I would recommend this book by Dr. Allen Banik, "The Choice Is Clear". It's a quick and informative read regarding the pros and cons of drinking distilled water. Most health food stores have it in stock.

I am a certified Health Consultant, and I've done the research. About 15 years ago my husband and I were experiencing multiple health issues such as arthritis, acid reflux, etc. We were determined to take charge of our own health -- drug free! After reading the studies of scientist Dr. Norman Walker and other reputable sources on the subject of distilled water, this was the best change we made.

We've been drinking distilled water all these years and have absolutely no joint pain, arthritis, acid reflux, etc. It's true that distilled water has a ph of 6.2 -- so what? If you don't think your mineral intake is up to par, then add a few drops of minerals, fresh lemon, organic apple cider vinegar, etc. Just keep in mind, coffee, tea, soda, etc. have a range of 2 to 5! Talk about dangerous! Relax and enjoy the benefits of distilled water!

This my third week of using distilled drinking water, me and children felt some unusual pain in our abdomens. Does distilled water has something to do with it? I've been using mineral water for almost 25 years now and felt good about it, but when i shifted to distilled, some abnormalities occurred. i hope this is just a matter of adjusting to our body chemistry.

I've been drinking distilled water every day. I use a water distiller that cleans the tap and once it has finished the process of distilling I pour it into one of two gallon jugs I have. These jugs are always on my kitchen counter and sit in the sun, the only changes that occurs with them are the refilling and emptying of the water for drinking purposes. Until recently I thought this was the best water.

My problem started two days ago. At first I felt a slight pain for a couple of minutes when I drank distilled water. I thought I had a cold but it was unfortunately a problem far greater. Soon when I drank distilled water, my whole body had a painful seizure for hours.

I went to the doctor to ask what the problem was and they thought it was a mold or something that had been growing in the water jugs. They tested the jugs and they came back negative of anything of the sort. My doctors kept on searching for answers because the symptoms were recurring until they finally found the reason.

Apparently the water is too pure and my body had begun to develop a defensive reaction each time I drank purified water. Soon my body began rejecting even he tap water I drank and the water in your blood. I am telling you this as a warning. I am expected to die soon because of dehydration. Basically my body is rejecting itself. I hope my experience helps others.

~pkfier

what type of matter is distilled water?

Drinking distilled water is actually causing relatively more cellular damage than non distilled water.

When you consume distilled water your cells want to create equilibrium. Your cells have a much lower concentration of [H2O] than the distilled water. The water will then diffuse into your cell trying to make equal concentrations of [h2O] in both your cells and the water just consumed. This process is call osmosis. Your cell will burst trying to intake the large amount of water.

Your body will then spend more energy trying repairing the damaged cells. The best liquid to consume to prevent cell damage or the opposite (loss of water in cells caused by drinking something with a lower concentration of H2O like coffee) is Gatorade.

Gatorade or Powerade are both formulated to have the correct concentration of water that your cells will need without extra energy being spent.

would anyone know what would be the KH of distilled water?

I love you guys complaining about distilled water! Give me a break. Distilled water is the best water you can drink on this planet.

I have been drinking distilled for the last 30 years and know something? It's great.

I've heard that distilled water is and isn't safe to drink. Either way no one drinks it anyway, so why bother making it?

I think that if you take something with plenty of minerals to counteract the lack of minerals, you'll be ok. I also feel more comfortable drinking distilled. It may be an extra sense for my body, but it seems better. I would never drink tap water.

yes i have drunk distilled water for 15 years and think it is really good for my health. i fully recommend it to all of you.

joe, kuala lumpur, malaysia.

Can you use water from a dehumidifier for steam irons?

This article mentioned that distilled water doesn't contain flouride. This is the very reason I started drinking it. Flouride makes you dumb as rocks when you ingest it.

reply to post 33: ON oxygen 23 hours per day

*Do not use* water from a dehumidifier. It is not considered clean for medical use! take a sample to your pharmacist or ask your doctor.

