Purified water ? Missing minerals ?

[janvog]

Here in Florida, the local water for "drinking" and cooking which is available in supermarkets tastes awful. Water from other states and other countries is expensive for day-to-day use, and tapwater in Florida has third-world issues. I want to buy "purified" water and wonder wether I would be missing any minerals, essential minerals, one usually get from regular water ? I have a very balanced diet and I only drink water . Should I consider mineral supplements if I just use "purified water" ?

[Tommays56]

Hi Janvog

What specifically our you wanting to avoid in the water as Pharmaceutical DI water free of everything tastes horrible from the compleat lack of minerals and would actually leach good things out of your body and will also attack metal

It’s also not necessarily free of forever chemicals as it’s only tested for Organic Carbon ,Conductivity and various pathogens

At the store they generally had distilled water which I don’t like

For home there lots of Water pitcher filters as various costs that should make it as good as possible and absorb any harmful know chemicals

youtu.be/ja0ioX6GSz0(Not working as expected?)

Out of Spec Pharmaceutical DI Wayer

[janvog in reply to Tommays56]

Thank you! Please note my reply to AussieNeil below >

[AussieNeil Administrator]

There are some concerns with drinking water which lacks minerals. See:

medicalnewstoday.com/articl...

When desalinated water is produced (typically by reverse osmosis) for reticulation, it's usual to add in minerals to improve the taste.

Neil

[janvog in reply to AussieNeil]

Very useful: Exactly what I wanted to know. I'll stick to "Spring Water". By the way, the ground water in this region of Florida is sulphurous. It is used to water lawns during the night by automatic spinklers: If the water gets on you as you pass by, you will smell accordingly suspiscious.... Yet at the beginnign of the previous century, wealthy tourists from northern states came to this area to drink the sulphurous water...

[Bluemerlegirl in reply to janvog]

Your reply here brought me back to my childhood! I was born and raised on the east coast (not Florida though), and we had well water. Our water had that “bubbling egg pool” smell as I always called it. I was told it was due to the depth of the well, but I don’t know if that’s true. Maybe. I was also always told “pinch your nose when you drink it, then you won’t taste it.” Either that was definitely a lie, or I didn’t pinch my nose correctly, because I definitely tasted it! Bottled water in the store wasn’t really a thing back then, so I didn’t really have a choice…other than garden hose water which at least always smelled like rubber instead of eggs 😳! I shake my head when I think about some of the things we did as kids that we would never do today as adults! 😬. Back then, water was water- at least as far as I knew.

[janvog]

Very interesting! Thank you. Today bottled water that has been sanitized is a necessity of daily life. For example in Latin America and increasingly in the USA. Water is the only liquid I drink since many years and predominantly during all my life. It may have contributed to get me to 88.

[Palmetto]

Sorry I need Fiji water

[janvog in reply to Palmetto]

Yes, this is very good !

[LeoPa]

Great question and a tough problem to be solved. Do you have access to reasonable quality mineral water (sparkling or still)? I read somewhere that drinking large quantities of distilled water can throw the osmotic balance of the body off to such an extent that we can die of it. I use a Brita water filter in order to treat the water that we use in the electric kettle. No more deposit problems. It's completely clean after years of use. This goes to show that the filter really removes all minerals from the water. But for cooking we use the high quality groundwater which is available where I live and for drinking we use high quality mineral water sold in the supermarket. Local brand. Fortunately we have lots of high quality springs in the area.

[janvog in reply to LeoPa]

Thanks you! I now will use the "Spring Water" sold by the supermarket.

[Lavinia-Blue]

"If your water smells like rotten eggs, that likely indicates the presence of hydrogen sulfide gas. This could be due to a problem with your water heater or naturally occurring sulfur bacteria, especially in well water. These issues can produce hydrogen sulfide, which leaves an unpleasant scent wherever it goes" culligan.com/blog/sulfur-sm...

[janvog in reply to Lavinia-Blue]

The tap water in my county in Florida is not good for drinking although it comes from outside the area . The ground water in the area is sulphorous and only used for watering lawns.

[Astro617]

I have smelled Florida water. I don't blame you. We have a reverse osmosis system installed in our home because we have well water that is likely contaminated with lead and nitrates due to all the chemical use of our neighbors. Reverse Osmosis water is like distilled water and has no minerals. I take a multiple vitamin with minerals. We have been drinking this water for 35 years and so far no signs of any mineral deficiencies. The water is delicious. We eat a diet high in fruits, vegetables, nuts and legumes.

[janvog in reply to Astro617]

I now use the "spring water" of the supermarket chain which has a spring in a rural Florida area.