[aruanan]

water intoxication? never in my life have i heard of that

Yep. You drink too much you can screw up your electrolyte balance and die. The same thing can happen by drinking water that is too pure. This is why it's dangerous to drink distilled water and why, in research institutions, there are "not safe for human consumption" on milli-Q water dispensers.

Water intoxication (also known as hyperhydration or water poisoning) is a potentially fatal disturbance in brain function that results when the normal balance of electrolytes in the body is pushed outside of safe limits by a very rapid intake of water.
--Wikipedia

[RouxStir]

"The same thing can happen by drinking water that is too pure. This is why it's dangerous to drink distilled water"



Same thing goes for air that is too pure. Don't breathe air when you are outside of the city...it'll kill you, it will.

[SALChamps03]

The same thing can happen by drinking water that is too pure. This is why it's dangerous to drink distilled water and why, in research institutions, there are "not safe for human consumption" on milli-Q water dispensers.

I find it difficult to believe that drinking water that is "too pure" is in any way dangerous. I understand that one can drink a toxic amount, of water, but the level of purity can't hurt you.

[metmom]

Yep. You drink too much you can screw up your electrolyte balance and die. The same thing can happen by drinking water that is too pure. This is why it's dangerous to drink distilled water and why, in research institutions, there are "not safe for human consumption" on milli-Q water dispensers.

That's one area that the natural health people really fall short. There are some diets that advocate drinking distilled water, the Hallelujah Diet is one. I had some friends that were on that diet and they drank distilled water. Something about God making it that way, but that's not true. Distilled water just doesn't show up in nature. When water condenses it has to condense on SOMETHING, and usually it's dust or ash particles.