Can you over hydrate? How much is too much water and what are the symptoms?
like… 5 gallons
Too much water can make you bloat and can also drain your electrolytes to dangerously low levels which can cause cramping and even death.
As far as what is too much water? There are too many unknown factors to say for sure. I personally do fine with taking in about 70 ounces a day.
I read an article some time ago, and yes you can die from drinking too much water, it’s actually happened in a contest on a radio show, but the actuall amount is pretty high.
Its probably more then 5 gallons but I don’t why anyone would even drink half of that.
Consuming too much water probably won’t be a problem. If you’re drinking too much then having relatively little sodium/potassium might be very dangerous. And not peeing might kill you.
To deplete your electrolyte levels in one sitting you have to drink well past the point of pain/gagging to actually die.
I don’t think overhydration would ever really be a problem as long as you drink less than 5 gallons a day, which there is a really, really good chance that you do.
I don’t see how anyone could be overhydrated without forcing themself to drink more water than is comfortable.
A runner in the London Marathon died last year from drinking too much water.
"Today it emerged the fitness instructor from Milton Keynes died from hyponatraemia, or water intoxication.
This is when there is so much water in the body that it dilutes vital minerals such as sodium down to dangerous levels. It can lead to confusion, headaches and a fatal swelling of the brain."
A fitness instructor. Oh the irony.
I drink about 2 gallons a day and I’m fine. I’m 225 pounds so I imagine a girl would want to drink a little less? Just a guess though, I have no science to back my claim.
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Don’t drink too much or you will die.
Your brain is proportional to how hydrated you are. I read about a girl who took MDMA and felt so thirsty that she drank water until her brain got bigger than her skull and died.
I figure you have to be drink a retarded amount of water to over hydrate yourself.
Moral of the story…
Don’t do x and drink water. Combine it with alcohol for better sex and alcohol dehydration properties.
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