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From: ray@Polya.Stanford.EDU (Ray Baxter)
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Subject: Re: Drinking water
Keywords: distilled
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Date: 5 Dec 88 05:50:56 GMT
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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.
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