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The relationship between drinking distilled water and the risk of hyponatraemia, including the effects of large volumes of low-solute fluid on blood sodium levels and kidney function.
is not poisonous in itself: it is simply water that’s been boiled into steam and re-condensed, removing virtually all dissolved minerals and many contaminants . For most people drinking distilled wate...
during an illness does not by itself strip electrolytes from the body, but because distilled water contains essentially no dissolved salts it can dilute blood sodium or other electrolytes if consumed ...
Yes — drinking an extreme, rapid excess of water can be poisonous because it causes dilutional (), which can lead to brain swelling, seizures, coma and death, though such severe outcomes are rare and ...
Drinking only distilled (demineralized) water does not automatically cause hyponatraemia, but consuming large volumes of any very low‑solute fluid can dilute blood sodium and produce life‑threatening ...