| Does distiller water leach minerals from the body? |
| No, distiller water does not leach minerals from the body. What the proponents of this myth want you to believe is that because distilled water is so pure, drinking it will leach minerals from your body, thereby robbing you of the health and nutrition benefits the minerals bring. There is no basis of fact or documented evidence to prove this claim true. In fact, the beneficial minerals needed to ensure sound health and nutrition are not found in water. They are found in food products. The national best-selling health and diet book, "Fit for Life II: Living Health," by Harvey & Marilyn Diamond, answers this question in the following excerpt: "Distilled water has an inherent quality. Acting almost like a magnet, it picks up rejected, discarded, and unusable minerals and, assisted by the blood and the lymph, carries them to the lungs and kidneys for elimination from the body. The statement that distilled water leaches minerals from the body has no basis in fact. It doesn't leach out minerals that have become part of the cell structure. It can't and won't. It collects only minerals that have already been rejected or excreted by the cells...To suggest that distilled water takes up minerals from foods so that the body derives no benefit from them is absurd." Home Page | FAQs | Glossary | Contact Us |