The science of saline – why can we drink pure water, but when we put water into our bodies in other ways, like an IV, must we add minerals to it?

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The science of saline – why can we drink pure water, but when we put water into our bodies in other ways, like an IV, must we add minerals to it?

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can we start by addressing that while you can drink pure water you shouldn’t. pure water will strip the body of minerals. drink enough and you will die and not from hydrotoxicity.