I don’t know if it’s like it could hurt you from drinking it at all or if you just can’t drink it for sustained periods of time
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You are completely right. The myth that you can not drink pure water is very misunderstood. The human body does need minerals and our drinking water is a common source for many of these minerals. And pure water does not have these minerals in them. However there are plenty of other sources of the same minerals, and you do not need these minerals in every sip of water.
In some condition when you are sweating a lot and need to drink a lot of water to stay hydrated between meals you do have to pay attention to the amount of minerals you get and also the balance of the minerals. So you should not buy gallons of distilled water to head into the desert, you should instead get mineral water. You might end up running out of minerals after a day which could be fatal. However there is no harm in drinking a bottle of pure water, or even drinking only pure water assuming you live in a temperate climate and eat regular meals.
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