What happens if tea is diluted with raw water? Fictions about water: is it possible to mix unboiled and boiled water. Rumors about “dead” water and its harm
Where did the urban legend that you should not mix boiled and raw water come from? and got the best answer
Answer from Bob Bob[guru]
Well, chemists on their forum have the same opinion ((
If you have the desire (as a chemist), you can talk
Reply from 2 answers[guru]
Hello! Here is a selection of topics with answers to your question: Where did the urban legend that you should not mix boiled and raw water come from?
Reply from Victoria Gorskaya[guru]
Yes, there is such a belief, in principle, it’s not even a matter of what it will carry, the meaning is deeper, and in general it is explained by science.
It’s a long story, a lot has been written on this topic, the physical meaning is something like this.
Water, besides the fact that at the atomic level of H20, these atoms can be arranged in different molecular structures (stick together in piles), depending on the patterns of clumping, water in the human body is absorbed differently and enters into chemical reactions in different ways, no analysis can distinguish this water from This is all the confusion, we only know. that separated atoms are useful and active, water has just boiled or melted, and when water molecules form a polymer, such water is harmful.
In general, from mixing different types of water, water becomes indigestible, so to speak, if consumed separately, then the water is absorbed by the body in different ways, for different purposes.
Why mixing boiled and raw water leads to rapid bowel movements is not yet VERY CLEAR to science. But the fact is obvious!!!
Reply from Alexander October[guru]
Boiled water is supposedly safe to drink - most harmful microbes are killed in it.
Raw water has unknown microflora - its use can end badly - starting with stomach upsets.
By mixing them we reduce the result of boiling to zero.
I think you yourself know about this...
“I studied about eight different chemistries...” - ?
Reply from Ivantrs[guru]
Yes, mix for your health... Then what's the point of boiling it?
boil water to kill all sorts of bacteria in it
Reply from Breastfeeding childhood[guru]
Raw water may contain pathogenic bacteria, but boiled water does not. In order to get sick, it is enough to drink a drop of contaminated water. This ban is generated by the ban on drinking raw water from untested or open sources.
Reply from Olga Davydova[active]
people like to create difficulties for themselves)
Reply from Nnn nnn[guru]
of course it's nonsense
Reply from Alexey[active]
Depending on why you need to mix it, if you drink it, you shouldn’t drink it raw at all.
One of the rather old urban legends says that you should not mix boiled water with unboiled water for drinking. Among the beliefs about the consequences of drinking such water, there are many options, ranging from poisoning with nausea and vomiting, ending with a decrease in immunity and the development of a number of diseases with their further transition to the category of chronic. No one can provide any objective argumentation as to why all this should happen and what chemical processes take place there.
Rumors about “dead” water and its harm
One of the most common justifications for the myth is that after boiling water becomes “dead”, and mixing it with “living” raw water does not allow the body to recognize what it is actually being given. Allegedly, in the so-called “dead” water, along with all microorganisms, all beneficial properties and other substances die after boiling. It’s funny, because salts, which are the main beneficial substances dissolved in water, will not disappear when boiled, perhaps only their concentration will decrease slightly. It will not decrease in vitamins, because most likely they simply aren’t there. But the stories about “dead” water are an unsubstantiated legend, which has no scientific confirmation.
Rumors about the harm of water memory
In second place is the theory of water memory, according to which the body can only absorb homogeneous water, and boiled water mixed with unboiled water remains heterogeneous further. There has been talk about the memory of water for quite a long time, but most often it turns out to be nothing more than fiction for a successful fraud with the sale of water charged with success, health and the treatment of certain diseases. We all remember tricks about charging water from the TV screen, but the maximum that could be obtained from such water was the placebo effect.
And so all the main arguments of supporters of the veracity of the legend turned out to be unconfirmed from a scientific point of view and unconvincing even from the point of view of simple logic. There is no confirmation, only beliefs that this cannot be done. Now let's turn to the logical side of the question of whether it is possible to use mixed boiled water with unboiled water.
What happens to raw water when mixed with boiled water?
Essentially, mixing boiled water with raw water will simply result in unboiled water again in all its properties, which are important for its consumption by humans. If unboiled water from a particular source may contain bacteria and viruses, they will be transferred to the boiled water when mixed. Yes, their concentration will drop, but a small amount of unboiled water containing them will be enough to spoil a large amount of boiled water. That is, from a microbiological point of view, you cannot mix raw water with boiled water for the same reason that you cannot simply drink raw water.
From the point of view of the composition of impurities in water, their concentration decreases during boiling. Chlorine comes out with steam when water is heated, various elements settle in the form of scale on the heating elements. Therefore, mixing boiled water with unboiled water will simply lead to the fact that the composition of the final mixture will turn out to be more similar to the composition of unboiled water; elements that could have been completely released during temperature treatment will appear in it again. It turns out that from the point of view of the chemical composition of impurities in water, mixed boiled water with unboiled water will be more similar to unboiled water.
That is, from a scientific point of view, nothing bad will happen when mixing, it’s just that the mixed water will actually be unboiled with all the ensuing consequences. For some sources of water, drinking it raw is dangerous, for others it is quite safe, for example, if it is tap water. If you use filtered or bottled water, then there will be no negative consequences. Believe less in unfounded rumors and choose your water sources more carefully!
Surely, many people have heard since childhood about the inadmissibility of drinking boiled water mixed with raw water. In fact, different human organisms, due to the individual sensitivity of the stomach, will react differently to unsystematic intake of such water. One person will feel absolutely nothing, another may experience nausea and an upset stomach. Why did such a statement arise, on what is it based?
