murray@ingr.UUCP (Douglas Murray) (12/01/88)
Because of concern about the quality of the tap water in our area, I have been buying distilled water for drinking and cooking. Recently, however I have read that even distilled water can have chemicals present in it. Is this possible, and if so what are the options available to obtain unadulterated water for drinking and cooking? Thanks in advance Doug Murray
norm@mtgzy.att.com (n.e.andrews) (12/03/88)
In article <3065@ingr.UUCP>, murray@ingr.UUCP (Douglas Murray) writes: > Because of concern about the quality of the tap water in our area, I have > been buying distilled water for drinking and cooking. I have heard (Pearson & Shaw tv appearance) that there is a significant correlation between water supply softness and death rates -- that death rates looked at in different geographic areas seem to be strongly related to water supply hardness or softness. IF I remember correctly, soft water areas (mostly in the East?) had much higher death rates (due to cancer?), and the correlation with water supply hardness or softness was more significant than any other observed correlations. Does anyone out there have any references for studies to support this? I wouldn't drink much distilled water for fear of leaching minerals out of my body. Is there hard evidence that continuous use of distilled water for drinking is dangerous? --Norm Andrews, attmail!mtgzy!norm
ray@Polya.Stanford.EDU (Ray Baxter) (12/05/88)
In article <4467@mtgzy.att.com>, norm@mtgzy (n.e.andrews) writes: >I wouldn't drink much distilled water for fear of leaching >minerals out of my body. Is there hard evidence that continuous >use of distilled water for drinking is dangerous? Your body is not an inert lump of matter. In the first place your kidneys do not allow much "leaching." In the second, even if they did you would quickly find that your food preferences changed to increase your mineral intake. The only danger in drinking distilled water is the bland taste. --
gfk@bridge2.3Com.Com (Gregory Kendall) (12/06/88)
In article <4467@mtgzy.att.com> norm@mtgzy.att.com (n.e.andrews) writes: >In article <3065@ingr.UUCP>, murray@ingr.UUCP (Douglas Murray) writes: >> Because of concern about the quality of the tap water in our area, I have >> been buying distilled water for drinking and cooking. stuff deleted >I wouldn't drink much distilled water for fear of leaching >minerals out of my body. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that just about everything moved across a membrane in the body goes by active transport, rather than the passive transport mechanism involved in leaching, esp. anything excreted by the kindneys. In short, I doubt that leaching occurs much from the body. > >--Norm Andrews, attmail!mtgzy!norm