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

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!

[T]

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

True.

[hunni]

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

[RobertMorgan]

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.

[puzzLEGO]

I never thought water could get ‘too clean’

[dylankurtz]

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

[sohee]

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

[gonk_ch]

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!

[stephenjarzombek]

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.

[spidrcat]

I gained 6 brain cells after watching this video.

[TheCls]

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


Me:''mmhhmm... very science''

[Joshuarcade]

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

[richmiller]

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.

[enoix]

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

[tritran]

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

[zaugitude]

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.

[TheOneAndOnlyNeuromod]

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

[burdenmat]

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

[NoSlaying]

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

[eclecticgamer]

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

[tobidobidu]

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?