Too much water is deadly?

L33TBl0nde

It's not deadly, but you may be aware, that when you drink that much water to loose weight it's to get rid of some of the bad stuff you eat during the day. You'll cleanse your system by drinking more water and naturally feel more filled (and therefore not as hungry). BUT when you drink that much water, as well as you clean out some other substanses, you clean out salt. Don't drink TOO much water, cause it well make your salt balance go low and then you'll feel headaches and dizzyness.

jjscholar

In my opinion, the only times too much water in the body can be a problem would be either (1) if your kidneys are not working or (2) if your blood pressure is too high and you develop a case of pulmonary edema... But, drinking too much water, I don't think so... Most people drink too little...

TourThePast

The rule of thumb is take you body weight, divide it by 2, and then take the resulting number and divide it by the number of hours your are generally awake and that is how many ounces an hour you should drink on average.

So if you weight 256 pounds, half that is 128. And you're away for 16 hours which means you should have 8oz of water an hour.

That has diminishing returns though so if you're rally up there you don't really need to drink 1.5-2 gallons a day

(this does not compensate for water loss due to activity)

Honestly, please don't take notice of posts like this.

There are no magic formulas and there are certainly no recommended amounts to drink. The X number of cups a day was NOT EVER meant to be a recommendation. There is a website that you might be able to find, it asks a lot of pertinent questions and gives you a guideline, but it's not possible to give a set answer.

There are a LOT more factors at play than your body weight. For instance are you spending time in sub zero temperatures, or are you somewhere very hot? Are you indoors or outdoors? Are you eating mainly dry food or consuming a lot of water anyway in things like soup? Is the climate humid or arid? Are you physically active or sedentary?

Drink as much as you need so you never get thirsty.

Yes you can drink too much, but it would have to be a ridiculous amount, that startled everyone around you! :bigsmile:

fozzie500

some one once bet me i couldn't drink 10 cups of water in 10 mins,so being a foolhardy chap i gave it a go, i did eight in about 5 mins, something told me i couldn't do any more,even though he was encouraging me, 2 mins later i was sick in the toilets and had a pounding headache,felt really ill for the rest of the day, so yes i would say drinking too much water in a short space of time could quite possibly be deadly.

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Di3012

It's not deadly, but you may be aware, that when you drink that much water to loose weight it's to get rid of some of the bad stuff you eat during the day. You'll cleanse your system by drinking more water and naturally feel more filled (and therefore not as hungry). BUT when you drink that much water, as well as you clean out some other substanses, you clean out salt. Don't drink TOO much water, cause it well make your salt balance go low and then you'll feel headaches and dizzyness.

It CAN be deadly, this is the issue :flowerforyou:

justjenn1977

I didn't mean to say that it isn't deadly... just that the amount that is deadly is a LOT....

my advice... and what I advise my patients... is to drink until your urine is clear and light yellow... if it is colorless... then you have drank too much... if it is dark... drink more...

if you have symptoms such as dizziness or extreme headache you should always call your doctor... also a sudden unexplainable increase in thirst should be reported to your doctor... if you have any questions you should call your doctor