RO/DI Water Safe To Use

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Originally Posted by reefermadness

My baby loves RO/DI.....

Her formula was made with RO/DI and no issues at all....she's fine. Yes it's very pure water....but than you mix it with a whole lot of stuff....its not gonna harm anyone and I feel safer with that than tap water.

I personally drink plain RO/DI and don't think anything of it. I think the old wives tale that it's too pure and is bad for you is false. Think about desani......it's 8ppm. That is not a lot....if I take a drink of water that is very pure and 0ppm....well by the time it hits my stomach its going to mix with god knows what and it will be more than 8ppm. Infact if I was worried I would just add the smallest pinch of salt to my glass of RO/DI water....and then I would have desani.

If someone can show me one reliable scientific article telling me otherwise I will surely change my habit.

How about a leading manufacturer of the ro/di systems, Spectapure telling you not to do it and why!


""""""IS DRINKING DI WATER OK?

When it comes to drinking DI water, there are many different thoughts on it. First thing you should understand is that DI water has all minerals removed. If ALL you were drinking was DI water and you did not eat anything, it would be harmful. Cells in the body need electrolytes (salts) to stay active and produce more cells. So, if you are not replenishing the electrolytes, the cells could not survive. To better illustrate this: Imagine that you have two batteries. One batter is connected to a glass container filled with tap water, the other is filled with DI water. Tap water is able to conduct the electricity through it because of the minerals. DI water cannot because the lack of minerals. It is only when you add salt to the DI water, that you would be able to conduct electricity.

DI water does not necessarily harm your health unless it is the only thing that you are putting into your body. We would not recommend drinking it because of its flat taste and because DI resins are not made of food grade approved material.