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by aaron695 1587 days ago
This is simply not true

Here is a WHO report, off that you can jump to animal studies etc etc etc

https://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/dwq/nutrientscha...

Maybe some of the minerals in water are good for you, and there's things around satiety.... But since all water is different it's only if you are really poor might this might matter. You should not be relying on random water for your micro-nutrients.

OK, don't do it for 20 years without more research, but it will not burn you. I don't know what The Action Lab did, but here's National Geographic doing it in a professional lab https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMh1lyeNsPc