/Water/over hydration

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This is great info, what's the date on it? I have been going by the

weight devided by 2 = oz. needed method, and still when tested at the

gym I was still not fully hydrated (thanks to caffine).

Now I have actually gotten physically ill with too much water - but I

was in sever pain and ice cold water was my only relief - so I was

forcing myself for many days in a row. There is no way anyone,

without torture or terrible pain to correrce them would ever drink

that much water. I litteraly had to take a mouth full, not even give

it more than a few seconds, swallow and take another mouth full --

for days.

Ang

>

> > I drink three 20oz bottles of water a day. It's all I can do. The

more water I

> > drink, the less food I'm able to eat. I was drinking about 100oz

a day and

> > flushed all the sodium out of my body. My doctor told me I was

over-hydrated

> > and to chill on the water, lol!

>

> Hi,

> According to the introductory physiology books I've read, (these are

> freshman year college text books) over-hydration is just as

dangerous as

> dehydration. You can *die* from over-hydration. Roughly, over

hydration

> occurs when you drink about 1 gallon (128 oz.) or more of water in

one day.

> I assume small people can get over hydrated on smaller volumes of

water.

>

> People can, and have, died from over hydration. So, be a little

cautious

> before you try to force yourself to drink lots and lots and lots of

water.

>

> If your urine is very pale, you are NOT dehydrated.

>

> As to the advice that people are dehydrated before they are

thirsty... Well,

> the studies show that people who are exercising vigorously or

people doing

> physical labor in hot climates become dehydrated before they are

thirsty.

> These people need to be careful to drink water before they are

thirsty.

>

> Several weeks ago, the Wall Street Journal reported that recent

studies show

> that most people sitting around doing office work do *not* get

dehydrated

> before they get thirsty. The current advice is generally: drink

water when

> you get thristy. (I didn't write down the reference because I

thought

> " that's interesting " -- but I didn't realize I'd be citing the

article.)

>

> I have no idea whether drinking lots of water helps your

metabolism. There

> is probably little or no harm involved in drinking plenty of water--

but if

> your physician tells you you are over hydrated, listen to him or

her!

>

> You should avoid drinking anywhere near a gallon of water a day!

Extreme

> athletes generally drink special electrolyte drinks to help them

maintain

> their electrolyte balance while avoiding dehydration.

>

> Lucia