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by sunshine_reggae 855 days ago
That's only 1 reason why you distill all your drinking water.
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iancmceachern 855 days ago
I've heard this can cause other problems, do you add minerals back in?
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fellowniusmonk 855 days ago
What trace minerals would a person get in tap water that they wouldn't get through food in their diet?
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Gigachad 855 days ago
Distilled water absorbs the minerals back when you drink it so it's removing the ones you got from your diet.
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ars 855 days ago
Why does that matter? Water contributes like 1% of your mineral intake. Removing it just doesn't matter.
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iancmceachern 855 days ago
It's a thing people say, truth or not, people worry about it
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iancmceachern 855 days ago
This would be highly dependent in their specific diet. For lots of folks it likely wouldn't cause a problem, for some it would.
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