Xref: utzoo sci.bio:1641 sci.med:7989 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!purdue!decwrl!labrea!polya!ray@Polya.Stanford.EDU From: ray@Polya.Stanford.EDU (Ray Baxter) Newsgroups: sci.bio,sci.med Subject: Re: Drinking water Keywords: distilled Message-ID: <5479@polya.Stanford.EDU> Date: 5 Dec 88 05:50:56 GMT References: <3065@ingr.UUCP> <4467@mtgzy.att.com> Sender: ray@polya.Stanford.EDU Reply-To: ray@Polya.Stanford.EDU (Ray Baxter) Followup-To: sci.bio Distribution: na Organization: Biological Sciences, Stanford University Lines: 13 In-reply-to: norm@mtgzy.att.com (n.e.andrews) 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. --