo erectuses how to distill water, so they can clean out their bodies too of toxins and excess minerals
we evolved drinking water with minerals in it. distilled water won't do anything for your body that water with minerals in can't do, and the minerals are good for you.0 -
Actually distilled water is stripped of minerals normally found in "natural" water. The body will "extract" these minerals from your body. Also, distilled water loses it's pH buffering capacity. Because of this, carbon dioxide can be readily sorbed into the water causing the pH to dip below 7 which if you drink enough distilled water can result in calcium leaching from your bones to make up for the difference. Finally, the WHO has reported an increase in childhood tooth decay because more kids are drinking bottled water rather than tap water where most major municipalities flouridate the water (usually concentrations less than 4ppm because higher concentrations would cause tooth mottling and this is the maximum allowable limit set forth by the EPA).
So to answer your questions - yes - distilled water cleans out the body... of essential minerals. If you want to drink distilled water, I would suggest 1 tsp of baking soda per gallon of distilled water. You can't even taste the baking soda.
You forgot the Good part.It REMOVES TOXINS and Excess Minerals from the body.
Someone didn't read his post.
Tell me more of these mysterious toxins!0 -
All I know is it works for me!!!! VERY WELL! I have a list of foods that seem to help me lose weight faster and Distilled water is on that list.
ETA...NOTHING is absorbed the "same way" unless it is the SAME thing.
Tell me more about how much you know about physiology!
I love the Human body,anyhow no matter what Physiology teaches,everyone should be their own guide,listen to their bodies,and observe how distilled water is working for themselves.
I wish I could put up the Channing Tatum gif about science without getting a strike for the curse word in it.0 -
All I know is it works for me!!!! VERY WELL! I have a list of foods that seem to help me lose weight faster and Distilled water is on that list.
ETA...NOTHING is absorbed the "same way" unless it is the SAME thing.
Tell me more about how much you know about physiology!
I love the Human body,anyhow no matter what Physiology teaches,everyone should be their own guide,listen to their bodies,and observe how distilled water is working for themselves.
I wish I could put up the Channing Tatum gif about science without getting a strike for the curse word in it.
You need distilled water to leech the snark toxins out of you.0 -
You forgot the Good part.It REMOVES TOXINS and Excess Minerals from the body.
Someone didn't read his post.
Tell me more of these mysterious toxins!
FTW!
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All I know is it works for me!!!! VERY WELL! I have a list of foods that seem to help me lose weight faster and Distilled water is on that list.
ETA...NOTHING is absorbed the "same way" unless it is the SAME thing.
Tell me more about how much you know about physiology!
I love the Human body,anyhow no matter what Physiology teaches,everyone should be their own guide,listen to their bodies,and observe how distilled water is working for themselves.
I wish I could put up the Channing Tatum gif about science without getting a strike for the curse word in it.
You need distilled water to leech the snark toxins out of you.
Right! Except, just like with the whole cleansing thing, I have yet for anyone to tell me a toxin that the body doesn't get rid of anyways.0 -
Play nice, everyone.0
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All I know is it works for me!!!! VERY WELL! I have a list of foods that seem to help me lose weight faster and Distilled water is on that list.
ETA...NOTHING is absorbed the "same way" unless it is the SAME thing.
Tell me more about how much you know about physiology!
I love the Human body,anyhow no matter what Physiology teaches,everyone should be their own guide,listen to their bodies,and observe how distilled water is working for themselves.
I wish I could put up the Channing Tatum gif about science without getting a strike for the curse word in it.
You need distilled water to leech the snark toxins out of you.
Right! Except, just like with the whole cleansing thing, I have yet for anyone to tell me a toxin that the body doesn't get rid of anyways.
The TOXINS are self explanatory, Joylia. Sheesh, why must you define everything? Some things do not have explanations. Like how magnets work. Or why it gets colder as you go up in elevation TOWARDS the sun!0 -
All I know is it works for me!!!! VERY WELL! I have a list of foods that seem to help me lose weight faster and Distilled water is on that list.
ETA...NOTHING is absorbed the "same way" unless it is the SAME thing.
Tell me more about how much you know about physiology!
I love the Human body,anyhow no matter what Physiology teaches,everyone should be their own guide,listen to their bodies,and observe how distilled water is working for themselves.
I wish I could put up the Channing Tatum gif about science without getting a strike for the curse word in it.
You need distilled water to leech the snark toxins out of you.
Right! Except, just like with the whole cleansing thing, I have yet for anyone to tell me a toxin that the body doesn't get rid of anyways.
The TOXINS are self explanatory, Joylia. Sheesh, why must you define everything? Some things do not have explanations. Like how magnets work. Or why it gets colder as you go up in elevation TOWARDS the sun!
*whines* But..but...I gots to know!!!!!!
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Right! Except, just like with the whole cleansing thing, I have yet for anyone to tell me a toxin that the body doesn't get rid of anyways.
Regarding the OP - no, distilled water does not "clean out" the body or help in any way with weight loss and, as mentioned in previous posts, may actually have deleterious effects.0 -
well we'd better all get in a time machine and go teach all the Homo erectuses how to distill water, so they can clean out their bodies too of toxins and excess minerals
No need, they had rainwater collection to provide distilled water for them.0 -
DISTILLED WATER UNDENIABLY RESULTS IN A LONGER LIFE
...in automotive batteries and cooling systems.0
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