Is drinking reverse osmosis water good for you?

Question

I have been working in the plumbing and heating business for 35 years, and have worked in hospitals and dyalisys units. Reverse osmosis water is only transported in plastic pipe, because it "eats" copper, galvonized , iron, or even stainless pipe. My question is, if it has such an affinity to metals, wouldn't it have the same effect on your body? Deplete minerals as opposed to providing them?

Answer 1

If you drink the extremely purified stuff, such as used in semiconductor manufacturing, you get nauseated.  And it tastes vile!  Try a swig, you'll hate it.

It's used in dialysis because they have to tightly control the mineral content of the water used.

The ordinary R-O units in homes don't take that much out, and are more for flavor than purity.