I'm still confused by the whole thing. Can you distill water by just boiling it for say five minutes? Or does that just purify it of any germs or impurities?

Can rain water be considered/taken as distilled water? I am talking about distilled water which we use to refill our battery inverters. -Priyanka

what is the diffrence between mineral water and distilled water?

Is water from a de-humidifer really distilled water and is it potable?

I am on oxygen 23 hours per day. The main oxygen unit consists of a bottle which must contain only distilled water. Therefore, I purchase distilled water by the gallon for its use. I also have a dehumidifier. Could I use the water from the dehumidifier in lieu of purchasing distilled water?

I have been drinking distilled water for over 30 years. I love it, I hate the taste of all other water.

Item PH

Pure Water 7.00 (neutral)

Barq's 4.61

Diet Coke 3.39

Mountain Dew 3.22

Gatorade 2.95

Coke Classic 2.63

Pepsi 2.49

Sprite 3.42

Diet 7-Up 3.67

Mouth 6.5

Distilled water +co2 6.2

What type of distilled water should not be used to prepare media?

Is there a material data safety sheet for distilled water?

For anon23766

distilled water lacks any ions and is non-conductive.

One very important thing to remember is that distilled water is essentially pure, which means it returns to being a primary vector for disease if mishandled. Tap water left out for an hour is quite safe to drink. Distilled water left out for an hour isn't terribly dangerous, but bacteria will have colonized it. Give it a day and vast blooms of bacteria, algae, and mold can take root.

Waste water from a dehumidifier is essentially distilled water, and can be used as such. However, remember what I said earlier about the lack of bacteriocidal properties: if you wish to drink from your dehumifier, you must keep it hospital-clean. Wash the collector bucket and cooling coils thoroughly with vinegar or alcohol, allowing them to dry fully before use. Once you collect this water, it should be kept in a sealed container in order to prevent contamination as well as evaporation.

Most people don't truly need distilled water, but for those who do, my pointers will save you from allergies and sickness.

can we use ionized water to top up a battery?

Can ionized water be used in place of distilled water?

I just bought a distiller. I have thought about it for years. I was worried about spending the money. I wish I would have done it earlier. I found sone from $79 on up. Do a search.

I could not believe the nasty looking and smelling stuff that one gallon of distilling left in the machine. My wife quickly changed her mind. We will only use distilled water for drinking or cooking.

Now. I am angry about all the propaganda for tap water. We have public water. I felt better as soon as I started drinking pure water, and it tastes much better to me.

I drink distilled water, have been for 3 years. Arthritis & delicate stomach issues have stopped. I am not putting arsenic & chemicals the water company add to "clean" tap water into my body. I will never drink tap again. Distilled is what God gave us originally, when rain was safe to save in barrels & drink...ask your grandparents what they drank years ago...

why is distilled water not detected by a water circuit alarm system? what is the cause of it?

BloomUSA:

Excuse me, but who gives a flying rat's rectum about the environmental impact of buying bottled water?

I mean sure that might be true, but um, have you forgotten the convenience of stopping in 7-11 and just grabbing a bottle? I think that certainly out weighs any environmental impact, I mean, thats pretty freaking obvious. I wonder how you missed that point?

Distilled water is also cut with 50% alcohol in order to make a cleaning solution good for cleaning LCD displays (such as those used in laptops) and as well TV and Monitor screens, so as not to wipe the chemicals in the water onto the screen and smear it with lines.

Additionally, some of the chemicals in non-distilled water can hurt an LCD display when wiped thereupon.

yes distilled water is safe the way i make it...i have a unique preprocess to remove contaminants and my unique distiller redesign makes it alot less acidic (food grade quality with post filter) for the last 4 years with very little problems considering full time usage-just a lot of work...2 gal/12hr

how do you make it or get it?

What makes distilled water so hard?

What makes distilled water so heavy?

No one has mentioned about the water that you get when you defrost your freezer....

What would this be 'classed' as?

Also, what would melted ice be classed as?

