>By the way, water this pure is considered by us to be a toxin. If drunk in
>sufficient quantities it leaches all the salts out of your system and makes
>you very ill (dead eventually) indead. Even handling it is a problem,
>because it washes all the oils from your hands and makes the skin very dry.
>
>Cheers...Mike.
>
>-- 

This is a fallacy as far as i know.

The principle of osmosis says that a solution will move from a low
concentration to a high one. In other words, split a tank with a
semi-permeable membrane. Salt water one side pure water the other. The pure
water will move towards the salt water, diluting it.

So the same happens if you drink pure water, it simply gets absorbed into
your system. I can't see any harm in that. Good stuff;)

The priciple of osmosis is best considered in the extraction of fresh water
from salt water. Reverse osmosis is required because of the natural gradient.

Also, the body has to go to great lengths to extract and isolate pee, a
higher salt salt solution, for disposal because of this gradient.

Regards
Roland Jollivet

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