Pros and cons of boiled water
The difference between boiled water and raw water is relative disinfection and a decrease in its hardness, which in itself is a plus. When consumed infrequently, boiled water can benefit the body by removing toxins and improving blood circulation.
After boiling, heavy metals and pesticides do not disappear from the water. Useful elements such as magnesium and calcium settle on the walls of the kettle and the water becomes dead. The body does not receive the microelements that are so necessary for its vital functions. The expected evaporation of chlorine during boiling also does not occur. When heated, it enters into chemical compounds, forming an even greater danger to humans than chlorine itself.
A mixture of boiled and raw water
The mechanism of the effect of a mixture of boiled and raw water on the human body has not been fully studied. The opinion about the dangers of such a compound is based on the theory of heavy water. Water is an inorganic binary compound of hydrogen and oxygen atoms. The chemical composition of heavy water is distinguished by the replacement of hydrogen atoms with atoms of its heavy isotope. The boiling point of heavy water is different from the boiling point of ordinary water. Laboratory studies have shown, with regular use, the harmful effects of deuterium on the body. And when boiling, a certain amount of heavy water is formed in the lower part of the kettle.
Of particular danger is repeated boiling with dilution with raw water. This liquid is characterized by a high content of heavy water.
There is an old urban legend that strictly prohibits mixing unboiled and boiled water for consumption. Adherents of this myth frighten neophytes with the terrible consequences that can happen from drinking such liquid, starting with harmless diarrhea and ending with a decline in immunity with the development of a wide range of chronic diseases.
However, they do not provide any facts or any sane argument for the inevitability of these problems occurring in the human body.
Myths about “dead” water
The very first argument of defenders of theories about the dangers of mixing boiled and unboiled water is that such a composition is not uniquely determined by our body. That is, water that has been boiled becomes “dead” and after adding raw “living” water to it, the body does not understand what kind of liquid is being poured into it. They claim that water after heat treatment, along with harmful microorganisms, also loses its beneficial properties. An interesting fact is that the mineral and salt composition of water remains virtually unchanged after boiling. There may be a slight decrease in the concentration of microelements and salts, but the vitamins in it will definitely not decrease. The thing is that they are not there in the first place. Therefore, all the horror stories about “dead” water are just stories.
Fictions about the harmfulness of water memory
Another common myth “proves” the harmfulness of mixing boiled and unboiled water, based on the theory of water memory. They claim that our body can only absorb water that is homogeneous in composition, and mixing two media makes it heterogeneous and, therefore, indigestible. The theory of water memory has long been popular with various scammers who sell water charged with success, health, money, etc. to gullible consumers. Of course, many also remember recharging water from TV screens, when Alan Chumak allegedly imbued the structure of the liquid with healing properties. In fact, everything turned out to be a simple scam, and if there were cases of “miraculous” recovery, then the merit was in the placebo effect.
Well, the arguments of supporters of urban legends about the dangers of mixing water turned out to be nothing more than myths that do not stand up to the simplest critical analysis. Let's try to logically determine whether it is possible to drink mixed water.
How does raw water change when mixed with boiled water?
By mixing boiled water with unboiled water, we make it raw again. All beneficial properties and salt composition remain unchanged. That is, if there were bacteria or viruses in raw water, then they will not go away even when mixed with a boiled medium. It is quite possible to reduce their concentration, but even a tiny fraction of such substances is enough to spoil a huge amount of treated water. From the point of view of logic and science, drinking a mixed mixture is just as dangerous as drinking ordinary raw water.
There is an old urban legend that strictly prohibits mixing unboiled and boiled water for consumption. Adherents of this myth frighten neophytes with the terrible consequences that can happen from drinking such liquid, starting with harmless diarrhea and ending with a decline in immunity with the development of a wide range of chronic diseases.
However, they do not provide any facts or any sane argument for the inevitability of these problems occurring in the human body.
Myths about “dead” water
The very first argument of defenders of theories about the dangers of mixing boiled and unboiled water is that such a composition is not uniquely determined by our body. That is, water that has been boiled becomes “dead” and after adding raw “living” water to it, the body does not understand what kind of liquid is being poured into it. They claim that water after heat treatment, along with harmful microorganisms, also loses its beneficial properties. An interesting fact is that the mineral and salt composition of water remains virtually unchanged after boiling. There may be a slight decrease in the concentration of microelements and salts, but the vitamins in it will definitely not decrease. The thing is that they are not there in the first place. Therefore, all the horror stories about “dead” water are just stories.
Fictions about the harmfulness of water memory
Another common myth “proves” the harmfulness of mixing boiled and unboiled water, based on the theory of water memory. They claim that our body can only absorb water that is homogeneous in composition, and mixing two media makes it heterogeneous and, therefore, indigestible. The theory of water memory has long been popular with various scammers who sell water charged with success, health, money, etc. to gullible consumers. Of course, many also remember recharging water from TV screens, when Alan Chumak allegedly imbued the structure of the liquid with healing properties. In fact, everything turned out to be a simple scam, and if there were cases of “miraculous” recovery, then the merit was in the placebo effect.
Well, the arguments of supporters of urban legends about the dangers of mixing water turned out to be nothing more than myths that do not stand up to the simplest critical analysis. Let's try to logically determine whether it is possible to drink mixed water.
How does raw water change when mixed with boiled water?
By mixing boiled water with unboiled water, we make it raw again. All beneficial properties and salt composition remain unchanged. That is, if there were bacteria or viruses in raw water, then they will not go away even when mixed with a boiled medium. It is quite possible to reduce their concentration, but even a tiny fraction of such substances is enough to spoil a huge amount of treated water. From the point of view of logic and science, drinking a mixed mixture is just as dangerous as drinking ordinary raw water.
