Does 100% Pure Water Have a Taste? Drinking Type II Deionized Water Experiment

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  • čas přidán 29. 07. 2024
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    In this video I drink Type II deionized water to see how dangerous it actually is and also explore the question if water has a taste or not. Learn about the awesome science behind why water has a taste at all, and learn what pure water can do to your cells and tongue!
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  • @hunni3243
    @hunni3243 Před 4 lety +9301

    Bruh my man *LITERALLY* drank water, what an absolute madlad

    • @sanukatharul1497
      @sanukatharul1497 Před 3 lety +306

      IKR, *WATER* , NOT HYDROGEN OXIDE WITH SALTS!!!! OH MY GODDDD

    • @Sid_R
      @Sid_R Před 3 lety +77

      @@sanukatharul1497 hydrogen hydroxide noob.
      H20 -> [H+] + [OH-]

    • @sanukatharul1497
      @sanukatharul1497 Před 3 lety +171

      @@Sid_R Just because it's made by those, doesn't mean that hydrogen oxide is incorrect. Go to school.

    • @Hecandlee
      @Hecandlee Před 3 lety +104

      This was good till the fight

    • @sanukatharul1497
      @sanukatharul1497 Před 3 lety +71

      @@Hecandlee Yeah. Some dweeb came and just *had* to ruin it.

  • @T80990
    @T80990 Před 5 lety +2848

    Him at 3:03: “I’d say water tastes like water.”
    True.

  • @RobertMorgan
    @RobertMorgan Před 2 lety +2078

    Here's a fun water fact from a water plant operator:
    In the US, tap water is tested for turbidity, the amount of sediment present. It is measured in units labeled 'NTUs'. For water to be legal under EPA regulations in the US, that number AT MOST has to be 0.3 NTU or lower. The human eye cannot discern turbidity under 4.0 NTU, so water that looks absolutely clear and prefect to your eye could be 13 TIMES dirtier than a 'safe' level.
    Now here's the really messed up thing: BOTTLED water is regulated by the FDA, as a FOOD, not water. For bottled water, it's upper NTU limit is 5. FIVE.
    Bottled water can be almost 17 TIMES DIRTIER than the worst tap water allowed by law, and still pass as acceptable. Bottled water is covered under the same regulations as hotdogs, lol.

    • @RobertMorgan
      @RobertMorgan Před 2 lety +131

      @LTNetjak municipal source bottled water is a minority. That's an easy answer because the largest brands do their own on site proprietary treatment and often cut local municipal supplies short.
      Biggest examples being Nestle, Desani, and Aquafia. Those are all factory treated and bottled just like a soda.

    • @haves_
      @haves_ Před 2 lety +29

      so, have you measured the "water turbidity" of every bottled water trademark? what are the results?

    • @leojensen9270
      @leojensen9270 Před 2 lety +55

      Shh dont tell this to flint michigan

    • @bromosome8049
      @bromosome8049 Před 2 lety +44

      And people used to tell me tap water was the dirty stuff

    • @dgurevich1
      @dgurevich1 Před 2 lety +64

      In Israel, in some areas tap water is actually desalinated sea water.
      The problem with it is not what it has, but what it doesn't have.
      Lots of health issues due to this.

  • @puzzLEGO
    @puzzLEGO Před 2 lety +705

    I never thought water could get ‘too clean’

  • @dylankurtz2650
    @dylankurtz2650 Před 4 lety +2184

    "Taste" was said 46 times in case anyone was wondering

  • @spid3rcat314
    @spid3rcat314 Před 5 lety +4690

    I gained 6 brain cells after watching this video.

    • @akaruiplayz6090
      @akaruiplayz6090 Před 5 lety +149

      i gained 7.
      beat it

    • @jorgevaro7522
      @jorgevaro7522 Před 5 lety +88

      I stimulated 15 nerve cells...

    • @jorgevaro7522
      @jorgevaro7522 Před 5 lety +82

      @ALEXANDER GREGORY Mistake, "neurons" cannot regenerate.

    • @mistarnoob1495
      @mistarnoob1495 Před 5 lety +25

      You probably lost 100, cause you always lose EM not gain em

    • @meganmjr
      @meganmjr Před 5 lety +23

      Nicholai looked it up,
      “While the brain has a limited capacity for regeneration, endogenous neural stem cells, as well as numerous pro-regenerative molecules, can participate in replacing and repairing damaged or diseased neurons and glial cells.”

  • @gonk_ch
    @gonk_ch Před 2 lety +1616

    i drank a whole bottle of deionised water once and my whole tongue became inflamed and i couldn’t taste anything for about a day and a half. mad respect to The Action Lab for sacrificing his tongue for our curiosity!

    • @JustAWanderer17
      @JustAWanderer17 Před 2 lety +40

      It was by mistake or on purpose?

    • @gonk_ch
      @gonk_ch Před 2 lety +183

      @@JustAWanderer17 it was more of curiosity 😅

    • @prasanna3378
      @prasanna3378 Před 2 lety +31

      @@gonk_ch Wo Man, How did this happen ? And were you used to work in a science lab or something ? And what about your stomach ?

    • @gonk_ch
      @gonk_ch Před 2 lety +118

      @@prasanna3378 this was back in high school? when i was young and immature, where my mates spray deionised water at each other. i was curious about the effects of deionised water on my body, so i drank the whole bottle. thank god i’m not like that now 😅

    • @kinesisanimation2480
      @kinesisanimation2480 Před 2 lety +33

      @@gonk_ch yikes
      never drink deionised water again even tho it sounds like its good for you

  • @stephenjarzombek2903
    @stephenjarzombek2903 Před 2 lety +459

    I'm a retired chemical engineer. In one of the food plants in which I worked, we always used distilled or DI water out of the lab to make coffee, and everyone agreed it tasted far better than coffee made from the municipal water that we all drank and used at home. It's far more efficient at extracting the desirable flavonoids so the coffee was stronger but also less bitter.

    • @meditative-keys
      @meditative-keys Před 2 lety +18

      Good idea , will try for my coffee next time

    • @sweepingtime
      @sweepingtime Před 2 lety +27

      Also sounds like the DI water leeching out all the coffee substances makes it safer to drink.

    • @snorky2k521
      @snorky2k521 Před 2 lety +10

      I have a copper free line to my stainless steel water dispenser and made sure to get a stainless steel shut off valve. I put a reverse osmosis system in that is not as pure as the DI water plants that I made. Getting all copper and brass out of a system is the toughest part of installing a high purity system. But, I use only RO for drinking, making ice, cooking, and mixing drinks. My dispenser has one hot spigot and one cold spigot that are open to air. If I had used DI, it would have drawn CO2 from air and reduced its purity. So, I find RO is good enough. It is enough of a difference that I use no tap water.

