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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 4977802, member: 27832&quot;]Wow -- that&#039;s <i>super</i> disappointing to see from SA. When did it appear? The source you linked previously was from 2011. It&#039;s not like scientific consensus on the topic would have changed over a decade or so, but this might be one bolus of misinformation that took in a lot of people before it got tamped down.</p><p><br /></p><p>Or, of course, I could be wrong. But in this particular case, I&#039;m really, <i>really</i> confident that I&#039;m not.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: here&#039;s a summary that looks accurate to me:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/317698#Is-distilled-water-safe-to-drink" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/317698#Is-distilled-water-safe-to-drink" rel="nofollow">https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/317698#Is-distilled-water-safe-to-drink</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The bottom line is that if you&#039;re <i>fasting</i>, and drinking <i>only</i> distilled water, you can run into electrolyte problems more quickly than you would with mineral-bearing water. For people who eat, though, drinking distilled or otherwise super-purified water shouldn&#039;t make a significant difference. Saying it&#039;s &quot;unfit for human consumption&quot; is grossly misleading.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit again: I see your SciAm reference. <a href="https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/the-purest-of-them-all/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/the-purest-of-them-all/" rel="nofollow">It&#039;s a &quot;guest blog&quot;</a>. Beware: SciAm clearly doesn&#039;t vet these with the same rigor they use for articles.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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