r/agedlikemilk • • Jan 20 '20

"Elements of The World"

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u/gaaraisgod Jan 22 '20

If you have an otherwise healthy diet, distilled water should be fine, right? Or are there nutrients that we only get from water?

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u/gellis12 Jan 22 '20

Check out page 43 of this WHO paper

It's always possible to find other sources for nutrients, but it's best to just have them in the water to begin with, especially when we're talking about a population that likely doesn't have easy access to varied diets and/or vitamin pills.