Distilled water is known as "empty water".  All good minerals, all bacteria
and pathogens of all kinds do not exist in the distilled water that is a
result of steamed distilled water. When your cat consumes distilled water,
the water molecules will attach themselves to minerals and electrolytes in
the body. When your cat urinates all of these good items go OUT of the body.

When your cat is in need of getting toxins out of its body, distilled water
is a good drink because it aids de-toxing. The empty molecules attach
themselves to toxins and help clean the filtering systems in the body right
along with the Hemotox and Metaltox and in fact, accelerate the de-toxing
process.

Try drinking one or two glasses of distilled water in place of aspirin for a
headache. It really works because it thins the blood. You don't want to do
this everyday, but it is good for a change and works.

If you prefer to use distilled water on a daily basis, then it is essential
that you add back in to your pet's water diet, the minerals and electrolytes
that are being flushed out. What we have for this situation is Concentrated
Trace Minerals and our Feline Vita Pak.

I had two different friends that ended up in the hospital in severe
trouble because they were vegetarians and thought distilled water was
the best for them.

They both had mental disorders because of all the minerals and
electrolytes the distilled water sucked out of their system.  One was
bad enough the police had to take her in because she was too violent for
an ambulance.

Once they got re-hydrated and mineral/ electrolyte dosed via IV, they
were fine with a hard lesson learned.

I tried to tell them, but coming from a meat eater, they didn't want to
listen or believe me for a second....

Distilled water as the only water intake can kill humans.  They even
taught us that back in high school chemistry in the 70's.

I have a water cooler and the makers recommend one bottle of distilled
water every six months to clean the mineral build up from the spring
water out of the machine.  They say the distilled bottle will pick up
enough minerals from the machine so as to not harm the drinkers over the
use of one bottle every six months.

Mike

Many water softeners work by exchanging sodium ions for the calcium
and magnesium ions that make water hard, so softened water can contain
more sodium than is good for the animal (or the people) to drink, but
doesn't hurt when washing or bathing.  Some water softeners work on a
different principle and don't increase the sodium.  Check the
instruction book for your unit.

Old Doctor Griffith once told me he thought that hard water promoted
FUS because of the magnesium dissolved in the water, and FUS does vary
geographically.  The water is hard here and vets see a lot of FUSy
cats.

Some people claim that distilled water washes the minerals out of your
body owing to the lack of dissolved minerals, but the minerals in body
fluids are more concentrated than the minerals in any drinking water,
so all water would wash away minerals by that line of reasoning.  In
plain fact, healthy bodies human or feline do a good job of regulating
minerals when adequately nourished.

The only thing I can say definitely is that if your water softener is
one that exchanges sodium for calcium and magnesium I would avoid
drinking softened water.

Hello. Regardless of what anyone else *may* have told you. To be sure
you have to have each water source tested independanty. In general
minerals can be bad for your cat - especially if your water contains
high levels of magnesium, calcium, or phosphates. The calcium/phosphate
ratio is also of importance I have heard. Distilled water contains fewer
minerals but short of testing the water no certainty can be determined.