Looking to top up a car battery before charging but miles from anywhere..

i wanna know that if we make two solutions in distilled water with same solute concentration but with different quantities of distilled water e.g10mL and 100 mL________then will there be any difference in pH of both solution???

Is water from a dehumidifier distilled water?

Would distilled water be suitable for use in a water/methanol injection system installed on forced induction vehicles? I have heard that global advanced timing can be altered up to 5 degrees, allowing for increased performance and safer intake temperatures.

Distilled water is by far the best choice if you have concerns about the unreliability of bottled waters or contamination of tap water. The trace nutrients can easily be replaced by by dietary means.

For anyone who chooses to comment on the contribution of the process to "global warming": I urge you to do your homework where the relationship between global temperatures and co2 are concerned. I suggest you go back more than two decades, and avoid sources with a vested interest in perpetuating the current global warming ideology fads.

Stop letting other people do your thinking for you.

Grapejelly - I suggest you stop reading that newspaper. That was dispelled as an email hoax. Google "Johns Hopkins Cancer Distilled Water" and you'll see for yourself.

I read a newspaper that said john Hopkins said that distilled water could cause cancer. Please tell me if your studies have found different?

Posted by: anon6758

I want to know is it ok to use distilled water for treating wounds?

Yes it is just as safe as tap water.

Posted by: anon7506

i would like to know if you could make your own distilled water?

If you can boil water you can distill it theoretically.

You can also buy distillers from retailers.

My dehumidifier produces gallons per day of what I assume is identical to distilled water, only it's "condensed" water. Is this true?

Condensed water does not suggest that the water is distilled as there could still be other contaminants based on how and where the water condenses.

If something is acidic, it means that the pH has been lowered below pH 7, not raised. The opposite is true for basic (or alkaline) solutions. To truly be acidic, carbon dioxide requires high pressure and low temperatures to be dissolved in water and form carbonic acid. Otherwise, the process would take longer to occur. Look up Henry's law. This is how we have carbonated beverages (i.e., Pepsi), which are more acidic than distilled water.

You are right about the pH. You are wrong about distilled water not absorbing CO2, I am well aware of Henry's law and it hold true for carbonated beverages but the amount of CO2 is so great that pop is supersaturated and the gas leaches out at ambient pressure.

CO2 will readily dissolve in distilled water (or any water, but more so in distilled because it's 'empty' water). This can be proven. Add phenolphthalein indicator to distilled water. Let's presume the pH was 7 or just slightly below. the indicator should be a slight pink colour. If you simply exhale over an erlenmeyer flask and swirl the water, the indicator will go clear after a matter of seconds indicating a drop in pH. Oceans absorb tons of the atmosphere's CO2 and they contain many salt or ions. Distilling water will amplify this effect.

Regards.

p.s. I will not drink distilled water personally. The best is filtered water from reverse osmosis or activated carbon.

If something is acidic, it means that the pH has been lowered below pH 7, not raised. The opposite is true for basic (or alkaline) solutions. To truly be acidic, carbon dioxide requires high pressure and low temperatures to be dissolved in water and form carbonic acid. Otherwise, the process would take longer to occur. Look up Henry's law. This is how we have carbonated beverages (i.e., Pepsi), which are more acidic than distilled water.

Distilled water is not bad for you at all. If you feel you'd lack minerals from drinking distilled water, then just pop a multi vitamin. Don't believe the hype written by that doctor who works for a spring water company.

My dehumidifier produces gallons per day of what I assume is identical to distilled water, only it's "condensed" water. Is this true?

Distilled water is highly acidic and should not be used for drinking. Did you know that it takes 8 fresh gallons of water to make just one gallon of bottled water? That is such a waste, also the petroleum that it takes to make the bottles and transport them is bad for the environment. The water is not any better than tap water and it is toxic sitting in those plastic bottles. The only solution is to make your own healthy water right from your own tap. Re-Use and Refill, save your health and the environment at the same time. stop buying corporate water! Stop getting ripped off by these bottling companies and take control of your own water supply.

i would like to know if you could make your own distilled water?

I want to know is it ok to use distilled water for treating wounds?