    • @snorky2k521
      @snorky2k521 Před 2 lety +2

      @@meditative-keys works for tea and "Squinch" too. (Squinch is low cost Gatorade substitute that many large factories buy in bulk for serving on hot days). As soon as you add Squinch, even if it was 18.3 DI, it would be safe to drink because the squinch will definitely take it below 10k at instructed ratio on packet.

    • @kevinpatzer4678
      @kevinpatzer4678 Před 2 lety +2

      a bit jealous of that. lol sounds really tasty. I have a question for you Stephen. I tried this experiment myself with heavily distilled water before I saw this video and I sensed that the plastic leeched into the water. Can you allude to some classification of plastics that would point to a scale of would/wouldn't leech?

  • @sohee7597
    @sohee7597 Před 3 lety +3333

    He has a constant expression on his face similar to "hide the pain harold" meme

  • @TheCls63
    @TheCls63 Před 4 lety +4673

    The action lab: ''Water has a specific taste... Id say it taste like water''
    Me:''mmhhmm... very science''

  • @TheMan8719ttv
    @TheMan8719ttv Před 2 lety +85

    "makes my mouth feel a little dry " drinking THIS water seems like a curse LOL

  • @richmiller9844
    @richmiller9844 Před 2 lety +54

    I used to drink DI water daily at work. To me it was sweet.
    Never once did it hurt my tounge or anything.
    It was great for making instant iced tea.
    Mixed almost instantly.

    • @humayunali
      @humayunali Před 2 lety +3

      Not sure if this will make it more than just for you brother but you can come back with the best way to make your life better

    • @TheMrMused
      @TheMrMused Před 2 lety +16

      Literally straight, untampered RO/DI water? Maybe just RO?
      If you mix it with something like instant iced tea, you're reionizing/remineralizing it and it's no longer DI water. Water's a heck of a solvent, so RO/DI water, lacking any ions, would dissolve high surface area things like powders very, very quickly.

    • @Zeeboklown
      @Zeeboklown Před 11 měsíci +1

      If it was sweet, it might of been heavy water, or d20

  • @enoix3683
    @enoix3683 Před 3 lety +2900

    He is blinking so much, it almost seems like he uses Morse code to tell us that he is being held hostage.

    • @isaiahwilliams2978
      @isaiahwilliams2978 Před 3 lety +113

      Ayo😂😂😂this comment needs more recognition

    • @sealteamsilent8564
      @sealteamsilent8564 Před 3 lety +72

      Or he is just high

    • @elithewholeshebang
      @elithewholeshebang Před 3 lety +94

      I do that sometimes when I record my self and I'm a bit nervous, I have to consciously remind myself not to.

    • @keldaking5001
      @keldaking5001 Před 3 lety +16

      Or he could be blinking because he had the fumes in his eye 😵

    • @DaltonLayne
      @DaltonLayne Před 3 lety +113

      He's actually translating everything he is saying into Morse code in real time

  • @tritran7565
    @tritran7565 Před 3 lety +965

    well who would have guess that pure water taste “dry”

    • @sarahvanrooyen7280
      @sarahvanrooyen7280 Před 3 lety +19

      I woudent, i thought it would taste like nothing

    • @ItsZim0
      @ItsZim0 Před 3 lety +44

      @@sarahvanrooyen7280 I tried distilled water from my school lab, it's bitter as hell

    • @sarahvanrooyen7280
      @sarahvanrooyen7280 Před 3 lety +4

      @@ItsZim0 huh, i wonder why

    • @anonunk4658
      @anonunk4658 Před 3 lety +5

      @x no, you bring shame to your family

    • @zkeepah
      @zkeepah Před 2 lety +11

      It makes sense because the concentration inside your cells of different chemicals is lower than the water so it might leech those chemicals instead of providing them like normal water does

  • @zaugitude
    @zaugitude Před 2 lety +15

    Wow! I had heard of the concept of “hungry” water possibly causing corrosion in engine cooling systems but not what it would do to a living organism. The water driving into the cell bit is truly mind blowing.

  • @eclecticgamer5144
    @eclecticgamer5144 Před 2 lety +7

    That tiny popping sound when the cell bursts... The empathy pains for that tiny cell are strong.

  • @triandot
    @triandot Před 4 lety +2394

    deionized water: -is dangerous to consume-
    TAL: d r i m k

  • @burdenmat
    @burdenmat Před 3 lety +2624

    ‘I’d say water tastes like water’
    *every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes*

    • @starlegends3092
      @starlegends3092 Před 3 lety +79

      Ladys and gentelmen, together, we can stop this!

    • @hayleyscomet3447
      @hayleyscomet3447 Před 3 lety +31

      This made me laugh harder than i would like to admit.

    • @skeetermcswagger0U812
      @skeetermcswagger0U812 Před 3 lety +28

      Funny thing is that well before I realized that water taste like water, I made it my mission in life to live forever and so far I have been successful.

    • @starlegends3092
      @starlegends3092 Před 3 lety +6

      @@skeetermcswagger0U812 XD good one

    • @StormTheSquid
      @StormTheSquid Před 3 lety +13

      @@skeetermcswagger0U812 my goal in life is to never stop breathing for more than 2 minutes. I failed once when I was a couple months old, but since then I've been doing pretty good if I do say so myself.

  • @TheOneAndOnlyNeuromod
    @TheOneAndOnlyNeuromod Před 3 lety +60

    It’s actually been discovered that “starchy” is a 6th taste - in addition to the common 4 and umami

    • @jacobcohen3280
      @jacobcohen3280 Před 2 lety +3

      I've always thought that metallic would have been another one.

    • @TheOneAndOnlyNeuromod
      @TheOneAndOnlyNeuromod Před 2 lety +12

      @@jacobcohen3280 Funny thing - metallic is closer to “salty”, chemically speaking - and in terms of taste receptor binding. And what we think of as the actual taste of metal (like of coins and blood) is a completely different substance that is involved with reaction against redox with metals themselves.

    • @troll-slayer5424
      @troll-slayer5424 Před 2 lety +1

      Can second this I did a test with a ton of spuds.

    • @xanderlommen7u770
      @xanderlommen7u770 Před 2 lety +3

      @@TheOneAndOnlyNeuromod Oct-1-en-3-one?

