Why cant you drink the water that comes out the DI side
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braydonosu
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The DI filter takes all of the vitamins and minerals out of the water. City water has some additives that are actually good for people, not so good in a closed reef system. There may be some other reasons, but that's what I understand to be the biggest reason.
jpa0741
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I truly believe this is more of myth then anything else. Yes if you drank a ton of it it would strip the body of certin minerals. My wife will only drink ro/di since setting it up .There is alot of debate on this subject. IMO I wouldn't work about it. Also alot of people have a valve they that they can get there drinknig water from after the RO and before the DI.
bmkj02
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Originally Posted by jpa0741
http:///forum/post/2968960
I truly believe this is more of myth then anything else. Yes if you drank a ton of it it would strip the body of certin minerals. My wife will only drink ro/di since setting it up .There is alot of debate on this subject. IMO I wouldn't work about it. Also alot of people have a valve they that they can get there drinknig water from after the RO and before the DI.
Yeah mine came with that valve before and after the DI so thats why I was wondering. Maybe its that way so the DI filter last longer
http:///forum/post/2968960
I truly believe this is more of myth then anything else. Yes if you drank a ton of it it would strip the body of certin minerals. My wife will only drink ro/di since setting it up .There is alot of debate on this subject. IMO I wouldn't work about it. Also alot of people have a valve they that they can get there drinknig water from after the RO and before the DI.
Yeah mine came with that valve before and after the DI so thats why I was wondering. Maybe its that way so the DI filter last longer
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allenk
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My understanding is that it has to do with the "chemistry" of DI water. Apparently, water is a pretty aggressive solvent. Many minerals dissolve upon contact with water. These are the minerals that you find in tap water and that you are trying to take out in the RO/DI process. The tap water you drink already has a large amount of minerals and such dissolved into it and thus isn't as "hungry" to dissolve more; it doesn't have the potential capacity to continue dissolving more. What is left after the process of RO/DI is an unusually pure form of water. When this water enters your body, the fear is that the water will attempt to dissolve minerals, etc. from the only place it can: your body. In essence, it may act the opposite way of taking vitamins. Instead of providing vitamins and minerals for your body to absorb, it "sucks" these vitamins and minerals from your organs.
Many people argue that they have been drinking such water for years without consequence. But of course, one would think that the slow depletion of vitamins from your body would not necessarily have immediate affects, especially if they were being replenished as quickly as they were being taken out by the water.
Another problem cited is that the DI resins are a good breeding ground for bacteria. I don't know about you but my RO/DI has been set up for years and I only change the filters when the readings start showing dissolved solids. That is months.
Finally, from a practical standpoint, it is the minerals in water that gives it its taste. From what i'm told, the tastiest water is the water coming out of the waste water tube, not the purified water.
For me, I just don't see any reason to use myself as a human guinea pig to determine the long term affects of drinking DI. What is there to prove? It doesn't have any taste, it may be harmful. In this age of thinking that everything has to be "green" and pure, it may seem logical to assume that the cleaner the water, the better it must be for you. However, our bodies weren't designed to live in a laboratory. They are designed to live in nature where water has minerals, etc.
FWIW
Many people argue that they have been drinking such water for years without consequence. But of course, one would think that the slow depletion of vitamins from your body would not necessarily have immediate affects, especially if they were being replenished as quickly as they were being taken out by the water.
Another problem cited is that the DI resins are a good breeding ground for bacteria. I don't know about you but my RO/DI has been set up for years and I only change the filters when the readings start showing dissolved solids. That is months.
Finally, from a practical standpoint, it is the minerals in water that gives it its taste. From what i'm told, the tastiest water is the water coming out of the waste water tube, not the purified water.
For me, I just don't see any reason to use myself as a human guinea pig to determine the long term affects of drinking DI. What is there to prove? It doesn't have any taste, it may be harmful. In this age of thinking that everything has to be "green" and pure, it may seem logical to assume that the cleaner the water, the better it must be for you. However, our bodies weren't designed to live in a laboratory. They are designed to live in nature where water has minerals, etc.
FWIW
naclfish
Member
dasni water and a bunch of bottle water is di. a di product thats clean will not effect you at all you would never drink enough to damage your kidneys the salts and minerals removed from di are in your big mac at lunch its 100% myth. but a dirty di could be bad they act as a sink once the resin is full and dump it all back. i work in the renal field trust me.
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allenk
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I looked up Dasani water. It is a product made by Coca-Cola. At their website, they give a description of how the water is purified. It makes no mention of dionization. It does discuss carbon, RO, and UV treatments. Perhaps they use DI but don't mention is on the site.
More importantly though, citation to drinking Dasani is not particularly relevant to this discussion because in the end, the product is not like RO/DI water from your filter. That is because after the water goes through the processes to "clean" the water, the company adds minerals including magnesium sulfate, potassium chloride, and salt (presumably sodium chloride). These are added for taste according to the site. Therefore, the water isn't at the purity level you are dealing with straight out of the filter.
Since the concern regarding drinking pure DI has to do with the water's "hunger" for dissolving minerals, but Dasani already has more minerals added to it after the purification process, it would be less prone to dissolving more minerals from the body.
In short, I don't know whether DI is a real concern or a myth, but the comparison to Dasani is not relevant to the inquiry.
I don't know if I can put the link, so just google Dasani to see the same information.
More importantly though, citation to drinking Dasani is not particularly relevant to this discussion because in the end, the product is not like RO/DI water from your filter. That is because after the water goes through the processes to "clean" the water, the company adds minerals including magnesium sulfate, potassium chloride, and salt (presumably sodium chloride). These are added for taste according to the site. Therefore, the water isn't at the purity level you are dealing with straight out of the filter.
Since the concern regarding drinking pure DI has to do with the water's "hunger" for dissolving minerals, but Dasani already has more minerals added to it after the purification process, it would be less prone to dissolving more minerals from the body.
In short, I don't know whether DI is a real concern or a myth, but the comparison to Dasani is not relevant to the inquiry.
I don't know if I can put the link, so just google Dasani to see the same information.
t316
Active Member
Originally Posted by naclfish
http:///forum/post/2970312
dasni water and a bunch of bottle water is di. a di product thats clean will not effect you at all you would never drink enough to damage your kidneys the salts and minerals removed from di are in your big mac at lunch its 100% myth. but a dirty di could be bad they act as a sink once the resin is full and dump it all back. i work in the renal field trust me.
I don't work in this field, but I assure you that the end product in a bottle of drinking water sold on the shelf for consumers, is definately not straight DI water as we know it coming straight from our DI units and into our tanks...
http:///forum/post/2970312
dasni water and a bunch of bottle water is di. a di product thats clean will not effect you at all you would never drink enough to damage your kidneys the salts and minerals removed from di are in your big mac at lunch its 100% myth. but a dirty di could be bad they act as a sink once the resin is full and dump it all back. i work in the renal field trust me.
I don't work in this field, but I assure you that the end product in a bottle of drinking water sold on the shelf for consumers, is definately not straight DI water as we know it coming straight from our DI units and into our tanks...
dragonboy
Active Member
DI water flush out the vitamins in your body and electrolytes which your body needs. It won't harm you right away but over time it can do some damage. Bottle water is not even filter as much as you think all they do is run carbon and floss through it and UV thats it. They don't treat the water as well as the water that comes through your pipe.