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Mnrhz
Mnrhz Posts: 6 Member
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Is driking 4-6 litres of plain water per day have no side effect?

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  • pixiestick
    pixiestick Posts: 839 Member
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    Too much water can have negative repercussions, but it has to be upwards of 3 gallons (9+ liters). I'm no expert, but I do know that it's more about how much you drink at a time than how much you drink overall. If you drink a liter or two at once, you run the risk of overloading your kidneys. This leads to a condition called water intoxication... aka, too much water in your system. If you aren't drinking it all at once, you should be fine.
  • Mnrhz
    Mnrhz Posts: 6 Member
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    thanx!its useful (:

    how much is it suggested that we drink in a time?
  • lonypony
    lonypony Posts: 130 Member
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    I know drinking too much water is harmful, as said it overloads your kidneys. I have always limited myself to between 200-300ml per intake (say one small glass) of room temperature water. I try not to drink water straight from the fridge, I was told that room temp water is absorbed and used by your body in a better way. Not sure how true that is, but I don't like cold water anyway. But for the whole day, I pour a 2 litre jug at breakfast and use it up through the day so it is finished by the time I go to bed.

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