    • @TheOneAndOnlyNeuromod
      @TheOneAndOnlyNeuromod Před 2 lety +3

      @@xanderlommen7u770 THAT’S the one! Thank you! I remember reading about it in a few publications long ago, and then NileRed did a vid on it like a year ago as well. :-)
      Yeah, it’s actually the oxidation of the greasy oils from the skin on the metal that gives it that metal smell and taste, if I recall.

  • @djsgravely
    @djsgravely Před 2 lety +4

    Wow. That was so cool. Once again, I’ve learned something interesting that I probably never would have even thought of if I hadn’t seen this. I always feel a little bit smarter after I watch one of your videos. Keep ‘em coming!

  • @chasehanson3376
    @chasehanson3376 Před 6 lety +2674

    Is it just me or does his head look photoshopped on

    • @Fillster
      @Fillster Před 6 lety +101

      Chase Hanson Hahaha yeah, I see what you mean

    • @beeboreo
      @beeboreo Před 6 lety +36

      Chase Hanson tbh it does 😂

    • @josephjoestar3627
      @josephjoestar3627 Před 6 lety +20

      Mind blown

    • @nasif8268
      @nasif8268 Před 6 lety +185

      I saw what you meant and I cant unsee it anymore

    • @lilycday6859
      @lilycday6859 Před 6 lety +9

      Chase Hanson
      Oh my gosh I didnt notice it looked like that until you said that I'm so confused 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @mincat1412
    @mincat1412 Před 4 lety +1290

    Did we just come here to see this guy drink water

  • @agoodballet
    @agoodballet Před 2 lety +13

    When you said it made your mouth dryer and made you more thirsty I felt that, every time I drink certain bottled water brands my thirst gets so much worse. No I’m not talking about water +minerals or electrolytes I’m talking about name brand bottled water.
    P.S I won’t ever touch another bottle of arrowhead (bottled city water) again. I’ve drank better water out of the deep end at the public pool.

    • @agoodballet
      @agoodballet Před 2 lety

      @@detritus3676 if you saw where it came from you would to.

  • @tobidobidu1129
    @tobidobidu1129 Před 2 lety +60

    So what I am getting here is that we should start an experiment where someone tests their saliva for it's contents and then drinks a watermixture with the exact same ratio of minerals.
    It should then truly be tasteless to the person, shouldn't it?

    • @theanarkiddie4569
      @theanarkiddie4569 Před 2 lety +5

      If you made a substance with the exact same concentration of types of atoms as your saliva…
      Wouldn’t you have just made your saliva? In a round about way you would’ve done nothing at all.

    • @tobidobidu1129
      @tobidobidu1129 Před 2 lety +4

      @@theanarkiddie4569 Yes. In theory! But if we relied on theory we wouldn't need experiments!

    • @BROSIDEGAMING
      @BROSIDEGAMING Před 2 lety

      It'd be extremely difficult to replicate saliva because it has a lot of biological components like enzymes and proteins. Not to mention saliva is a lot thicker than plain water so it'd be like drinking sludge lmao

  • @NoSlaying
    @NoSlaying Před 6 lety +505

    Nothing like watching a video at 3am in the morning about what water really tastes like

    • @ohthereyouarepeter1435
      @ohthereyouarepeter1435 Před 6 lety +1

      same, it's 6:20 am n I can't sleep but here I am.. watching a video about how water tastes lol

    • @pilotss.2823
      @pilotss.2823 Před 6 lety +2

      Q-Slayer same bud its 2:33am in Detroit almost 3

    • @mothlastname2413
      @mothlastname2413 Před 6 lety +1

      Lol I’m watching this and seeing your comment at 3:13 am

    • @Graketton
      @Graketton Před 6 lety +1

      And here I am bout a month later at 3:15 am

    • @remalemadingdong
      @remalemadingdong Před 6 lety +4

      3am in the morning..... opposed to 3am in the evening?

  • @firstnamelastname061
    @firstnamelastname061 Před 4 lety +693

    "I'd say water tastes like water"
    mmhhmm...The floor is made out of...floor

  • @cloudstrife6435
    @cloudstrife6435 Před 2 lety +11

    This man is so good, we're watching his 7:38 video on drinking water.

  • @InfinityExt
    @InfinityExt Před 2 lety +4

    "so in order to quench my curiosity" 4:41
    most of the time, the action lab makes their videos 1000% better by leaving in little jokes like that

  • @Aurelia_Reshias2810
    @Aurelia_Reshias2810 Před 3 lety +372

    People that drink water at 4 AM:
    **It have some taste. And it taste good**

  • @ProPlayer-wq3nu
    @ProPlayer-wq3nu Před 6 lety +516

    Water isn't tasteless because it tastes like water

  • @egonieser
    @egonieser Před 2 lety +11

    When I was working at construction during some hot days I ran out of water earlier than expected and nearest water dispenser was a long walk away, but there were always jugs of deionised/distilled water for the machinery.
    I drank loads of it for months almost every other day. Can't say I experienced any adverse effects at all. In fact normal water tasted weird afterwards. But I did drink it because I know you need regular water for the minerals in it.
    But props to the water, it did quench my thirst so did the job

    • @spirit469
      @spirit469 Před 2 lety +6

      Distilled is not necessarily deonized. Could be the difference

    • @egonieser
      @egonieser Před 2 lety +1

      @@spirit469 No, it was both. And in most cases they are both. Machinery doesn't like ions in the liquid.

    • @TimpBizkit
      @TimpBizkit Před 2 lety +1

      Your food should make up for the lack of minerals. It's a bit like people who drink loads of water during exercise losing too much salt. Just put some salt back.
      If you just go on a distilled deionised water fast then maybe.

  • @frmrchristian303
    @frmrchristian303 Před 3 lety +6

    I took a creative writing course elective during undergrad and to expound on our descriptive abilities and use of imagery, the first assignment was to write a one page paper on "what water taste like". It was very difficult but I think that was the point.

  • @amnotmichael
    @amnotmichael Před 3 lety +411

    Me at my science teacher: but why would i ever want to learn about that?
    Me on my bed at 3AM:

  • @motioninmind6015
    @motioninmind6015 Před 5 lety +460

    I've often wondered if it really is dangerous to drink deionized water. Thank you for putting your own tongue on the line to test it!

    • @agussururi1195
      @agussururi1195 Před 5 lety +6

      World end ....
      If all earth warer deionized by nature disaster

    • @lewisho8114
      @lewisho8114 Před 4 lety +7

      Its not dangerous

    • @noox13
      @noox13 Před 4 lety +50

      @@lewisho8114
      It may not be life threatening but it definitely isn't good. As he said, it killed some the cells on his tongue.

