Xref: utzoo sci.bio:1644 sci.med:8004 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!oliveb!3comvax!bridge2!gfk From: gfk@bridge2.3Com.Com (Gregory Kendall) Newsgroups: sci.bio,sci.med Subject: Re: Drinking water Keywords: distilled Message-ID: <203@bridge2.3Com.Com> Date: 5 Dec 88 18:36:50 GMT References: <3065@ingr.UUCP> <4467@mtgzy.att.com> Reply-To: gfk@vision.3Com.com (Gregory F. Kendall) Distribution: na Organization: 3COM Corp. , Mt. View. CA Lines: 18 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