reverse osmosis

[Synovia]

And like conpewter stated, you shouldn't stick to drinking this stuff all the time. All things want to be at an equilibrium, especially water. If you only drink RO water, your body will start to give up its nutrients to equal out the difference. Read up on osmosis.

Drinking RO all the time won't do anything. Its not pure enough, and by the time it gets out of the glass, through your mouth, etc, its not anywhere near being a problem.

 

[rico567]

Drinking RO all the time won't do anything. Its not pure enough, and by the time it gets out of the glass, through your mouth, etc, its not anywhere near being a problem.

+1 - The idea that RO water will somehow suck nutrients out of the cells is nonsense. Our well water has LOTS of calcium and iron in it, we've used nothing but RO for drinking and cooking for over 10 years, and we drink a lot of water. I also use RO as my standard water for brewing (amending as necessary with Burton salts, etc.). Great beer and no ill effects to report here, we're almost embarrassingly healthy.

 

[Bobby_M]

Since I already run a whole house sediment and carbon filter I was thinking about just installing the RO housing, membrane, check valve and backpressure unit in my garage. You really do want the tank though. Figure it this way, it will always have 4 gallons waiting for you. For me, I'd never need more than 4 gallons because I'm only plan on doing 25% dilutions or so. If I wanted more, I'd empty that tank into my HLT, then wait until the next day to grab the next 4 gallons. You can also set up a 10 gallon tank somewhere out of the way and install a float valve.

 

[conpewter]

Lots of articles out there about RO water. As I said, can be great for building your water to make beer.

Reverse Osmosis - Pros and Cons

A lot of the sites I see that say drinking RO water is great.... are selling RO systems.

 

[jonbro6956]

Drinking RO all the time won't do anything. Its not pure enough, and by the time it gets out of the glass, through your mouth, etc, its not anywhere near being a problem.

If you only drink RO water and you don't get your water from any other source or in any other form, it can hurt you. The reason is due to osmosis and this is how any living cell gets it's water and nutrients. I didn't mean to start anything or scare anyone, but that is how cells work. I should have stated this before instead of saying to not drink it all the time.

I drink RO/DI water and have been for sometime now, but I also get my water from beer, rum, vegetables, fruits, soda, milk, juices, and anything that I cook using water from my faucet and I am sure that you too get water from other sources as well.

I agree that RO water is not pure, but it is 99.75% pure. This is still a difference between the water in your cells and the RO water so there is a negative difference in osmotic pressure and the cells will give up its water and nutrients to balance it out the pressure.

Again, this is only if the absolutely only source of water that you get is RO water which I would think would not be true for everyone on this forum nor 99.9% of the world.

 

[Synovia]

If you only drink RO water and you don't get your water from any other source or in any other form, it can hurt you. The reason is due to osmosis and this is how any living cell gets it's water and nutrients. I didn't mean to start anything or scare anyone, but that is how cells work. I should have stated this before instead of saying to not drink it all the time.

Its physically impossible to only get water from RO. You'd have to never eat anything that is moist.


This whole "drinking RO will hurt you" is a myth. Plain and simple. The only way it would hurt you is if you binged, and drank like 25 gallons of RO in a day. And that would kill you for other reasons.


RO is not 99.75% pure anywhere but on the backside of the housing. As soon as it goes into your tank, through your faucets, into glasses, and into your mouth, you're lucky if its 80% pure. Its going to pull things out of everything it touches. It is not a health worry, in any sort of way.

 

[conpewter]

Its going to pull things out of everything it touches. It is not a health worry, in any sort of way.

That itself doesn't sound too healthy to me.

 

[sharpstick]

I agree that RO water is not pure, but it is 99.75% pure. This is still a difference between the water in your cells and the RO water so there is a negative difference in osmotic pressure and the cells will give up its water and nutrients to balance it out the pressure.

this is all news to me, but i have it from a reliable source that if you wear a beanie made of aluminum foil, it will neutralize all harmful effects.

 

[jonbro6956]

Its physically impossible to only get water from RO. You'd have to never eat anything that is moist.

This whole "drinking RO will hurt you" is a myth. Plain and simple. The only way it would hurt you is if you binged, and drank like 25 gallons of RO in a day. And that would kill you for other reasons.

RO is not 99.75% pure anywhere but on the backside of the housing. As soon as it goes into your tank, through your faucets, into glasses, and into your mouth, you're lucky if its 80% pure. Its going to pull things out of everything it touches. It is not a health worry, in any sort of way.

I agree that if the only water you consumed was RO water that it would hurt you. I said that in my last post. I also do agree, there are no health worries since we all get water from other sources. That is what I already said and I even apologized for not stating it earlier.

So according to your logic, I start with 1 gallon of 1ppm water, which is 99.9999% pure. Because of my storage tank, pipes, hoses, glass and mouth, I picked up 20% of that volume worth of extra stuff. So now I have a 200,000ppm concentration of something and water? Anything above 500ppm (which is 99.95% pure) is not consumable.