    • @eljaroebeukes5118
      @eljaroebeukes5118 Před 3 lety +17

      Small quantities is ok large quantities is dangerous

    • @digitalninja5941
      @digitalninja5941 Před 3 lety +58

      @@lewisho8114 pure H2O strips minerals off of anything it comes in contact with. At my old job we used Deionized water to clean computer parts since it'd that effective at striping impurities off the surface of the chips.

  • @nCedric1
    @nCedric1 Před 2 lety +3

    Been a long time lurker without subscribing till now. Glad to see you're greatly improving your charisma on camera. Hope your channel keeps growing!

  • @mathgeniuszach
    @mathgeniuszach Před 2 lety +7

    Temperature actually has an interesting effect on taste too in my experience. Cold water and hot or warm water taste different imo, and I prefer a specific temperature most of the time.

  • @daveo2992
    @daveo2992 Před 6 lety +2378

    Why do you look permanently confused?

  • @JohnCena8351
    @JohnCena8351 Před 6 lety +3856

    I need no proof.
    As a kid, i drunk about 1/4 liter of deionized water

    • @TheActionLab
      @TheActionLab  Před 6 lety +662

      How’d you feel? Really, I want to know

    • @asia4930
      @asia4930 Před 6 lety +268

      The Invisible comments on every Channel! Really!!

    • @JohnCena8351
      @JohnCena8351 Před 6 lety +823

      The Action Lab My tongue was pretty dry afterwards, haha.
      For my stomach, it wasn't really that bad at all. And thats pretty weird now that i'm older and know what pure water can do.
      I wouldn't recommend it tho, haha.

    • @Josechpruiz
      @Josechpruiz Před 6 lety +129

      And you became invisible

    • @dalirkosimov2576
      @dalirkosimov2576 Před 6 lety +132

      A fight between John Cena and Drax would consist of objects being mysteriously broken

  • @DodgeI
    @DodgeI Před 2 lety

    you so deserve more than 3.5m subscribers, your videos are pretty much the back bone to many educational videos what are getting published on youtube recently!

  • @kayyfudge8145
    @kayyfudge8145 Před 2 lety

    That burst sound was so satisfying!

  • @bowens5075
    @bowens5075 Před 6 lety +204

    "HMM. this tastes suspiciously like type 1 deionized pure water. I got cheated!"

    • @punkisdad4005
      @punkisdad4005 Před 6 lety

      HAHA

    • @alejandrogaldamez6236
      @alejandrogaldamez6236 Před 6 lety

      Lol same

    • @trippysnow3791
      @trippysnow3791 Před 6 lety +1

      This is the choice of Steins;Gate!

    • @Torvinoid
      @Torvinoid Před 6 lety +1

      SizedSnow0 Trippy Snow you're my hero

    • @Procxlite
      @Procxlite Před 6 lety +1

      SizedSnow0 Trippy Snow oh my god I hate to hijack this thread especially in a weeblike fashion BUT DID YOU SEE EPISODE 7 of SG0

  • @vipinsl
    @vipinsl Před 6 lety +714

    -Would you like to drink water?-
    *Which taste of water do you prefer?*

    • @jambott5520
      @jambott5520 Před 6 lety +9

      vipin saini upstair tap water please

    • @hikaruishida1420
      @hikaruishida1420 Před 6 lety +7

      *INTELLIGENCE 100*

    • @mysteriithecat5541
      @mysteriithecat5541 Před 5 lety +15

      *-Normal Please-*
      *Uh maybe Plastic?*
      _(Bottled water)_

    • @nyandodo
      @nyandodo Před 5 lety +2

      Water

    • @nescaubr5960
      @nescaubr5960 Před 5 lety +4

      _-Born-_
      _-Kill a ant-_
      _-Run of a croach-_
      _-poop-_
      get a girl friend
      _-Suicide after this comment-_

  • @toddmacadam3888
    @toddmacadam3888 Před 2 lety +19

    One of the really cool differences is when you drink it after it's been sitting in a warm environment. Fill a bottle of tap water and another of distilled water and leave them in your car on a warm day. The tap water will taste gross, but the distilled water will still be delicious, even at a lukewarm temperature.

    • @Darkcell459
      @Darkcell459 Před 2 lety +1

      True - not recommended to drink from sun baked plastic, but true. Tap water has bacteria that grows and generates different gasses and biproducts so it will change in taste over distilled.

    • @RobertMorgan
      @RobertMorgan Před 2 lety +2

      @@Darkcell459 BUT, putting water in clear 2 liter bottles and leaving it in the sun all day has saved millions of lives in the 3rd world. It's cheap and easy UV disinfection. The sun packs enough UV-C light punch over a day that even very questionable water is sterilized and safe to drink, no filters or electricity needed.
      ALSO, for rehydration, you want water as close to body temp as possible, you can't absorb/use water you intake until it is warmed to body temp.

    • @Darkcell459
      @Darkcell459 Před 2 lety +1

      I can appreciate this information and approach but parts of the info isn't ideal for consumption.

    • @harrywilliamson7043
      @harrywilliamson7043 Před 2 lety

      Everyone has different sense of taste, but warm distilled water is gross because it doesn't have much actual taste to it. But you can become use to and even come to enjoy anything. We like what we eat (or drink) everything is an acquired taste. Some things just take more acquiring than others.

    • @harrywilliamson7043
      @harrywilliamson7043 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Darkcell459 Tap water should still have enough Chlorine residual to deal with any bacterial growth, but water treatment is not a static process, and the chemical process don't stop, so, tap water has a shelf life so to speak. Putting it in a jug and warming it for several hours will definitely accelerate that process. So the chemical composition will be different after a time, it isn't bacteria so much.

  • @rubidot
    @rubidot Před 2 lety

    Wow! I really didn't expect the affect of such a small amount to be so pronounced! Thanks for the demonstration. Never underestimate the power of water!

  • @thothgarcia7440
    @thothgarcia7440 Před 6 lety +432

    That's how I feel drinking school water fountains. Keeps me thirsty.

