I’m confused if it is a marketing term or if it’s a real way to make safe drinking water? If you distill water you are physically removing contaminants, which makes sense that it is safe to drink. De-ionizing is like removing ions, but what does that mean, is the water now cleaner?
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I’m not sure why anyone would buy DI water. It’s water with no ions, no electrolytes, no minerals. Ideally DI water is purely H2O. You can test it with equipment that will measure the resistivity. It’s a science thing, not for consumption. Use distilled water, it’s barely got any ions and will work for consumer purposes. Probably not the healthiest to drink because you’re losing the natural minerals/electrolytes normally found in water
Do not drink either distilled or deionized water in any great quantity. As water is stripped of more and more dissolved solids, it becomes more and more corrosive to unprotected metals and becomes a more powerful magnet to pull ions out of your body, potentially throwing off the delicate balance of things like sodium and potassium. …Things your body needs to keep your heart beating and keep you thinking straight.
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