Drinking lots of water

tenchi-fan · 2 May 2006 at 12:40

Balddog said:
The hell are you talking about?

Eh, chill balldog. I just meant when people start being silly sometimes the thread gets locked.

theleg · 2 May 2006 at 12:45

tenchi-fan said:
Eh, chill balldog. I just meant when people start being silly sometimes the thread gets locked.

I wasnt being silly :dunno: When you go to the toilet 15-20 times a day, you start to think that way...

Robdav · 2 May 2006 at 12:48

if anything I don't drink enough of anything let alone regular water. if I think about it I guess it's less than 1l per day. thing is, i only tend to drink when I am thirsty which isn't that often, but then when I am I drink a lot in one go. I guess you'd call it binge drinking of sorts.

I've heard it said that not drinking enough can lead to kidney and/or liver damage and to be honest I do have issues with both of these.

How much should people be drinking on average in a day?

SiriusB · 2 May 2006 at 12:50

Balddog said:
I wasnt being silly :dunno: When you go to the toilet 15-20 times a day, you start to think that way...

I bet the water board loves you Balddog... 15-20 flushes :eek:

SiriusB

theleg · 2 May 2006 at 12:53

SiriusB said:
I bet the water board loves you Balddog... 15-20 flushes

SiriusB

because I pee so often, my pee is clear and clean...im flushed out constantly and therefore I can just drink it again...I pee into a bottle, put it in the fridge and then drink it again later.

SiriusB · 2 May 2006 at 12:55

Balddog said:
because I pee so often, my pee is clear and clean...im flushed out constantly and therefore I can just drink it again...I pee into a bottle, put it in the fridge and then drink it again later.

Im going to hope you are joking lol

SiriusB

jezsoup · 2 May 2006 at 13:04

Balddog said:
because I pee so often, my pee is clear and clean...im flushed out constantly and therefore I can just drink it again...I pee into a bottle, put it in the fridge and then drink it again later.

Reclaiming all those lost nutrients and electrolytres! Good work there!

Glaucus · 2 May 2006 at 13:04

ope nothing wrong with too much water, just make sure you'r getting enough salt, as regardless to what the press says, salt is extremley important. And drinking loads will wash a lot out of the body.

knowlesy · 2 May 2006 at 13:16

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?

it **** be good but due to eastrogen in the water it can lead to extra boobage

Phantom · 2 May 2006 at 13:17

AcidHell2 said:
ope nothing wrong with too much water, just make sure you'r getting enough salt, as regardless to what the press says, salt is extremley important. And drinking loads will wash a lot out of the body.

most of us go way beyond our RDA with the processed foods we eat so i dont suggest you go telling people to eat more - its bad advice

Glaucus · 2 May 2006 at 13:20

Phantom said:
most of us go way beyond our RDA with the processed foods we eat so i dont suggest you go telling people to eat more - its bad advice

if hes on a diet (depending what diet he is) then he might very well be below it, + I didn't tell him to eat more I said check hes getting enough...

id10T_error · 2 May 2006 at 13:30

The Leah Betts tragedy should have taught everyone that consuming large amounts of water in a short space of time with no other salt intake has fatal consequences

(Well it would have had the papers reported the facts instead of a load of rubbish!)

Their are very few things in life that you can do in extreme excess without significant side-effects, keyword is moderation

iCraig · 2 May 2006 at 13:32

id10T_error said:
The Leah Betts tragedy should have taught everyone that consuming large amounts of water in a short space of time with no other salt intake has fatal consequences

That was related to ecstasy, not just drinking too much water for no reason.

She believed drinking so much water would avoid dehydration after taking the drug, I don't think people go around drinking 7 litres in 90 minutes unless they are seriously concerned about dehyrating like her.

id10T_error · 2 May 2006 at 13:35

iCraig said:
That was related to ecstasy, not just drinking too much water.

You obviously did not read the autopsy result in The Times and instead the anti-drug propaganda in gutter trash like The Sun/Mail ...etc

MDMA did NOT kill her drinking large amounts of water in a very short space of time did.... FACT. Had she not drank the water she would still be alive... FACT

She drank shed loads of water because she had been mis-educated and thought that it would make her come down and reduce the visible signs of her 'HIGH'. Her dad was a police man and very anti-drugs and she thought that drinking loads of water would hide the fact from him that she was high as a kite (the pills were good quality MDMA). Tragic chain of events that could easily have been avoided tbh.

theleg · 2 May 2006 at 13:36

id10T_error said:
The Leah Betts tragedy should have taught everyone that consuming large amounts of water in a short space of time with no other salt intake has fatal consequences (Well it would have had the papers reported the facts instead of a load of rubbish!)

Their are very few things in life that you can do in extreme excess without significant side-effects, keyword is moderation

she drank like 7 litres in less than 2 hours....the thread starter is drinking less in the space of an entire day...hardly a valid comparison..

PS, why was it a tragedy?

theleg · 2 May 2006 at 13:36

id10T_error said:
Had she not drank the water she would still be alive... FACT

Had she not taken the ecstasy she would still be alive FACT

iCraig · 2 May 2006 at 13:38

id10T_error said:
You obviously did not read the autopsy result in The Times and instead the anti-drug propaganda in gutter trash like The Sun/Mail ...etc

MDMA did NOT kill her drinking large amounts of water in a very short space of time did.... FACT. Had she not drank the water she would still be alive... FACT

Thats what I said, but it was because of the drug she thought she needed to drink so much water.

If she didn't take the drug, she wouldn't of decided to drink so much water afterwards, she would still be alive. ALSO FACT.

6thElement · 2 May 2006 at 13:39

Balddog said:
because I pee so often, my pee is clear and clean...im flushed out constantly and therefore I can just drink it again...I pee into a bottle, put it in the fridge and then drink it again later.

Buy a soda-stream and then write Fosters on the side of the bottle

theleg · 2 May 2006 at 13:42

6thElement said:
Buy a soda-stream and then write Fosters on the side of the bottle

Oi!

Ill have you know my pee tastes a hell of a lot better than that rubbish

jezsoup · 2 May 2006 at 13:43

id10T_error said:
You obviously did not read the autopsy result in The Times and instead the anti-drug propaganda in gutter trash like The Sun/Mail ...etc

MDMA did NOT kill her drinking large amounts of water in a very short space of time did.... FACT. Had she not drank the water she would still be alive... FACT

She drank shed loads of water because she had been mis-eductaed and thought that it would make her come down and reduce the visiable signs of her 'HIGH'. Her dad was a police man and very anti-drugs and she thought that drining loads of water would hide the fact from him that she was high as a kite (the pills were good quality MDMA). Tragic chain of events that could easily have been avoided tbh.

Ahhh the ramblings of the pro MDMA/drug camp.... we went through this a few days ago..