    • @MM-ny7dv
      @MM-ny7dv Před 6 lety +21

      i wouldnt drink from those, i once saw some people but some shit in there

    • @dragonsmokesuper-dragons-dj2wx
      @dragonsmokesuper-dragons-dj2wx Před 6 lety +2

      M M lMFAO

    • @yeahoh2222
      @yeahoh2222 Před 6 lety +1

      lalo Conceicao ikr

    • @Olxthrosfr
      @Olxthrosfr Před 6 lety +15

      Ikr? At my open house in school i drank some water from the fountain and i was still thirsty after drinking water for 3 mins strait xD

    • @nyandodo
      @nyandodo Před 5 lety +4

      Same does my gf

  • @Gobbler.
    @Gobbler. Před 3 lety +328

    "But it's not like it's burning my mouth"
    the next day
    "But it's like it's burning my mouth"

    • @randomperson3753
      @randomperson3753 Před 2 lety +3

      hmm

    • @rudemotos137
      @rudemotos137 Před 2 lety +1

      Most likely cos he drank from a plastic bottle of deionized water that you can purchase from a petrol station lol
      I use a distiller. The water has no taste, and viscosity feels different on the tongue. Water feels thinner.
      It's lovely to drink. Tap water is disgusting in comparison.

  • @alpha.wintermute
    @alpha.wintermute Před 9 měsíci

    Thanks for trying this experiment! I was curious

  • @stormyrosebud2878
    @stormyrosebud2878 Před 2 lety

    This was really interesting, thanks! 😊

  • @Silhouettereckoning
    @Silhouettereckoning Před 5 lety +1162

    I drink vegan water
    What about you?
    (Also sometimes i drink diet water)

  • @thestickmansavioryt1941
    @thestickmansavioryt1941 Před 3 lety +1178

    I'm entertained by a man saying big words and drinking water

    • @bogeyboiplays4580
      @bogeyboiplays4580 Před 2 lety +12

      same here bro, same here

    • @grunge-616
      @grunge-616 Před 2 lety +3

      same

    • @zas_uf
      @zas_uf Před 2 lety +1

      Yes, drinking pure water which is dangerous to our health, there is a reason why mineral water is sold to the public instead of pure water.

    • @Eye5x5
      @Eye5x5 Před 2 lety +6

      Yeah, it's very supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

    • @deaganblough1961
      @deaganblough1961 Před 2 lety

      Ikr 😅

  • @shmirie666
    @shmirie666 Před 2 lety +4

    Wow. Next can you make a video explaining the difference between the purest water found in nature and bottled water. I've always wondered

  • @dawest1234
    @dawest1234 Před 2 lety

    This channel !!! fits my curiosity 100%

  • @WiloPolis03
    @WiloPolis03 Před 4 lety +479

    Whoever's off camera pointing a gun at this guy and telling him to read his lines deserves a promotion

  • @naibando
    @naibando Před 5 lety +339

    I thought the lady had a bottle of mustard in her hand💀

  • @ralph2766
    @ralph2766 Před 2 lety

    6:35 lol I appreciate that he added his own popping sound effect for the blood cell

  • @kayburcky7146
    @kayburcky7146 Před 2 lety +5

    Had a pretty similar experience, i even felt a similar sore feeling on my tongue and throat afterwards and this sensation of dryness but probably way less extreme than you're describing, when i once couldn't resist to try out how destilled water tastes like. And i gotta say i love that stuff's taste. I can't really describe it, but i think the biggest part that we (or at least I) are sensitive to are water hardness ( aka content of calciumoxide ) and sodium content, and i tend to find low hardness low sodium content (i can't reaaaally spot different salts objectively) to taste kinda "pure" and more refreshing. And with destilled water that was like the most intense version of this sensation that I ever tasted, which is kinda counter intuitive since (as you described) you can feel it "drying out your mouth" a little as you drink.
    Well.... Gotta resist this stuff now, didn't think it would be a bigger temptation after I tried it 😂

  • @scheibee641
    @scheibee641 Před 6 lety +241

    I got an ad about water in a water video.
    Damn it CZcams.

    • @silly2449
      @silly2449 Před 5 lety

      Its good

    • @sebast2002
      @sebast2002 Před 5 lety +2

      Why would that happen? I mean what does CZcams think? That you are interested in drinking water because you watch a video about it? I mean ITS WATER, EVERYONE DRINKS WATER but me, I drink oil.

    • @valery.simone1711
      @valery.simone1711 Před 5 lety

      💀❗️.

    • @plussexception2182
      @plussexception2182 Před 5 lety

      I got a Fortnite ad in a Fortnite video
      Oh yeah yeah

    • @denzel6887
      @denzel6887 Před 5 lety

      I got a Tik Tok add

  • @clutchmelon4587
    @clutchmelon4587 Před 6 lety +378

    We waited five minutes to watch a guy drink water. Hm.

  • @bencruz563
    @bencruz563 Před 2 lety

    Most interesting bit of cellular trivia I have ever heard.

  • @ChristopherWanha
    @ChristopherWanha Před 2 lety +5

    I wonder if you ate something spicy ( High capsaicin), and followed up by swishing either very salty water or the opposite (de-ionized / distilled) water how that would effect the intensity of heat one feels.
    Maybe start with deionized (water rushes into cells) then follow with saline high salt concentration to draw water back out.

  • @littlelynx243
    @littlelynx243 Před 4 lety +328

    Spit: salt
    Water: saltn’t

  • @SpudLab
    @SpudLab Před 5 lety +497

    Does 100% Pure Water Have a Taste? Well..Kinda 1,218,597 views

    • @Meow-tp2oc
      @Meow-tp2oc Před 5 lety

      Lmao

    • @soulreaper1306
      @soulreaper1306 Před 5 lety

      Nope its enough to make you Chinese if you drink half a glass .
      :|

    • @sackranon
      @sackranon Před 5 lety +1

      @@soulreaper1306 what the hell does this even mean

    • @soulreaper1306
      @soulreaper1306 Před 5 lety +1

      @@sackranon Your eyes swell , you can't eat properly ( that happened to me , I mean the side effects)

    • @NotSmokezy
      @NotSmokezy Před 5 lety

      SpudLab i think it gained a taste because of the glass and the container it has been in

  • @asoggycracker8773
    @asoggycracker8773 Před 2 lety

    Wow I just don’t know what to say, I’m just so glad I can learn such niche concepts and things like the taste of water and the factors that might change it not including altering the actual water.

  • @mattp422
    @mattp422 Před 2 lety +15

    This is so fascinating. I love your channel!
    Interesting fact: drinking a large enough volume of deionized water is lethal, or arguably, worse than lethal. The kidneys can only handle so much. Above that volume, serum sodium levels drop. Among the cells that are least tolerant of this hyponatremia/hypotonicity are brain cells, resulting in cytotoxic edema and cell death. This leads to coma and death. This process is especially severe in the brain stem (central pons). When this part of the pons dies from hyponatremic cytotoxic edema, the brain is permanently unable to communicate with the rest of the body, leading to "locked-in syndrome", which I envision as worse than death.

