Drinking lots of water

Iraklis F.C. · 2 May 2006 at 11:53

I have been wondering , drinking excessive amounts of water can do you any bad? i am on a diet which says i must drink lots of it and i just found out i have been consuming sth like 5-6 litres / day.

so?

Cyber-Mav · 2 May 2006 at 11:56

dunno, it will probably water the blood down in your body so it becomes a pinkish colour from its usual red :confused:

Yas786 · 2 May 2006 at 11:57

Dont think anything bad can come of drinking water too much, unless you count going to the toilet every so often a bad thing.
I drink about 2 litres of water a day, gone off coke and other fizzy drinks and if anything its cleaning out my system. Mind you im currently hooked on Volvic strawberry flavoured water....mmmm lovely

iCraig · 2 May 2006 at 11:57

Too much of anything is bad for you.

tenchi-fan · 2 May 2006 at 11:58

Iraklis F.C. said:
I have been wondering , drinking excessive amounts of water can do you any bad? i am on a diet which says i must drink lots of it and i just found out i have been consuming sth like 5-6 litres / day.

so?

Seems a bit excessive to me. I'm not sure of any daily limit but check out this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperhydration

"Consuming as little as 1.8 liters of water in a single sitting may prove fatal for a person adhering to a low-sodium diet, or 3 liters in a person on a normal diet."

edit: Googled a little. Read another one where an athlete got water poisoning from drinking 10 litres a day.

Personally I struggle to drink 2 litres a day, couldn't imagine drinking 10 litres!

Phantom · 2 May 2006 at 11:59

Cyber-Mav said:
dunno, it will probably water the blood down in your body so it becomes a pinkish colour from its usual red

no it wont

probably help hydrate and clense your urinary system

Iraklis F.C. · 2 May 2006 at 12:02

tenchi-fan said:
Seems a bit excessive to me. I'm not sure of any daily limit but check out this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperhydration

"Consuming as little as 1.8 liters of water in a single sitting may prove fatal for a person adhering to a low-sodium diet, or 3 liters in a person on a normal diet."

winor post , cheers mate :cool:

jezsoup · 2 May 2006 at 12:02

iCraig said:
Too much of anything is bad for you.

too true,

Drinking too much water can be dangerous. It will dilute the levels of electrolytes in your blood and surrounding tissue. If your going to drink lots of water its good to drink a drinkw hich contains high levels of electrolytes.

RickB · 2 May 2006 at 12:02

I remember reading that drink loads of water can send you into a coma (or something like that ).

true fact

EDIT: its called water intoxication and leads to swelling of the brain ><

Iraklis F.C. · 2 May 2006 at 12:06

jezsoup said:
too true,

Drinking too much water can be dangerous. It will dilute the levels of electrolytes in your blood and surrounding tissue. If your going to drink lots of water its good to drink a drinkw hich contains high levels of electrolytes.

something like lucozade and likes?

da_mic_1530 · 2 May 2006 at 12:08

remember that show on bbc where richard hammond proved that you dont need to drink a litre of water a day or whatever. drink what you feel is right

jezsoup · 2 May 2006 at 12:10

Iraklis F.C. said:
something like lucozade and likes?

Yup yup!

One other thing Ive heard people do is diarhea(sp) recovery sachets. They are basically a load of electrolytes in powder form you dissolve in water. Apparantly cheaper than all the fancy drinks and contain more electrolytes. But again as said too much of anything is bad for you.

tom_nieto · 2 May 2006 at 12:10

If you have normal kidneys you will get nowhere near your maximum glomerular filtration rate. You'll feel full first and get fed up of all the going to the toilet. Drinking lots at once can be dangerous, but if you're drinking regularly over the course of the day you should be fine. 2-3l a day is probaby better figure though.

Stringy · 2 May 2006 at 12:11

The Human body is extremely proficient at flushing out excess water in the blood. If you drink too much water you will more than likely just got to the toilet an awful lot more.

theleg · 2 May 2006 at 12:19

6 litres a day is fine....

Most people dont get anywhere near as much water as they should and are constantly dehydrated...

I drink a lot of water these days because im on a diet...I go to pee every 50 minutes or do

Im constantly drinking water..

The only thing you need to worry about is wearing your peepee out from all the weewee.

tenchi-fan · 2 May 2006 at 12:21

Balddog said:
The only thing you need to worry about is wearing your peepee out from all the weewee.

That's the sort of comment that gets threads locked.

"andy" · 2 May 2006 at 12:24

why quote it then ?

as said just drink as much water as you feel you need , if your thirsty take a drink

LeperousDust · 2 May 2006 at 12:27

Balddog said:
The only thing you need to worry about is wearing your peepee out from all the weewee.

Yeah, i can think of better ways of wearing my peepee out, than overwee-age.

Iraklis F.C. · 2 May 2006 at 12:31

i wish i could understand what does this weewee - peepee means

theleg · 2 May 2006 at 12:33

tenchi-fan said:
That's the sort of comment that gets threads locked.

The hell are you talking about?