6. Is Deuterium Oxide Safe to Drink?
According to Reddit users, drinking heavy water is not very pleasant, but other than feeling a little dizzy, they didn’t feel any other major consequences. Some users stated that they drank heavy water within different experiments and felt sick after drinking 1 liter of it but soon felt much better and unaffected by smaller amounts of heavy water. About Education explains provides a similar answer to this question. A person might drink small quantities of heavy water without feeling sick but drinking it long term is definitely not recommended as replacing 25-50% of ordinary water in our bodies with heavy water would cause serious problems with 50% being deadly. Ready for more intereseting facts about heavy water: products for sale, is deuterium oxide safe to drink?
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