  • @xa-xii9338
    @xa-xii9338 Před 3 lety +310

    soooooo, what I learned from this: Drinking Water Is Dangerous...

    • @San-lh8us
      @San-lh8us Před 3 lety +81

      yes, there are scientific articles that PROVE that 100% of the people that drink water die eventually

    • @s888r
      @s888r Před 3 lety +9

      So... It's acid from now on. At least it dissociates quickly.

    • @quaianthegrimreaper7556
      @quaianthegrimreaper7556 Před 3 lety +5

      @@San-lh8us OH MAN! I DRINK WATER! UH OH

    • @GDPlainA
      @GDPlainA Před 2 lety +1

      @@quaianthegrimreaper7556 imma just drink some milk

    • @ryanf4106
      @ryanf4106 Před 2 lety +8

      This is exactly why we switched to brawndo, the thirst mutalator.

  • @C3NTesports
    @C3NTesports Před 6 lety +651

    Lol I love how 7500 people watched a 7 and a half minute video about him basically just drinking water

  • @nuckchorris1396
    @nuckchorris1396 Před 2 lety

    Literally the best channel on youtube

  • @rayoflight62
    @rayoflight62 Před 2 lety +3

    Yes, the real danger from pure water is the excessive osmotic pressure it places on the wall of the cells it touches.
    By the time the water gets in the stomach, it contains enough impurities to become innocuous. But the tongue is exposed to a continuous stream of pure water, and therefore bears most of its damaging effect on the superficial cells. Which, as he correctly reports, are analogues to the effects of hot water.
    Half to one gram per liter of salt is enough to make deionised water innocuous. Note that saliva contains nine gram per liter of salt, the same as seawater...

    • @jackclark1994
      @jackclark1994 Před 2 lety +2

      i call BS on the seawater part. if that was the case, why does seawater taste so freaking salty?

  • @sergiuberdaga4623
    @sergiuberdaga4623 Před 5 lety +131

    Me: looks at thumbnail and sees him drinking PURE water
    Me: reads the thumbnail "DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME"
    me: wtf it's just water

    • @saeedahmedmahin1593
      @saeedahmedmahin1593 Před 5 lety +10

      Actually its H2O which is pure water

    • @greenymanan
      @greenymanan Před 5 lety +13

      XxALEX daBEASTxX just water that will burn your tounge

    • @GamingMortician
      @GamingMortician Před 5 lety +18

      sPiCy WaTeR

    • @edvardramsay80
      @edvardramsay80 Před 4 lety +25

      @@saeedahmedmahin1593 Also known as dihydrogen monoxide.
      Still.... Pure water kills you pretty easily.
      The colloquial water we chug down, just like alcohol, is chemically speaking a solution that's only good for you in moderation.
      Drinking water with absolutely no salt in it is about the same as drinking sea water.

    • @cheesemanofficial9986
      @cheesemanofficial9986 Před 4 lety +2

      It's burn tongue

  • @TheValueKing
    @TheValueKing Před 6 lety +1327

    Can Kool Aid really taste good if you measure the sugar?

    • @utku_bambu
      @utku_bambu Před 6 lety +41

      TheValueKing idk the answer but if you breathe it in a nylon bag you go highhh :D

    • @ryancarthen2198
      @ryancarthen2198 Před 6 lety +18

      Cup and a half not to sweet not to sour

    • @Dusk1colebrook
      @Dusk1colebrook Před 6 lety +24

      Bio kook aid taste good either way... If your black

    • @jifpeanutbutter1549
      @jifpeanutbutter1549 Před 6 lety +7

      Hello Goodbye don’t believe them they admitted they just say that so they don’t have to make it

    • @leofisher1280
      @leofisher1280 Před 6 lety +4

      Only in Jonestown

  • @benjamminbling1748
    @benjamminbling1748 Před 2 lety

    I would enjoy a video from you explaining the best water to drink for health benefits

  • @MWilk098
    @MWilk098 Před 2 lety +3

    I'm not sure what "type 2" is but reactor plant coolant is pretty pure, and it tastes very dry, like a dry wine. It makes great hot chocolate or coffee though.

  • @Kamel419
    @Kamel419 Před 3 lety +194

    I have a salt water aquarium so I make RODI (reverse osmosis, de-ionized) water for my fish. The reason is because the dry salt water mix that's used for creating new water for the aquarium has very specific measurements of trace minerals to match the ocean. If I mixed tap water with it, the resulting mixture would be way off.
    That said, I drink it sometimes and it's never bothered me. It's usually with other things though, so I think that makes a big difference. More importantly, I always use it for any time I have to mix a drink mix or coffee etc. It guarantees a consistent result, and probably has something to do with why people like my coffee so much lol (I never thought about it until writing this).

    • @erikburzinski8248
      @erikburzinski8248 Před 2 lety +12

      I can confirm mixxing ot with other things should prevent the problem he presented

    • @matty_isthemotto
      @matty_isthemotto Před 2 lety

      Wot

    • @erikburzinski8248
      @erikburzinski8248 Před 2 lety +7

      @@matty_isthemotto
      note this is over simplifyed
      the problem is a problem of concentration of ions and when there is a large difference ions the one with less ions will essentially rip the some of the others out from something however there are only certain things that can have the ions ripped out unforchinatly the human body or any biological body for that matter can have its ions ripped out however adding salt increases the ion amount and thus prevents this from happening

    • @Acenthus
      @Acenthus Před 2 lety +7

      @@erikburzinski8248 to put it into short. Basically adding electrolytes or other particles dilutes it enough to not burst cells? Is that about right?

    • @erikburzinski8248
      @erikburzinski8248 Před 2 lety +4

      @@Acenthus yes

  • @izzya7274
    @izzya7274 Před 5 lety +174

    Okay am I the only one in this world that literally loves the taste of melted ice. Not water... Melted ice. It has a completely different taste don't test me

    • @Graphomite
      @Graphomite Před 5 lety +40

      Most elements become denser when they cool, but water becomes less dense due to the unique way hydrogen atoms behave. It's this lack of density that allows water to accumulate more oxygen as it freezes. The difference in taste in freshly melted water opposed to normal water has to do with this difference in oxygen consistency.
      It's the same reason ice floats, by the way.

    • @cyborgcdo9889
      @cyborgcdo9889 Před 5 lety +4

      agree

    • @hanako6125
      @hanako6125 Před 5 lety

      I liek it, too!

