Tag: Nuclear physics

While heavy water, or deuterium oxide (D2O), is not radioactive in its pure form, its higher mass compared to regular water (H2O) significantly impacts biological processes. Consuming enough heavy water to replace a significant percentage of your body's normal water is not okay and is lethal to mammals. This difference in mass is enough to interfere with the delicate biochemical reactions essential for life.

While a single glass of heavy water will likely not cause harm, replacing a significant portion of your body's water with deuterium oxide (D2O) is toxic to human cells. Normal tap water contains only trace amounts of deuterium, but pure or highly concentrated deuterium water, known as heavy water, can disrupt crucial cellular processes.

Despite the dangerous viral memes suggesting an absurdly high energy content, the truth is that plutonium, a highly toxic and radioactive heavy metal, contains zero dietary calories for human consumption. The energy it possesses is nuclear, not nutritional, and attempting to 'consume' it would be a catastrophic health hazard.