Can you drink TOO much Water?

[nwgull]

I've heard that piss colour is the best indicator also. Mine seems to keep fairly pale with the odd cup of water here and there, I'm sure some of the women I work with drink far too much water.

 

[beorhthelm]

But its fine to have 10-12 pints beer in an evening which is about 6 litres.........although you do tend to piss it out just as fast as you drink it lol

as i understand it, theres lots of disolved "stuff" in beer. alcohol for a start, sugars, fibre, some vitamins and minerals (probably more or less the same as bottled waters). it doesnt dilute your levels of such things in the body, which *lots* of water does.

 

[Adopted Brightonian]

I remember once when I was younger I got in drunk from a night out, and because I was going out again the next day I wanted to avoid a hangover.

I thus drank approximately 9 pints of water, thinking it'd be a smart move.

My dad went nuts at me the next day saying I very easily could have killed myself.

 

[GYM]

Sorry to disagree with all of you(I did only read page 1 and got bored)
2-5 litres a day for sedentary adult is fine through water and food.
4-8 litres for active/athletic people through food and water.
Naturally not in one sitting through the day is fine.
If you are very active then you are fine with 6.
And you can take that as FACT from a qualified personal trainer.

 

[So.CalGull]

Yes you can. There was a news article not too long ago about some radio competition challenging people to drink the most amount of water. One of the contestants died as her organs failed (or something like that)!

This might be what you are thinking of.


Ten Fired After Radio Contest Tragedy - CBS News

 

[Cian]

There difference is after an 'E' is that it stops the function of urination.

No it doesn't. It can make it harder for someone to actually start the flow and you may not feel the need to go as urgently as you should. It doesn't prevent you from going.

 

[ali jenkins]

Thanks for the info guys, I will keep this in mind in future

 

[albionalbino]

Perhaps ask your doctor if you're really concerned rather than conflicting ideas on NSC

 

[Notters]

as i understand it, theres lots of disolved "stuff" in beer. alcohol for a start, sugars, fibre, some vitamins and minerals (probably more or less the same as bottled waters). it doesnt dilute your levels of such things in the body, which *lots* of water does.

Tap water in Brighton has just as many minerals as any bottled water; it comes from chalk aquifers.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

I work in a hot, humid environment and would definitely get dehydrated if drank less than 3 litres a day. 4-5 litres can be considered normal once acclimatised, more before that

 

[black & white seagull]

We've definitely become far too obsessed with how much water we drink. We get a lot of our intake through a healthy diet. This is an entertaining read on the subject:

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/the-water-myth-debunking-the-dilution-solution-2121712.html

 

[bristolseagull]

I sweat alot at work due to my job so I have to replace that aswell, on top of that I could either go to the gym or some other sport aswell during the day.

what do you do?

 

[Sensitive_Guy69]

Dude your jisms must be like Peter North

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Sorry to disagree with all of you(I did only read page 1 and got bored)2-5 litres a day for sedentary adult is fine through water and food.
4-8 litres for active/athletic people through food and water.
Naturally not in one sitting through the day is fine.
If you are very active then you are fine with 6.
And you can take that as FACT from a qualified personal trainer.

Conclusive proof that drinking too much water can lower the attention span.

 

[GYM]

Conclusive proof that drinking too much water can lower the attention span.

Lol.

However I only didn't read page 2 as I was on my iPhone and it was taking ages. I did go back and read pages 2&3 when I got home

 

[fruitnveg]

BBC NEWS | UK | England | Bradford | Woman died from 'too much water' from 2008.

 

[Jonno]

Im absolutely amazed by the stick insect people who drink tea all day and shove buckets of biscuits inside themselves arent fat bastards.

This. I have to be so f***ing disciplined with what I eat in order not to be an enormous fat bastard. Not fair as I'd happily survive on a diet of Drifters and Curly Wurlies.

 

[Lord Bamber]

This. I have to be so f***ing disciplined with what I eat in order not to be an enormous fat bastard. Not fair as I'd happily survive on a diet of Drifters and Curly Wurlies.

Curly Wurlies

 

[Durlston]

I drink about 3 litres a day. Don't really piss a lot which tells me I should cut down on salt.

I'd always get funny looks off the staff if I ordered an orange juice in a club when I was visually off my head on ecstasy. It was definitely safer to get dehydrated than to risk brain swelling and poisoning with too much fluid. As soon as I left the club I would need a wee very soon after and it would sting badly. Keeping sodium levels high in the blood are very important no matter what the situation.

 

[dain45yl]

It is better for health to drink too much water
but honestly said that i can not drink too much water