    • @jojo.s_bekaar_adventures
      @jojo.s_bekaar_adventures Před 5 lety

      i like condensed vapours

    • @rradiosilencee
      @rradiosilencee Před 5 lety

      @@jojo.s_bekaar_adventures me too m8

  • @mayurtummewar3312
    @mayurtummewar3312 Před 2 lety +1

    you have the perfect sense of humour

  • @CounterStrikeSquared
    @CounterStrikeSquared Před 2 lety

    It is the same like saying “im wondering how it feels to be on the top of a building, and also what would happen if I jumped off of it”.

  • @nickg2561
    @nickg2561 Před 3 lety +66

    A guy at the factory I worked at used to make Gatorade in the employee jug with the de-ionized water faucet in the lab used for running salt tests and such. I never noticed anything odd about its taste but I assume the Gatorade mix adequately saturated the water with impurities so it wouldn't have any affect on the body.

    • @slowanddeliberate6893
      @slowanddeliberate6893 Před 2 lety

      How do you make Gatorade?

    • @CalculatedRiskAK
      @CalculatedRiskAK Před 2 lety +5

      @@slowanddeliberate6893 They sell their own powder mix packets to make gatorade. You add 1 packet per 20 Oz (approx. 600ml) of water.

  • @HyperWraithMM
    @HyperWraithMM Před 3 lety +50

    “Hmm, not bad”
    Famous last words of headless man

  • @Temerityofficial21201
    @Temerityofficial21201 Před 2 lety +2

    So that's why when I dry my tongue it tastes salty there are very teeny tiny drops of saliva on my tongue
    Thank you for providing me such knowledge

  • @mikemurphy9960
    @mikemurphy9960 Před 2 lety

    Absolute fantastic video man, I was on board the entire time.
    Shout out for putting the ad at the end. Fucking ads.

  • @meganuwu9043
    @meganuwu9043 Před 5 lety +79

    so that's why i can't taste my tongue...

    • @summerk1818
      @summerk1818 Před 5 lety

      Lmao yes

    • @spindle_shank
      @spindle_shank Před 4 lety +10

      when you bite it open you can, same with tomatoes, you can't feel their taste until you try the inside hahah

    • @ditisdurk6498
      @ditisdurk6498 Před 4 lety

      Omg ur right

    • @Antyla
      @Antyla Před 4 lety

      @@spindle_shank
      Ugh, the images...

  • @_ssaevol6519
    @_ssaevol6519 Před 6 lety +90

    I wish you were my science teacher I would actually pay attention

    • @orangemanbad7462
      @orangemanbad7462 Před 6 lety +1

      _ssaevol no, you wish my former science teacher was yours. She hands out candy almost every week, and she lets us sleep in class. Plus I got to teach a class once, and she is very polite, and she doesn’t bring politics into mind ever. But yes, I would pay attention too.

    • @orangemanbad7462
      @orangemanbad7462 Před 6 lety

      MacroBeast Nice one. XD

    • @cscfpv6221
      @cscfpv6221 Před 6 lety +1

      Not me, he talks about water having taste receptors.
      Your tongue has the taste receptors. water isnt tasting you when you drink it.

    • @Askar1
      @Askar1 Před 6 lety

      Professor Ouranos hell no action lab is much better

  • @jonahlefholtz8219
    @jonahlefholtz8219 Před 2 lety

    Could sea water be desalinated, for (my) lack of (knowledge of) a better term, by adding deionized water to it? Could it be made drinkable/not dehydrating for use, say if someone was lost at sea or something?

  • @deleteduser3749
    @deleteduser3749 Před 3 lety

    Does it show up on a water purity meter that measures PPM parts per million? Or is it like zero?

  • @valery.simone1711
    @valery.simone1711 Před 5 lety +175

    this guy is lit, he’s the only guy who actually starts the video at 0:00.

    • @Peter_1986
      @Peter_1986 Před 4 lety +37

      Yeah, instead of spending a year on that "WHAT'S up everyone, this is The Action Lab hitting it up with a brand new video, oh and by the way don't forget to smash that Like button and subscribe!" crap.

    • @carlospinto5451
      @carlospinto5451 Před 4 lety +8

      4sho. No intro. this guy is the boss

    • @winnipeginstinct
      @winnipeginstinct Před 4 lety +5

      he doesnt need the intro, he has the time he needs of quality content

    • @neerajnandan3519
      @neerajnandan3519 Před 4 lety +6

      Yeah he is like VSAUCE but he does experiments.

    • @cinnabonbon
      @cinnabonbon Před 4 lety +1

      Daily dose of internet

  • @twasadream496
    @twasadream496 Před 3 lety +95

    1:15 is this kind of like when you come back to your house after being gone on a long trip and you can smell the scent of your house for a bit when you first walk in?
    Not sure if anyone else knows what I’m talking about lol

    • @BorisCarder
      @BorisCarder Před 2 lety +3

      It happened to me once

    • @RC-nq7mg
      @RC-nq7mg Před 2 lety +2

      Similar. From what I have read the olfactory receptors take time to reset after they have been excited by binding to a molecule. Since there are only a finite amount of the different types, you can effectively desensitize your sense of smell with constant stimulation or over stimulation. It has a benefit of allowing new smells to be picked out easier as they won't be masked by the environment. Such as finding food or sensing danger like smoke. There are several noxious gasses that if you smell it, it means danger but if the smell vanishes it can mean the concentration has increased drastically and mediate danger. Hydrogen Sulphide for example.

    • @xenno8496
      @xenno8496 Před 2 lety

      Yeup I understand that....I'm gonna be goin home in a few days ...not excited for that sensation

    • @Diego-rw2hb
      @Diego-rw2hb Před 2 lety

      @@xenno8496 How did you feel? it would be awful and embarrassing if it smells disgusting

    • @Faesharlyn
      @Faesharlyn Před 2 lety

      Yes. Exactly that, it's "taste blindness"

  • @radaro.9682
    @radaro.9682 Před 2 lety

    Thank you for including umami. I am sorry for the pain you experienced.

  • @robertmorri9332
    @robertmorri9332 Před 2 lety +1

    I just bought an ozone generator with tube and air stone . In an 8oz. glass of distilled water I'll let it bubble for 15 to even 30 minutes then drink it straight down . It has a distinct taste of lemon or lime which I find agreeable. I've been doing this four times a day for several days now will no ill effects so far as I can see . As air purification devices for some reason they are outlawed in California. Any thoughts ?

    • @bryanp8042
      @bryanp8042 Před 2 lety

      Ozone has a very high oxidation potential, and because of this it can be dangerous in high concentrations (which is why ozone air purifiers are banned in California). Essentially, the ozone can damage molecules within your body when it interacts with them, which can cause inflammation in the airways. Bubbling ozone through water will create hydroperoxyl and hydroxyl radicals, which will increase the pH of the water slightly (which is likely why you note the different taste), however the majority of the ozone will not be reacted with the water and will be released into the air. For the sake of your health, I would highly recommend that you do not continue to ozone-treat your water, as you won't have a way to tell if the ozone concentrations in the air become dangerous (ozone is colorless and odorless). If you still prefer the taste of the ozone-treated water, an alternative option would be to buy alkali water, as the ozone treatment increases the alkalinity of the water. Do be wary though, as there is a lot of pseudo-science around alkali water - it does not have any scientifically proven health benefits.

  • @-7-man
    @-7-man Před 4 lety +64

    We are used to drinking close to 0 ppm distilled water for extended periods of time. Then when I come back home the water here tastes extremely salty for a few weeks.
    0ppm water is easier to drink when cold. When at room temp it feels more bitter.

    • @985476246845
      @985476246845 Před 3 lety +1

      offshore worker?

    • @19jacobob93
      @19jacobob93 Před 2 lety +2

      I love distilled water, it's the only type I drink. Anyone that comes to visit and pours a glass out of the fridge notes how nice and refreshing it is

  • @xxyphos129
    @xxyphos129 Před 6 lety +63

    To be honest i haven't subscribed yet. I've been watching your channel for last 2-3 months without missing any video and now i fell like it worth the subscribe button! Great Job so far buddy.

    • @TheActionLab
      @TheActionLab  Před 6 lety +21

      Before I made a CZcams channel I actually never subscribed to anyone, so I understand :-)

    • @Ktulu789
      @Ktulu789 Před 6 lety +1

      LOL just hit that subscribe button!!! xD
      Makes it so much easier to find his channel and latest videos, you just write lab and get Cody's and Action right at the top!
      And don't forget the bell!

    • @egorcano3782
      @egorcano3782 Před 6 lety +2

      I subbed to this guy in a day, because it was the channel I was looking for. This is the best! 😃

    • @alyssashoemaker3414
      @alyssashoemaker3414 Před 6 lety

      X Xyphos yeah his videos really quench your curiosity..

    • @ggooaa100
      @ggooaa100 Před 6 lety

      Really? I thought it's only me watching a youtuber and watching all of his videos, but not subscribing. Good to know I'm not alone :D

  • @jeast9648
    @jeast9648 Před 2 lety +2

    You would have been an incredible science teacher. I guess in a way, you are.

  • @rosekat2756
    @rosekat2756 Před 2 lety

    Do could you just add something to that water and then it would be safe like regular water?

  • @KhiTurner
    @KhiTurner Před 5 lety +1040

    _Is this guy a meme yet lol_

  • @fn9869
    @fn9869 Před 6 lety +596

    I'm thirsty now

  • @miamaria83
    @miamaria83 Před 2 lety +3

    This was really interesting. I live in the middle of Sweden and drink a lot of tap water. I like the taste here, but if I go somewhere else in the country it tastes bad. I drank filtered water in another town and that was better. And forget about water in other countries, filtered or not it's disgusting. Especially in the US. Super metallic. I even had to order bottled water in a restaurant, it was as expensive as the wine bottle the other ones had. I don't drink much other things than water. Sometimes a soda or a flat flavoured water with minerals and vitamins.

  • @GeoffreyGodshall
    @GeoffreyGodshall Před 2 lety

    Guy on my boat drank DI water destined for a nuc reactor primary loop. Didn't kill him, but had side effects. Not only was his physical body injured, but also his career in submarines.

  • @EmperorMays
    @EmperorMays Před 6 lety +201

    Taking a shot every time he says "taste." Wish me luck!

  • @akshatsharma1
    @akshatsharma1 Před 5 lety +29

    EXTREME HAZARD: Do not drink water at home...!

  • @northernmetalworker
    @northernmetalworker Před 2 lety +3

    With regards to the salt taste experiment. I do not know if this experiment applies to all flavors. We have likely evolved to have a natural affinity for salt but have likely developed the ability to prevent over exposure to salt. I wonder if this experiment would have the same result if it used say, .5% lemon.

  • @TheHighestGodisGood
    @TheHighestGodisGood Před 2 lety +2

    Could we ever become used to this pure water? After it detoxed us, would we start seeing any health benefits, maybe longer life? Or, would it continue to hurt us, enflaming organs? Would it sting to pee if we drank a lot?

    • @a_w_em3006
      @a_w_em3006 Před 2 lety +1

      If you drank a lot you could die from osmosis, I can give you a full explanation why this isn't a good idea if you want.

    • @TheHighestGodisGood
      @TheHighestGodisGood Před 2 lety +1

      @@a_w_em3006 Is there an elevator speech version of it? Please share...

    • @a_w_em3006
      @a_w_em3006 Před 2 lety +1

      @@TheHighestGodisGood I gave this explanation on another comment aswell:
      we actually are doing this in Biology class rn, and it can be dangerous because of osmosis.
      osmosis is a special case of diffusion trough a so called semipermeable Membrane. so, diffusion is when a substance spreads out in a solution untill it is spread 100% evenly. for example if I put a cube of sugar in a cup of tea and let it sit, it will dissolve and the sugar will have spread evenly in the tea.
      NOW
      osmosis is special because it is pretty much just like diffusion but trough a membrane only water can pass through (like the membrane of your cells)
      so if your cell has LESS, lets say salt, in it than the surrounding liquid (your blood), water from the cell will pass through the membrane to even out the sollution. The thing is that ONLY the water can pass through that membrane.
      now if you drink Deionized water, your blood does not have any (or a lot less) of the minerals you normally have in there, but your cells still do.
      this causes water from outside the cell to pass through the membrane into the cell, which is not a problem if you are a plant because plant cells have a cell wall which prevents it from bursting, but animal cells don't have that wall.
      Meaning that water will pass through the membrane untill it bursts, which is a problem.

    • @TheHighestGodisGood
      @TheHighestGodisGood Před 2 lety +1

      @@a_w_em3006 Man, thank you for explaining that and so clearly! Isn't that odd that pure water is bad for us? You'd think it'd be super healthy, the healthiest thing we could ingest! It's also funny how oxygen can kill/decay us or enable breathing/life.

    • @a_w_em3006
      @a_w_em3006 Před 2 lety +1

      @@TheHighestGodisGood thx!
      I am trying to explain this to another person rn but they are not convinced by that explanation whatsoever, so its nice to know that there are a lot of smart people on the internet!